What happens in Bristol could set an important precedent for councils to step up and defend their local community’s interests.
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An algorithm based on commuting patterns makes new ‘Greater Glasgow’ the biggest local authority in the UK.
In almost every city, consumer demand and business diversity had a big role to play.
The workplace parking levy is a simple idea, but tricky to implement.
Street lighting may not actually reduce crime – but it can make people feel safer at night.
It may come as a shock to discover that businesses are allowed to pay local authorities for advice on environmental health standards and food labelling.
Sure Start centres are shutting or becoming ‘hubs’, but will they still provide the services which local families value and need?
This is how the working-class traders of Chrisp Street Market stood up to property developers – and won.
Growing numbers of people are using food banks to feed themselves and their families. But many areas where residents face a high risk of food poverty are under-serviced.
The strategy’s focus on rotten apples seems destined to fail.
It seems counterintuitive that cuts to teen-pregnancy prevention programmes should lead to fewer pregnancies, but that’s what the latest research finds.
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Professor of Public Policy and Management, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Chair of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Journalism, Middlesex University
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Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Practice, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in Organisation Studies, University of Leicester
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Lecturer in GIS, University of Southampton
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, University of Birmingham
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Policy and Data Analyst, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI), University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
