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Dogonomics: Can our four-pawed friends be good for local economies?

It is no surprise that retailers are rushing to cash in on the market with ...

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Ideas for change: Housing associations

Housing providers are responding to the need to ‘reinvent everything’ with innovative schemes that join ...

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We need laser-like focus on better jobs in our cities

That’s why Leeds City Council, Leeds City Region and JRF are today launching a partnership ...

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Wadebridge: Re-building its local economy through energy

Wadebridge, a small town in Cornwall, is going 'back to the future', localising its energy ...

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Eighty years of pain: the UK’s unequal and divergent economy

A greater local control over diminishing resources, whilst the London vortex remains intact, will do ...

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To re-imagine regeneration we need to reinvent engagement

Innovation is sometimes presented as something complex but often the most innovative thing a service ...

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New year, new austerity plans

In my view, the chancellor’s plan is bad news for struggling families and communities that, ...

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The great house price divide

The Smith Institute’s report on the Great House Price Divide, which we published today, shows ...

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How to build a new welfare society

In the third in a series of essays on Poverty in the UK, commissioned by ...

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Want to improve your local area? Crowdfunding could be the answer

Spacehive has joined forces with leading accountancy firm Ernst & Young and London Councils, which ...