Last week, CLES responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its proposed Community Wealth Building Bill. For any queries about our response, our our work in Scotland more generally, please contact Naomi Mason, our Scotland lead. Introduction CLES welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Community Wealth Building Bill. As the national organisation for local economies, we have been at the forefront of developing, shaping and delivering ...| CLES
Analysis conducted to accompany a new report from CLES has found that five of the ten councils most impacted by austerity have built no affordable homes supported by contributions from private developers since 2010. Across all ten areas, just 44 affordable homes have been built since 2010 using developer contributions. In contrast, councils such as Dartford, Carlisle, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Cornwall have all reported using developer contributions to build over 350 affor...| CLES
This blog is about public utilities and progressive procurement. But we swear it isn’t boring! Because it’s also about how water shapes our lives, how community members are envisioning the future of water in Seattle, and how a public utility can support our local economy to thrive.| peopleseconomylab.org
Wealth means different things depending on who you ask. To one person it might mean their investment portfolio. To another, maybe it means their home. To a third, it may mean that they have food on the table, loved ones surrounding them, and they know someone will help them out if they’re struggling. Wealth is all of these things and more, and the ways we define and relate to wealth often depend on our cultural background.| peopleseconomylab.org