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The rising costs and lost life chances of living in temporary accommodation

By Conrad Bower, Nick Prescott | May 20, 2022Features

Revealed: homeless households in Manchester see a 42% increase in the time spent living in temporary accommodation in just two years, while the cost to the council goes through the roof.

The Meteor speaks to people living in the limbo land of temporary accommodation, and asks what is the alternative?

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The new enclosure: how land commissions can lead the fight against urban land-grabs 

By Guest Writer | May 13, 2022Friends of The Meteor

In 2020, Liverpool became the first city in England to set up a land commission.  Researchers Jonathan Silver & Tom Gillespie track the widespread enclosure and privatisation of public land in preceding decades and highlight the power of democratic decision-making to force developments to serve the communities they are built in. When Boris Johnson sold […]

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Urban gardeners – seizing the means of food production and loving it

By Gary Roberts | May 7, 2022Features

With the cost-of-living crisis driving up food prices and concerns rising about the negative affects of modern agriculture on the climate and environment, more people are considering growing their own food.

Gary Roberts talks to urban gardeners in Manchester about the benefits growing your own food can bring.

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Bev Craig announces ambition for a ‘Real Living Wage’ Manchester

By Alex King | February 21, 2022News

Laying out her vision for the city for the first time as leader of Manchester city council, Bev Craig said social value should be an ‘approach that we all take’, starting with a Real Living Wage.

Can a GM Land Commission create a more equitable and sustainable development agenda?

By Conrad Bower | February 12, 2022Features

Andy Burnham promised a Greater Manchester Land Commission in his manifesto. We talk to Neil McInroy, chair of the Liverpool Land Commission, to see what the process can offer GM, and report the latest developments on Burnham’s promise.

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Oldham takes a community powered route to renewable energy

By Alex King | November 6, 2021Features

Through community wealth building models councils like Oldham are redefining the terms of net zero, providing local ownership of energy production while also decarbonising it.

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Can Cop26 lead to a viable future? We ask Manchester’s post growth expert

By Conrad Bower | October 29, 2021Features

Mark Burton is a member of the Steady State Manchester collective, which promotes the ideas of post growth as a way to achieve a viable economy, society and environment. We talk about the collective’s new book, A Viable Future, and the upcoming Cop26 summit.

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Put people – not profit – at heart of land use, says Liverpool Land Commission

By Alex King | July 6, 2021News

England’s first Land Commission, facilitated by the Manchester-based Centre for Local Economic Strategies, said Liverpool’s leaders should recognise “the true social purpose of land” rather than seeing it just as a “commodity”.

CLES welcomes Sarah Longlands as new chief executive

By Alex King | June 30, 2021News

Former director of IPPR North and advocate for regional development in the North of England joined the Manchester-based ‘think and do’ tank in June.

Neil McInroy

Neil McInroy: taking the fight for a fairer economy to America

By Conrad Bower | June 19, 2021Features

At the forefront of establishing the community wealth building model across the UK, Neil McInroy is taking on a fresh challenge. The Meteor speaks to him about his departure from the Centre of Local Economic Strategies to take up a new post in the United States.

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