From the NS archive: The twenty-year wait
19 December 1980: Britain will soon be well on the way to recreating the slum housing problems of the Forties.
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The Greens gained seats across England, Scotland and Wales. They now hold real power in Croydon.
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Who will Scottish voters blame for falling living standards?
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Towns and smaller settlements can and should be part of “levelling-up”
Government needs to look beyond the big cities to what local government can deliver.
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