Driving cars can be fun. The personal freedom, the wind in your hair and the stereo switched up to 11 while singing to Gary Numan.
It is not enough to assume that scaling back the state will allow local innovation to flourish. Achieving genuine localism relies on a different kind of support from the centre.
NESTA is interested in supporting timebanking, complementary currencies and various newer ideas around the sharing economy, seeing them as platforms for civic engagement and reciprocity in civil society.
London coffee houses of the 17th century were fertile ground for innovation.
The potential for open-source software to cut public sector costs is an exciting prospect and it's happening now
How to open up local data: notes, tips and tricks from Warwickshire council
When Oslo's transport authorities wanted to design and implement a new transport system for Ruter, they knew that providing useful, legible information would be as critical as the lines themselves.
The Open Public Services White Paper aims to 'encourage innovation and give people more choice and control over the services they use by putting power directly in the hands of millions of families and thousands of communities'.
A brilliant scheme that has transformed the education system in New York has shown how a disciplined approach to innovation can reap huge rewards
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