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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution? Or just doing Osborne's bidding?The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill is going through parliament. Who’s likely to benefit, who isn’t, and...
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Published in: ourNHSOpen up your eyes to 'Devo-Manc''Devo-manc' is part of the government's austerity agenda and its wider attack on the NHS.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe new housing bill: people, planning or productivity?The Conservative government’s agenda is beginning to take shape. What has it to say about the things that matter...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Building A Better Future Through Civic Partnership'The Centre for Inclusive Futures is a small London-based development agency with the mission of supporting efforts...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe National Audit Office savages the government's inept "100,000 homes" driveThe NAO’s report on the government’s sales of public land for new homes makes for uncomfortable reading. But it’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDispatches: how local governments are being fleeced by the banks on £15bn loansDispatches will tonight report on the latest banking scandal - the kickbacks and dodgy loans surrounding local...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDevolution, for and against: a tale of many citiesThe debate on devolution has become increasingly remote from democratic participation. It needs to be opened up.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe truth behind Osborne's devolution "revolution"Despite the “radical devolution” promised by the chancellor, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill will...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOsborne's undemocratic devolutionOsborne claims he is offering cities and regions self-determination - but it has to be done his way. Or it doesn't...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat now for Localism?So the Tories have been returned with an overall majority to govern us for another five years. What does this mean...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat’s happening with devolution?
What genuine changes have been secured for local democracy across the UK in recent months? Is devolution creating...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA small glimpse of real local democracyDespite the best efforts of government, every now and again small murmurings of local democracy do break out. And...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalism: a case of old friends re-united?Looking at a set of recent planning outcomes across England: it’s clear that the localism agenda hasn’t tipped the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSoft power and freedom under the CoalitionThe Coalition’s conception of “freedom” has little to do with empowering individuals and local communities. Instead,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLocalism: a tale of GVAs, grandees and The Guardian (but not much greenery)
Will localism form part of the forthcoming election manifestos? If so, what exactly? Some early indications on the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAre self-builds the solution to London’s housing crisis?Self-build schemes can be empowering in so many ways. We need to renew and expand on the self-build legacy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVoluntary services have succumbed to the privatisers
The Coalition is turning voluntary services into a cheap adjunct to privatisation - and far too many of those in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCommunities of resistance: resistance is not futile
Understanding how neo-liberalism can be challenged by common and reciprocal action.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCommunity Rights: where’s the evidence?The Communities and Local Government Select Committee has reported back on its inquiry into Community Rights. The...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Big Society - the passing of Cameron's dreamThis was the government's revolutionary idea, its guiding light. Now, the government seems to have given up on it....
