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A testing ground for children’s care reform

More children are in care in the north west than anywhere else in England. A number of pilot schemes now…

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The levy on overnight stays is a transformational moment for UK cities

Regional Development

The levy on overnight stays is a transformational moment for UK cities

Steve Rotheram

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Unlike the rest of the UK, Scottish child poverty rates are falling

Rhi Storer

The time has come for a new type of climate coalition

Sadiq Khan and Eduardo Paes

You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it

Zack Polanski

It isn't enough to be better managers than the other lot

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It isn’t enough to be better managers than the other lot

Phin Foster

Reclaiming the energy commons could help save this government

Will Walker

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You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it

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There remains significant work to do transposing Cop decisions into national law

By Alex Sobel MP

Has the world’s climate summit lost its way?

By Rhi Storer

The time has come for a new type of climate coalition

By Sadiq Khan and Eduardo Paes

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