Communities

By Jonathan Carr-West | 04 March 2020

Local government needs to pool its combined knowledge and learn from the perspective of others - ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

To truly 'level -up' we need to power up counties

By Barry Lewis | 02 March 2020

Today a new report argues that the ‘levelling up’ agenda cannot bypass county areas. Cllr Barry ...

WHITEHALL

Government bats away Bellwin criticism

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

The Government has batted away fresh criticisms of the 37-year-old Bellwin scheme after one of th...

Local belonging figures drop

By Chris Mahony | 25 February 2020

The proportion of people who feel like they belong to their local area has dipped, research from ...

WHITEHALL

Community tensions rise amid Coronavirus outbreak

By Dan Peters | 17 February 2020

Reports of increasing community tensions ‘across multiple areas’ have been picked up by the Gover...

COHESION

Working together to stop hate in Waltham Forest

By Cllr Ahsan Khan | 12 February 2020

Cllr Ahsan Khan outlines why Waltham Forest LBC is holding a Citizens’ Assembly to find practical...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Creating communities for all ages

By Stephen Burke | 12 February 2020

Bringing younger and older people together produces dividends, says Stephen Burke, who outlines h...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'Things will not get better: We need radical action'

By Neil McInroy | 12 February 2020

Neil McInroy argues that a crisis in children’s and adults’ services calls for ‘a new spirit of a...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Doing politics differently post-Brexit

By Claire Fox | 12 February 2020

Adults do not want to be treated like children to be nannied by the state, says Claire Fox – but ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Neighbourhood watch

By Jackie Sadek | 07 February 2020

Jackie Sadek outlines how an ambitious extension to the market town of Biggleswade is set to tran...

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