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Shaping communities in partnership with local people will be key to New Towns success
Written by Simon Donohue with Jermaine Lawal-Adewale The vital role for communities in shaping the government’s next generation New Towns is...
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Notes from the North – Conference season hits Liverpool and Manchester
Labour and Conservatives rally in response to Reform For those of a political disposition, autumn in the UK means only one thing: party conference...
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Keir Starmer’s combative Labour Conference speech
Keir Starmer’s 2025 Labour Conference speech was not the cautious, consensus-seeking address we’ve come to expect from the Prime Minister. Instead, it...
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What can brands learn from the failure of Amazon Fresh?
The convenience and ease of use of Amazon’s marketplace is a well-documented fact. With its enormous product range, user-friendly interface, well...
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Eye on the Economy: Why America's economic mood matters globally
How do the American public view the economy, their own financial situation and their place in the world, one year after Donald Trump’s election to...
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Don't fear the discount
When is a deal not a good deal? Apparently, when it is reported in the UK media. When reading that Amazon is closing its “grab and go” grocery venture...
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Are Labour's planning reforms delivering for Greater Manchester?
Greater Manchester is successfully getting on with the job of delivering the thousands of new homes required for its growing population, but the...
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Purpose & sustainability is powering on
This month concluded with possibly the biggest slap down for climate ambition yet - Trump’s damning indictment of climate change as a “con job” and a...
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