Albert Bore Articles

One of the key debates in democratic government over recent decades has been the restoration of the profile given to cities. If not quite on a par with the city states of renaissance Italy, cities are nevertheless clearly recognised for their role in the new global...

The issue of the provision of new homes is an important topic of national political debate for the first time since the 1960s. We welcome this debate, because we believe that here in Birmingham we are leading the way in both providing new homes ourselves, but also...

The recent Local Government Association report Under Pressure highlights the scale of the crisis facing local government in 2015 and beyond, revealing that 60 per cent of councils say they will not be able to cover their budget gap next year without cuts to frontline...