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‘Tough love’ for jobseekers played down after Miller’s ‘mistake’

The first half of April saw the government ramp up pressure on the unemployed with Gideon (yes that is his real name) Osborne’s ‘tough love’ coming into effect on 1st April and Iain (no that’s not his real name) Duncan Smith foretelling a week of announcements from the DWP on strict new measures for benefit claimants in a blog for the Sunday Telegraph.

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Which Leps are developing resilient local economies?

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Q & A with Mike Toye: Building a new local economics, Canadian-style

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How to… finance social enterprise and small business

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Poverty in suburbia

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Learning from the US Community Reinvestment Act

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Why data is key to effective community finance

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Leps should focus beyond GDP growth

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Is football good for local communities?

As football clubs focus on money and global prestige, they are increasingly disconnected from the communities in which they are based. As a new season kicks off, Austin Macauley asks whether the beautiful game can be a force for good.

Last season it was everything from an owner wanting to ignore decades of history to change their club’s name to a team having to play home games in a town 30 miles away due to financial problems. The actions of football clubs continue to fuel growing unrest among supporters about the state of their beloved game – and this season is unlikely to be any different.