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Fancy becoming a ‘citizen researcher’ in pursuit of trade democracy?

By: Laura Williams
Date: 4 July 2017
Campaigns: Trade

As we expected, the Queen’s Speech included mention of a trade bill to be brought to parliament at some point in the next two years. Detail was predictably scant, and […]

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Manchester ignores CETA’s destructive force over local democracy

By: Laura Williams
Date: 12 November 2016

On Thursday Manchester City Council decided to reject our TTIP/CETA Free Zone, despite the fact that these deals could seriously undermine the additional powers that the region is pushing for under devolution. 

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What’s the future for democratic energy in the UK?

By: Laura Williams
Date: 23 August 2016

Energy democracy projects have surged over the past five years in the UK as the number of community owned renewable energy projects have risen. This UK government’s feed-in-tariff policy has […]

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Is it time for universal basic income in the UK?

By: Laura Williams
Date: 16 August 2016

Universal basic income is not a new idea. It was way back in 1795 that Thomas Paine, an American revolutionary, first talked about the citizen’s dividend. The idea was to pay all […]

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