Section: Progress Magazine Articles

Are our towns and communities ready for the digital revolution? —I am definitely more Uber than black cab. More Netflix than DVD. I am waiting for the day when my phone alarm wakes me up earlier in the morning because all the data connectivity tells it that there are...

Local politics shows you cannot dodge real needs —Now this may sound obvious, but the power of local government lies in the fact that it is government which is local. It needs to be responsive to the community it represents, flexible enough to meet local needs. It...

Local government is entering a new world —The Tories have been fundamentally changing the roles and powers of local government since 2010. But perhaps the biggest change is still to come: by 2020 local government will be funded not by grants but by business rates....

Councillors must be heard inside Labour —Britain is changing. In some places in a great whoosh of social and economic revolution, gentrification, migration or the birth or death of an industry that can sweep you off your feet. In others the pace of change is glacial,...