Regenerating London: To develop, don’t destroy

26^th March 2013

Media Coverage

The Guardian’s London blog cites ResPublica report Responsible Recovery.

The Real Big Society: Why we need activism and open dissent

25^th March 2013

Media Coverage

The Guardian’s Local Government Network covers ResPublica’s report Responsible Recovery.

Is a ‘Property-Owning Democracy’ Enough?

22^nd March 2013

Media Coverage

Amongst the critique, commentators have given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s plans to support a ‘property-owning democracy’. With home ownership for the 25-34 age group down by a third in the last ten years, measures set to encourage construction and attainable mortgages for first time buyers have been endorsed by some.

We Need to Talk About the Ownership and Control of Schools

22^nd March 2013

Media Coverage

With the rumpus about forced academies and the news last week that a 27-year-old ex-deputy director of a right-wing think tank with no previous teaching experience is to become the head of a free school in London, the debate about ownership and control in our school system is likely to hot up.

MP Suggests German Model for Local Lending

21^st March 2013

Media Coverage

FT Adviser reports on Guy Opperman MP’s ‘Making It Mutual’ essay.

Cheshire Gives a Lead to Rural Counties Looking for a Fresh Approach

20^th March 2013

Media Coverage

One of the ironies of the government’s radical plans for localism is that they have sought to impose a narrative which champions the nation’s major cities over and above its counties and rural areas.

Budget 2013: Some of Osborne’s tiny changes could give a big boost to British industry

20^th March 2013

Media Coverage

Conservative Big society guru Phillip Blond slams Battersea estate as conditions as from “Soviet-era”

20^th March 2013

Media Coverage

Your Local Guardian reports on ResPublica Director Phillip Blond’s visit to the Surrey Lane, Winstanley and York Road estates.

Making It Mutual: A radical ethic of social innovation?

19^th March 2013

Media Coverage

In July 2010, fresh from electoral success, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced at Liverpool Hope University that he wanted to build a ‘big society’.

ResPublica Welcomes Utiligroup and RenewableUK as Partners for Forthcoming Project

19^th March 2013

News

ResPublica is pleased to announce that RenewableUK and Utiligroup will be partners for ResPublica’s forthcoming research project, ‘The Community Renewables Economy: Starting up, scaling up and spinning out”, due to commence Spring 2013.