Tag Archives: policy

Respond to the National Planning Policy Framework consultation

Posted on 8 February, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

The government is consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.  This guidance governs the way planing takes place in England.  It covers plan making, for example through the council-level local plans, and development management, for example in determining … Continue reading →

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Community campaigners probe Labour position on Green Belt development

Posted on 30 January, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

  Save Greater Manchester’s Green Belt Group and Steady State Manchester have written to the leader of the Opposition (Sir Keir Starmer) on behalf of a number of GM community groups to provide evidence about the lack of justification for … Continue reading →

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One of Spain’s governing parties adopts degrowth

Posted on 7 June, 2022 by The Steady State Manchester team

Foreword We are pleased to publish this translation of an interview with two members of the Spanish political party Izquierda Unida (IU – United Left)1, Eva García and Alberto Garzón. Alberto is currently the Minister of Consumer Affairs and national … Continue reading →

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UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy – a critical review

Posted on 18 November, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

a guest piece by Peter Somerville In this devastating critique, Peter Somerville makes a detailed examination of the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy. Read his review in full here. He begins by setting the strategy in context. When the government … Continue reading →

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Viable Greater Manchester: our new policy collection

Posted on 22 March, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Now with summary diagram showing how the policies would work to support each other. Viable Greater Manchester Policies for a Socially Just & Ecologically Safe City Region, 2021 This is a contribution from Steady State Manchester to the debate about … Continue reading →

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The Post Growth Challenge

Posted on 4 January, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

The Post Growth Challenge Extended deadline – midnight, GMT, Wednesday 31 March, 2021. An initiative in collaboration with the Manchester Meteor and the Systems Change Alliance. What? A cooperative challenge to find a better way to present the post-growth alternative. … Continue reading →

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Job creation after Covid-19: the participatory economy.

Posted on 16 July, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

by Carolyn Kagan Is there a different way of creating jobs? There is no doubt about it, COVID-19 has forced us to rethink not only what, and who, we value most but the purpose, nature and impact of work and … Continue reading →

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Imagining an alternative future for Greater Manchester

Posted on 12 March, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

By Mark Burton and Carolyn Kagan reposted from Greater Manchester Housing Action website, 11 March, 2020 For some years now, Greater Manchester has been trying to agree a grand plan for land use: the Spatial Framework. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), … Continue reading →

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