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When it comes to engagement and building trust, you can’t beat old-fashioned community activism

There is a connection between an individual’s first experience as a volunteer, to their involvement ...

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Local authorities and housing associations must work together in tough times

While the debate over the pros and cons of extending right to buy has focused ...

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Understanding how debt problems change our behaviour is the key to better support

A new report based on research in the Netherlands, provides five ways to incorporate latest ...

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Local government must respond to in-work benefit cuts

The next few years are going to be very challenging for local government but even ...

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Can trust and support deliver a Real Big Society?

I read somewhere recently that the prime minister genuinely believes that if it works for ...

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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 economic policy must get social

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

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Social immobility: of queens and commoners

If you are doing all you can but only twice as fast is good enough, ...

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A town of no centres

Imagine a town with no centres. What would this place be? What would its civic ...

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After a century of tackling poverty one thing’s for sure: government must play a key role

New Labour’s strategy to eradicate poverty was undoubtedly flawed. But the coalition government’s belief that ...