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People & place

Ten ways to improve planning in the UK

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29 Nov 2024

Steve Newman

Steve Newman offers provocative propositions to modernise the planning system, create affordable and sustainable homes, and offer financial benefits to the government and local communities.
The power of piggybacking

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27 Apr 2023

Zografia Bika Adrian Gaskell

To enrich our world we need big government spending, but we also need to use what we already have. Zografia Bika and Adrian Gaskell explain how an army of Italian grandmothers showed the way.
What’s gone wrong with social housing?

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29 Mar 2023

Paul Eastwood

Social housing has a noble history of providing decent homes for people on low incomes, but recent years have seen scandal after scandal. Paul Eastwood argues for structural change in the sector.
Care… the work that makes all other work possible

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02 Feb 2023

Richard Humphries

Most of us will need care at some point in our ever-longer lives. Richard Humphries argues that it’s time we recognised its importance and legislated and funded it properly
Shared wisdom is all we need

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25 Jan 2023

Trevor Hudson

Ancient wisdom offers many learnings as we develop future-proofed leadership. Here, Trevor Hudson suggests it might even be found in unexpected places.
Curating spaces of hope

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12 Dec 2022

Matthew Barber-Rowell

The pandemic plunged us into previously unimaginable uncertainty. With Brexit, the climate emergency, the war in Ukraine, and a cost of living crisis, how do we respond to it in these uncertain times?
An idea worth stealing

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10 Nov 2022

Edward Lowe

Watching how software engineers work could revolutionise how we build products and services, and give employees more interesting and fulfilling work. Edward Lowe talks Tesla, Henry Ford and a lesson from the slaughterhouse
Why fostering diversity must be at the heart of community building and social cohesion

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08 Nov 2022

Susannah Hardyman

Susannah Hardyman explains how drawing on the diverse backgrounds of volunteer tutors to teach disadvantaged students has proved a powerful win-win
Designing work around people

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25 Oct 2022

Nick Bacon Mark Howard Fergus Grierson

We have inclusive design standards for buildings. Why can't we have them for work? The RSA Inclusive Work, Disability and Ageing Network Steering Group propose a system that works for everybody.
Local government transformation and change challenges post-Covid-19

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14 Oct 2022

Ian Burbidge

How are local government transformation and change leaders balancing short-term concerns with long-term challenges?