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Politicians use the internet to talk the talk - but is it enough?

By Huw Morris

27 April 2007

Tony Blair is on YouTube. David Cameron has Webcameron. David Miliband writes a blog. While the excruciation caused by visiting some of these websites is on a par with watching your dad dance at a disco, politicians are using the internet as a more direct way of communicating with the public. The trend is recognised by AboutMyArea.co.uk, a community-run network of websites offering free online space to candidates to boost interest in next week's local elections.

Fyson on...

By Anthony Fyson

27 April 2007

The irresistable rise of David Miliband.

Richards on...

By Sarah Richards

27 April 2007

Engaging all in applications.

Government must recognise planners' role in the community

By Huw Morris

20 April 2007

In the past few years we have been bombarded with government reviews by Barker, Egan, Lyons and Stern, all of whom conclude that planning is crucial to the community's well-being and viability. Yet the message from our salary survey is that employers are ignoring planners' importance.

Fyson on... which direction to take when considering the various technologies to reduce carbon emissions

By Anthony Fyson

20 April 2007

The government's long-awaited consultation paper on easing up planning regulations for domestic green microgeneration equipment foresees the need for a more permissive regime to help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Halman on... suburban renaissance

By Gary Halman

20 April 2007

Suburbia has had a bad press. The Good Life and Keeping Up Appearances poked fun at middle England, while developers have been lambasted for laying out acres of urban sprawl across precious green fields.

Consumer society will exhaust all its options before too long

13 April 2007

The arrival of spring heralds a flurry of articles in the media with one key message. Forget January as the month for new resolutions and breaking bad habits - with lighter evenings and warmer temperatures, now is the time to create the new you.

Fyson on ... guidance that urges considered design in our streets

By Anthony Fyson

13 April 2007

Guidance that urges considered design in our streets and gives long-overdue priority to people.

Shepley on ... Kate caught out on camera

13 April 2007

Have you seen that advert for the Regeneration & Renewal national conference, with its mugshots of scheduled speakers? Some look thoughtful, with one fine example of the classic "chin resting on fingers" pose. Some are startled, others look sideways as though at something more interesting, a couple are dynamic in mid-speech and another two seem to be in station photo booths.

Social firms need help to change the world

By Jamie Carpenter

6 April 2007

At last week's Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, social enterprise was talked up as a powerful force for good with the potential to change the world. An awards ceremony on the second day of the event saw US entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, founder of the Skoll Foundation, display mocked-up images of future newspaper front-page headlines. These stories included an end to Africa's Aids crisis and a reversal of climate change. His message to the audience of social entrepreneurs was clear: you can solve these intractable problems.