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The social face of local economic development

Unless we have a focus on place and a context which tackles the underlying social ...

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Why healthy, wealthy southerners get the most welfare benefits

The coalition government wants to cut £4bn in welfare benefits to the poorest and most ...

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Helping young people turn the corner

In Wakefield, Pav Sull, owner of Woodhouse Post Office, has reported a marked reduction in ...

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How to dismantle the welfare state

If the commitment to the welfare state, as we currently understand it, is destroyed then ...

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A revolutionary challenge in Scotland

Too many of our public services are still driven by internal priorities. That must change. ...

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The value of joined up working

Most of the really challenging issues require systemic change to occur, they do not fall ...

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Turning ‘bad jobs’ into ‘good jobs’

we don’t have to accept the poor quality jobs we’ve already got – mainstream businesses ...

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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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Time to think differently about work?

Rather than simply focus on driving up productivity and encouraging everyone to work longer hours ...

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An economic force for good

The time is ripe for co-operatives to show their strength and ‘become a creative economic ...