Big Society Blog: Supporting the development of Big Society in new Localism?
Kirstin Couper, Associate Director
22 December 2010
Empowering local communities to shape local areas has been a goal of central government for the past decade, for some essential to the success of Big Society, and so it was unsurprising to read about it in the new the Localism Bill.
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Big Society: what of the new localism bill?
Victoria Harkness, Head of Local Government Research
15 December 2010
We’ve been waiting with bated breath for the new Localism Bill, finally published on Monday, 13 December. Not a lot of surprises in there – we’ve known for some time of the desire of Eric Pickles and co. to “fundamentally shake up the balance of power in this country”.
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Ipsos MORI's work for 'Your Square Mile'
Jerry Latter, Senior Research Executive
5 January 2012
Last year, Ipsos MORI helped Your Square Mile, a not-for-profit organisation, to help communities across the UK to empower their residents to make positive changes to their local area
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Public sector leaders are pessimistic over the impact of cuts
Peter Cornick, Senior Research Executive
26 August 2011
Big Society Blog: Peter Cornick says our latest research reveals deep concern among public sector leaders about the impact of the cuts
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The donations dilemma
Sally Panayiotou, Head of Charities Research
5 July 2012
Sally Panayiotou, head of charities research, looks at what our latest research for the Charities Commission on public trust and confidence in charities.
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