Art and culture has helped to regenerate major cities and now is the time to apply this approach elsewhere. Collaborative working across boundaries will be the key to success.

New ways of working are needed to apply the lessons of regeneration to other places. This is the theme of a new report from Regional Cities East, the smaller cities partnership of Peterborough, Luton, Ipswich, Norwich, Colchester and Southend-on-Sea, working in collaboration with Arts Council England.

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The countryside, and a multi-billion pound rural economy, could be in peril if public sector cuts ignore the lessons of the foot and mouth crisis and axe rights of way services.

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By Imogen Blood

There is a growing number of diverse groups of older people with high support needs. Improvements in life expectancy mean that people aged 85 and over are the fastest growing age group in the population. The author looks at the different groups and the form of support they need. It was written as part of the JRF programme A Better Life.

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