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		<title>Indy Johar: reinventing the corner shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare Goff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indy Johar is co-founder of architectural practice 00:/. Through the launch of projects including the Compendium for the Civic Economy, the Civic Crowd and HubWestminster – an incubator for social businesses in central London – he and his team are co-creating the civic economy and leading by example]]></description>
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		<title>Prevention: Making common sense become common practice</title>
		<link>http://www.cles.org.uk/yourblogs/prevention-making-common-sense-become-common-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Slay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only is common sense not yet common practice, but we rarely stop to look at the interdependencies between these spheres and think about how we might use our collective resources more wisely in tackling the challenges we face.]]></description>
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		<title>Oh benevolent chancellor! How grateful for these crumbs we are!</title>
		<link>http://www.cles.org.uk/yourblogs/oh-benevolent-chancellor-how-grateful-for-these-small-crumbs-we-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toby Blume</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The small donations bill will allow charities to claim up to £1,250 on donations a year, where individual donations are less than £20. Of course that amount can make a difference to the lives of people in need and for charities that operate on a shoestring. But it is peanuts compared with the impact on the sector of the cap on tax relief for charitable donations.]]></description>
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		<title>Councillors in their communities: should I be bothered?</title>
		<link>http://www.cles.org.uk/yourblogs/councillors-in-their-communities-should-i-be-bothered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic development and regeneration specialists should be knocking on the CLG committee’s door and giving them plenty to think about in terms of how local politicians can best be equipped to make the places for which they have been elected better.]]></description>
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		<title>In diamond jubilee year let&#8217;s create a network of &#8216;Elizabeth&#8217; parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Hawkhead</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it too much to hope that the forthcoming diamond jubilee will lead not only to a new commitment to those wonderful Victorian parks and other public spaces, but to the creation of a network of 'Elizabeth' parks to develop the legacy of our 19th century urban visionaries?]]></description>
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		<title>Culture-led regeneration in an age of austerity</title>
		<link>http://www.cles.org.uk/yourblogs/culture-led-regeneration-in-an-age-of-austerity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Imelda Havers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Culture is an important part of regeneration, and will continue to be so. But the flagship cultural developments seen over the past two decades are likely to be a thing of the past, replaced by local buy-in and modest, incremental gains which last.]]></description>
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		<title>Never mind Plan B, let&#8217;s get Plan A right</title>
		<link>http://www.cles.org.uk/yourblogs/never-mind-plan-b-lets-get-plan-a-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Warren Escadale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems we’ve reached the point of advocating something better described as ‘desperate capitalism’: a chuck things away and see what grows approach to economic development. ]]></description>
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		<title>Development banks for the local economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Harriss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Harriss sets out the case for a new breed of financial institution – one that’s locally owned and more tuned in to the needs of small business]]></description>
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		<title>Procurement for Housing Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procurement event for the social housing sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Bristol&#8217;s elected mayor unite a divided city?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keren Suchecki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ‘presidential’ style of election means that it doesn’t matter where in the city a vote comes from. This could lead to candidates campaigning intensely in wealthy areas with a temptation to focus on issues that benefit the better off to the detriment of poorer areas.]]></description>
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