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Building communities

This report from UK think tank Localis looks at planning for a clean and good growth future. There is perhaps no greater issue driving division in British politics than the serious gap between aspirations for home ownership and the malign effects of constrained supply. This situation, in which we don’t build or supply enough affordable...

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Trusting the people

This report from UK think tank New Local looks at the case for community-powered conservatism. New Local and the New Social Covenant Unit are pleased to co-publish this report by 10 Conservative MPs from the 2019 intake, making the case for community power as the future of the party. Trusting the People explores how to...

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Levelling up

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at five questions about what the government means by the phrase 'levelling up'. The government’s flagship levelling up agenda lacks clear objectives, with policies often contradicting ministerial rhetoric about decentralising power. This report, published today alongside new analysis of how money was allocated from...

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Community wealth building: a history

This transcript from UK think tank CLES looks at how community wealth building has advanced in the past decade. Over the course of the last decade, community wealth building has advanced, what was once a marginal sport is now a widely-adopted corrective to a failing economic model. To celebrate this flourishing movement, CLES has produced...

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