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Communities Finance

Think local banks are unprofitable? Think again

A two-tier financial system now exists in the UK, says Fionn Travers-Smith

Local Government

Councillors are central to unlocking devolution’s transformative potential

It is striking how absent local councillors have been from the devolution debate.

Economic Development

Post-Brexit we need to build an economy for the many

The Brexit vote was in part prompted by a sense that people felt abandoned by ...

Local Government

Belfast: Setting the local economy free

ISSUE 538: MAY 2016 *NEW START IN BELFAST*

Finance Local Government

Can government help low income households to save?

There is no doubt that households need to be supported to save. Around one in ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Making sense of the business rates conundrum

George Osborne’s plans for business rates devolution have so far thrown up more questions than ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Tackling local poverty needs national system change

Local systems change is vitally important to tackling poverty. However, without a supportive national system ...

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

Is it time to think again about how we build?

To make the step change in the number of homes that we need to build ...

Communities Economic Development Housing Local Government Regeneration

Back to the future?

Now that the state has decided not to provide homes at subsidised rent and to ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government

A persuasive vision of a future economy

It was a persuasive vision of a future economy – more connected, democratic, using peer ...