A Budget for widening gaps
Matthew Jackson argues the Budget has delivered incentives for local economic development which will only serve to exacerbate gaps in our already imbalanced economy.
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A rebalancing act
23rd March 2011 By Kate Henderson
We must confront the need for planning structures and incentives that reinforce sustainable and socially just outcomes rather than potentially undermining them, argues Kate Henderson.
The peril of pigeon holes
22nd March 2011 By stuartmacdonald
Evidence from east Lancashire suggests assumptions we make about the needs of the unemployed are often wide of the mark. Adrian Nolan and Stuart MacDonald examine how to ensure we don’t end up with an oversimplified welfare to work programme.
A snapshot of debt and poverty
11th March 2011 By Kevin Gulliver
A new study has looked into the extent of financial exclusion faced by social housing tenants. Kevin Gulliver reveals the findings.
Making councils a friend of enterprise
10th March 2011 By Matthew Jackson
Council procurement managers aren’t the enemy of enterprise, Mr Cameron. But with your help they could do more to support local businesses, says Matthew Jackson.
Statistics need the stories behind them
8th March 2011 By admin
Measuring the impact of a service isn’t simply about statistics – you need to highlight the human side. Your funding may well depend on it, says Tim Crabbe
Our approach to food poverty needs to broaden
3rd March 2011 By admin
What practical measures can be taken to tackle ‘food poverty’? Hannah Lambie examines the findings of research which looked at approaches in two communities
Finding a way to bounce back
28th February 2011 By Sarah Longlands
Understanding resilience is about understanding the ability of an area to respond effectively to the challenges it faces; what enables some areas to respond from shocks, whether they are economic, social or environmental, while others falter and decline?
Beware false dawns in economic policy’s winter
28th February 2011 By Clare Goff
A new landscape for economic development is emerging. But is the shrinking of the state resulting in new thinking? Clare Goff reports
RGF bidding war exposes a flawed approach
18th February 2011 By Adrian Nolan
There are few surprises in first round of Regional Growth Fund bids, says Adrian Nolan. But it reinforces the same concerns
