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Technology is not enough, we need to talk to one another.

The conversation has begun in Newcastle and perhaps we can be part of the change ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government

Why did IDS keep his job despite welfare reform fiasco?

There were an awful lot of people hoping that Iain Duncan Smith would be defenestrated ...

Communities Good Local Economics

Rethinking welfare for Scotland: fair, personal and simple

Last year I was asked by the Scottish government to chair an independent expert group ...

Communities Good Local Economics

‘Tough love’ for jobseekers played down after Miller’s ‘mistake’

Miller’s ‘mistake’ has made it terribly embarrassing to go bragging about how you’re going to ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

For young people, collaboration is worth the risk

It is the stuff of axiom to say that we need innovation, creativity and new ...

Communities Housing Local Government

Housing associations bearing the brunt of welfare reform

As government attempts to reduce the benefits bill through welfare reform, housing associations are dealing ...

Communities Good Local Economics

For truly shocking reality TV, tune into the Parliament channel

If you want really shocking reality television about social security then I suggest you tune ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Support for those who need it most? Not if the local welfare provision grant is abolished

Residents affected by the abolition of the local welfare provision grant are the same residents ...