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A healthy economy

Progressive economic development has the local population’s health and wellbeing at its heart, says Marvin ...

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Rewarding meantime use on major development sites

In the time between the first property is acquired and whole development area has been ...

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What’s the big difference about Big Local?

I recently chaired a roundtable discussion about enabling residents to transform their communities for the ...

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Why housing associations have few friends

There has always been a strand of opinion that saw housing associations as undemocratic and ...

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The case for fairness commissions is growing

The consequences of welfare reforms, structural changes to both the public sector and industry, the ...

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It’s not risky business if you apply the Ashford model

I was eager to share the experiences we’ve had in Ashford in adopting a more ...

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Devolution’s age-old problem

Despite cynicism from people of all political persuasions, George Osborne has, since helping to steer ...

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Britain’s big cities don’t have a monopoly on growth

A strong emphasis on the big cities to the exclusion of other places runs the ...

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A bigger ‘northern powerhouse’ will dilute the brand

The ‘northern powerhouse’ has already suffered one major setback. The decision to delay the introduction ...

Communities Economic Development Housing Local Government Regeneration

Struggling town centres must create a sense of place

To make town centres resilient they need to be more compact and have more space ...