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Why the current approach to poverty is wrong

A whole industry of academics, think tanks, churches and charities give repeated messages that poverty ...

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Salford: A social value city

In 2014 Salford made a pledge to become a 'social value city'. Anne Lythgoe reports ...

Communities Good Local Economics Regeneration

Why retail won’t regenerate our town centres

For decades retail has been seen as the driver of regeneration of our towns and ...

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Youth unemployment is still a problem

Our Pathways to Employment Manifesto 2015 calls for a number of changes to current practices, ...

Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Local communities need ownership of ‘wicked’ problems

The way of achieving ‘more with less’, then, starts with local groups and communities owning ...

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Making the social value act work for society

Despite my critique, Lord Young and his colleagues have produced a good and worthy report, ...

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NHS devolution: the route to tackling health inequality?

The announcement that the £6bn NHS budget in Greater Manchester will be devolved to the ...

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Joining the dots between health and local growth

There needs to be much greater emphasis placed on health inequalities in discussions about economic ...

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Ten ideas for creating systemic change

Changing systems isn't easy but it starts with small steps. Here's ten ways in which ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

How to change our failing systems

As the human and financial costs of the failures of our public services add up, ...