Local Government

Portland: lessons in localism

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Tough on rioters, tough on the causes of riots?

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Community-owned or merely ‘based’ in the community?

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Tackling discrimination must be at the heart of debate on ageing

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It’s time to dispel a few myths around outsourcing

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No quarter given

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When your city is viewed as a ‘working class theme park’ you have to shake things up

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Making sense of the white paper’s finer details

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Open door policy

Government wants to open up public services to a wider range of providers. But will market forces drag them away from their broader role in nurturing successful places? Clare Goff reports

‘The goal must be nothing less than a thorough transformation of our public services. The prize is a sustainable, person-centred system, achieving outcomes for every citizen and every community.’ Thus begins the Scottish Government’s Commission on the Future of Public Services, published last month.