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People Shaped Localism

Too often policymakers overlook the potentially transformative potential of the United Kingdom's 10,000+ parish and town councils, writes James Derounian in response to an RSA report on localism There I was, minding my own business at a Regional Studies Association...

The Last Word: Byelection disasters

Corbyn's project claims another victim, Macron's clarion call and Daily Mail hypocrisy – Progress director Richard Angell has this week's Last Word Congratulations to Gareth Snell on holding Stoke-on-Trent Central for Labour. Commiserations to Gill Troughton who ran a...

Copeland is a historic defeat

Jeremy Corbyn, and his opposition to all things nuclear, is to blame for Labour's historic defeat in the Copeland byelection, argues Roger Liddle Labour has held Copeland and its very similar predecessor constituency of Whitehaven, continuously since 1935. 82 years...

The return of plotlands and prefabs

Reducing planning gain and cutting the cost of building could radically alter Britain's housing market, writes Geoff Beacon I grew up in Kent in a house built by my father in 1946 on land given as a wedding present. The area had been divided into plots by the...
Get in gear

Get in gear

The polls are certain to narrow – and Jeremy Corbyn must set the tone by focusing his efforts in Labour target seats,...