Councils selling off assets to raise money is nothing new, but the current exceptional financial support model is allowing councils to keep their day-to-day spending afloat by borrowing or flogging assets on an unprecedented scale. Our new report found that more than £1bn of public assets have been sold by councils receiving exceptional financial support… [continues]
This is Part 3 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. Held in Sheffield and attended by over 400 people, Fearless Cities 2024 explored how local movements are building power in their communities and generating long-term, systemic change towards directly democratic local institutions…. [continues]
This is Part 2 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. The three blogs explore challenging racism, confronting ecological collapse and – in the blog below – sharing power and resources. By Steve Rushton Economic inequality is rampant worldwide, fuelled by decades of… [continues]
Cooperation seems to be an idea whose time has come for grassroots movements in the UK. Drawing on the Fearless Cities summit session: ‘Building autonomy through a cooperative economy’, we share two interviews with people doing cooperation beyond the traditional worker/housing cooperative form. Cooperation Town and Co-operation Manchester. What does cooperation mean to people right… [continues]
This is part 1 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. Held in Sheffield and attended by over 400 people, Fearless Cities 2024 explored how local movements are building power in their communities and generating long-term, systemic change towards directly democratic local… [continues]
Councils selling off assets to raise money is nothing new, but the current exceptional financial support model is allowing councils to keep their day-to-day spending afloat by borrowing or flogging assets on an unprecedented scale. Our new report found that more than £1bn of public assets have been sold by councils receiving exceptional financial support… [continues]
This is Part 3 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. Held in Sheffield and attended by over 400 people, Fearless Cities 2024 explored how local movements are building power in their communities and generating long-term, systemic change towards directly democratic local institutions…. [continues]
This is Part 2 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. The three blogs explore challenging racism, confronting ecological collapse and – in the blog below – sharing power and resources. By Steve Rushton Economic inequality is rampant worldwide, fuelled by decades of… [continues]
Cooperation seems to be an idea whose time has come for grassroots movements in the UK. Drawing on the Fearless Cities summit session: ‘Building autonomy through a cooperative economy’, we share two interviews with people doing cooperation beyond the traditional worker/housing cooperative form. Cooperation Town and Co-operation Manchester. What does cooperation mean to people right… [continues]
This is part 1 of Research for Action’s blog and podcast series based on Fearless Cities, a summit we co-organised in November 2024. Held in Sheffield and attended by over 400 people, Fearless Cities 2024 explored how local movements are building power in their communities and generating long-term, systemic change towards directly democratic local… [continues]