This chapter, by TCC Founder David Evans, originally featured in #FutureComms – the LGA’s guide to building local public services for the future through modern communications. Key points •…
The most partisan areas for each World Cup team One of the pleasures during a World Cup – at least for non-adherents of the Tebbit Test – is seeing the…
TCC’s Chris Clarke explores the different types of challenge that the five pilot councils chosen as part of the government’s Integrated Communities strategy are likely to face. Images taken from…
This article first appeared on the NLGN blog. The local elections earlier this month saw several city regions elect first time Metro Mayors. The turnout in places like Manchester (29%),…
This article, written by TCC’s Chris Clarke, first featured on Left Foot Forward in October 2016. Image by Sam Saunders. The Labour conference opened up a significant debate about young people…
The TUC last week published Living for the Weekend – an important piece of research into how ‘young core workers’ (21- to 30-year-old non graduates paid less than £20,000 a year) can…
This article originally featured on the Huffington Post. Does catering to materialism breed more materialism or less? Does addressing concerns about immigration feed bigotry or forge liberalism? These are big…
The recent appointment of former Labour Minster Alan Milburn to be an independent expert reviewer on government progress over social mobility is welcome as it creates the opportunity to build…
Under commission from the London Empowerment Partnership, TCC has been conducting research on factors affecting residents’ perceptions of influence on local decision-making in London boroughs. The research is now complete…
The Financial Times has just published its latest survey of the latest local government cuts. This follows a similar survey by the BBC. As well as the level of cuts…