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Can community wealth building scale up?

Probably the key challenge for all those committed to progressive causes is how we scale up from the multitude of creative initiatives taking place locally. ‘At local level, we...

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We are nothing if we are not together

The Covid-19 pandemic has destabilised our present and will profoundly affect our social, economic and political future. Whilst we do not know how events will progress, we can be sure that things will never be the same again. There will be no going back. The...

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Talking Points: February 2020  

There has been so much bad news on poverty in February that it sadly has to be the top story in this month’s Talking Points. We also offer a...

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CLES on a new paradigm for regeneration

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) have published the second provocation in their new series, ‘CLES on… regeneration’, arguing regeneration needs recalibration ‘in order to root the development...

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Reflections on the Community Wealth Building Summit

Last week CLES hosted the second annual Community Wealth Building Summit, the only event like it in the UK and the largest event in CLES’ history. The 200-strong delegate...

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CLES reports on New Municipalism in London

CLES last month released a new publication, New Municipalism in London, which highlights ‘the actions of three London Boroughs who are seeking to challenge traditional local economic development and...

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