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Tough on rioters, tough on the causes of riots?

This time around, the recently-appointed minister for cities, Greg Clark, is said to have until ...

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

The early evidence of some cuts suggests that community-based regeneration might be a less resilient ...

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Tackling discrimination must be at the heart of debate on ageing

Our ideas may have moved forward but we are still struggling to promote a culture ...

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It’s time to dispel a few myths around outsourcing

Before councils rush to outsource public services they should ask themselves why those who tried ...

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No quarter given

Creativity within a place can’t be defined or nurtured by physical boundaries. We need to ...

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

There are many people who have a traditional view of Salford. They remember it as ...

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Making sense of the white paper’s finer details

The white paper contains a number of good ideas on how to bring innovative and ...

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Open door policy

With such examples of clear methods of how plurality of public service can lead to ...

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A new economics agenda for a new minister for cities

Within the context of greater decentralisation, the core cities (and others) now have the opportunity ...

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Flying the flag for the north

Let’s not forget the real problem here, it’s not the north – it’s UK’s economic ...