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, Research Director
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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Blame games on cutbacks
Victoria Harkness, Research Director
11 February 2013
The coalition, rather than councils, is getting the blame for local government cuts. What does this tell us about the mood music amongst voters asks Research Director, Victoria Harkness?

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Citizens, service delivery and the surveys…
Victoria Harkness, Research Director
5 March 2013
The imperative to make financial savings has prompted public sector leaders to change the way in which they approach service delivery, says Ipsos MORI Research Director, Victoria Harkness in her latest article for LGC magazine.

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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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