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Community involvement is marginal in Britain, data shows

On average, 3% of British adults considered them to be active in some kind of ...

Economic Development

Post-Brexit we need to build an economy for the many

The Brexit vote was in part prompted by a sense that people felt abandoned by ...

Economic Development Finance

The problem with foreign investment

As the Smith Institute’s latest booklet ‘Britain for sale? Perspectives on the costs and benefits ...

Local Government

Belfast: Setting the local economy free

ISSUE 538: MAY 2016 *NEW START IN BELFAST*

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Devolution is an opportunity for more integrated care services

Devolution presents an important opportunity to create a progressive whole system approach to children’s services ...

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We need to maintain local control of schools

At the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES), we see first hand how local control ...

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How inclusive is the Northern Powerhouse?

Poverty cannot be ‘solved’ by one organisation but takes whole-system approaches that bring together the ...

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In 2016 the social sector must renew its resolve and its solidarity

We face a further year of uncertainty and challenge, to survive which, sector solidarity is ...

Housing

Lifetime tenancies, to keep or not to keep?

We live in a world where research shows that 88% of Londoners asked, said they ...

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Spending review: The voluntary sector needs to re-boot and re-launch

The same spirit of progressive social change; the energy of impassioned social action; and the ...