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Richard Hatcher

6 articles attributed to this name

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  1. 17 October 2020  ·  Richard Hatcher  ·  Britain

    Part 2: Rethinking social care: how does this relate to the policies of the unions?

    Part 1 outlined a new model of social care: a National Care, Support and Independent Living Service, locally co-produced. Part 2 looks at recent union visions for the future of social care. …

  2. 18 March 2017  ·  Richard Hatcher  ·  Combined Authorities, Democracy

    Devolution: business dominance against local democracy – the case of the West Midlands Combined Authority

    by Richard Hatcher Devolution to Combined Authorities could provide the opportunity for local citizens to have more power over the policies that shape their daily lives. But Combined Authori…

  3. 16 April 2015  ·  Richard Hatcher  ·  4 comments

    The neoliberalisation of the city: the transformation of city centres and city councils

    by Richard Hatcher The decades from Thatcher onwards have seen the neoliberal transformation of cities in Britain. London epitomises the neoliberal global city, but London is not typical of …

  4. 3 November 2014  ·  Richard Hatcher  ·  2 comments

    We need to democratise local government

    The Scottish vote for independence demonstrated mass popular alienation from the mainstream political parties writes Richard Hatcher . A burning grievance that people are voiceless and power…

  5. 7 May 2014  ·  Richard Hatcher

    What will a Labour government do about local school systems?

    image no longer in the archive The typical picture now is of local fragmentation, spreading academies and chains, pseudo-autonomy of schools under Gove’s dictatorial control, and local autho…

  6. 6 August 2011  ·  Richard Hatcher

    ‘Open Public Services’ White Paper: the risky road to privatisation

    The government’s delayed White Paper on ‘Open Public Services’ was published in July writes Richard Hatcher . Commentators have been divided on its significance. Tessa Jowell, the Blairite f…