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Utopias that work: How to create tomorrow’s garden city

Winner of the Wolfson Economics Prize for their vision of a 21st century garden city, ...

Regeneration

Few councils take social value seriously

A recent survey by the Social Value Portal shows that despite over 72% awareness of ...

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Can a football stadium kickstart a local economy?

The London Assembly is reviewing how the building of football stadiums can create a new ...

Local Government Regeneration

How to reinvigorate local democracy

We must strive to reinvigorate the most local level of democracy, to make it something ...

Communities Regeneration

From lampposts to phone booths: using technology to create civic spaces

How can we create 'in between spaces' which are at the intersection of spontaneous and ...

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Greater devolution is needed to tackle health inequalities

There is real potential for devolution (if the current rhetoric is matched by real action) ...

Communities Regeneration

A new Garden City standard?

Community-led garden cities need to start with a community-led definition of what a garden city ...

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Q & A with Ed Whitfield: ‘Capitalism is losing the argument’

Ed Whitfield is co-managing director of the Fund for Democratic Communities, based in Greensboro in ...

Communities Regeneration

How many councils are truly collaborating with their local communities?

While there has been a move towards contracting across the public sector, the truth is ...

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FC United: Local football club or community enterprise?

FC United of Manchester - a football club owned and run by the local community ...