Local Government

Tackling local poverty needs national system change

Local systems change is vitally important to tackling poverty. However, without a supportive national system policy change, it could all come to nothing. We must use the growing enthusiasm for local system change and the positive benefits it accrues to challenge the national policy system. Only with that will we get the fertile territory for local systems to truly transform services and the lives of the poorest.

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Is it time to think again about how we build?

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Taking ownership of apprenticeships

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Back to the future?

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SURVEY: Can councils and residents work together to achieve lasting change in communities?

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A persuasive vision of a future economy

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Four ways to tackle poverty in an era of austerity

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The Groucho Marx challenge for public services

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Political parties, listen up! We need a new local economics

Over the years, I have been to dozens of party conferences across all the political parties. Given the opportunity, I have always tried to speak up for local government and local economics. However, in an oppressively centralised democracy, economy and media, this is a minority sport.