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Stretching the role of commissioners

It seems central government no longer regards equality as a priority – and that makes ...

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I’d rather have a vuvuzela! Equalities and the Big Society

The ability of voluntary and community sector organisations to represent and support marginalised groups has ...

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Reconciling communities through regeneration

Although Northern Ireland is in many ways a unique case, the idea of bringing communities ...

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A bad marriage

Why ‘sustainable urbanisation’ is an impossible dream unless local governance is wedded to better global ...

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The power of language to tell the story of place

Currently, the UK has no plan, no strategy and no ideas about how policy should ...

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Growth is as much about an area’s social capital as it is its local economy

In our latest article on the UK’s ageing population, Simon Hobbs and Alan Hatton-Yeo argue ...

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The Bristol Pound won’t save our town centre

Bristol is to launch its own currency in May, imaginatively named the Bristol Pound or ...

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It’s time to just muddle through

The time for silly caricatures must pass. The public sector is not in the main ...

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With or without an elected mayor the challenges remain the same

We have to accept the result and move on but we now need to move ...

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Just Finance can reach out to the excluded

At a time when mainstream bank lending is ever harder to come by and exploitative ...