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Budget 2012: steady as we go nowhere for poorest places

This Budget is mostly about incentives and competition for funds. It reveals a government which ...

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Book review: Public Service on the Brink

Public Service on the Brink, edited by Jenny Manson, provides a refreshingly frank, insightful and ...

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government

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 ...

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Living Labs: connecting the challenges of global cities with innovators around the world

In our Living Labs Global Award programme, we are working with 21 global cities to ...

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Procurement that’s proactive and innovative

As we move towards an outcome focus in policy, it is important that procurement and ...

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The shift in public services has only just begun

Simon Parker examines the impact of the public sector cutbacks and the repercussions for 2012

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

A network as complex as the three Rs

Understanding complexity or networks won't change an uncertain and gloomy future. It's hard to know ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

High hopes

As cuts start to bite and public services and regeneration funds are withdrawn, housing associations ...

Communities Economic Development Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

The forgotten £1 billion

While the economy continues to struggle, over £1.2bn of money earmarked to help stimulate some ...