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We need a new conversation about austerity

'Austerity Uncovered' looks at the impact of austerity, outlining the wide range of impacts it ...

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Citizen’s income: The future for welfare?

Our benefits system is no longer fit for purpose. A new paradigm is required, and ...

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Twelve short essays of hope for 2015

ISSUE 527, DECEMBER 2014 *TWELVE SHORT ESSAYS OF HOPE FOR 2015*

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What’s bold and brave about public service transformation plans?

While safer options may seem plausible, they risk more of the same. It is only ...

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Autumn statement: Treasury pulls the wrong levers

Further cuts and a public sector the size of that in 1930 are, of course, ...

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Ecological enterprise zones: Next generation industrial strategy or fool’s gold?

As a new wave of enterprise zones is proposed, Philip Monaghan assesses the inherent contradiction ...

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Introducing the ‘viable economy’

We have published The Viable Economy, a pamphlet for everyone concerned about the dangers we ...

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Devo max or devo mess? A skills response

Our economy will have 13.5 million job vacancies in the next decade but with only ...

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Local government needs to address low pay

Addressing low pay is part of the place leadership role of local government, and the ...

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Local economic policy must get social

National economic policy is in the grip of a narrow and at times sacrosanct neo-liberal ...