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Payment by results: ends, means and need

The government’s wide-ranging ambitions for introducing payment by results (PbR) regimes across a swathe of ...

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Better Places National Awards – spreading skills and knowledge

We’re looking for innovative initiatives that are both economically and socially inclusive – exemplars that ...

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Better Places National Awards 2012

**UPDATE: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED** The Better Places National Awards will celebrate initiatives that go that extra mile, ...

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Loneliness and isolation: stark meaning in so little words

Efficiency without love creates the conditions for loneliness and isolation. This a form of robbery ...

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A revolutionary challenge in Scotland

Too many of our public services are still driven by internal priorities. That must change. ...

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It’s time economic development practitioners took the lead

Let's listen and learn from ED practitioners who are on the front lines. Refrain from ...

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Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening…

No matter how many acronyms we come up with or partnerships we invent, economic development ...

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Book review: Public Service on the Brink

Public Service on the Brink, edited by Jenny Manson, provides a refreshingly frank, insightful and ...

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What is the role of the state in regeneration?

The debate about the role of central government in reviving deprived places is stuck. The ...

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Linking up the ‘five pillars’ can deliver equality

The ‘five pillars’ that support the government’s reform programme must have equality at their foundations. ...