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What's the alternative?

We look behind the obvious to ask 'what's the alternative?' in housing, jobs, banking and more. Join the debate and offer your own solutions
  • Homa Khaleeli

    Reclaiming public spaces with ping pong and pianos

    Homa Khaleeli
    Homa Khaleeli: What's the alternative?: Street pianos and table tennis have got city folk talking, but it will take time and money to turn this into real social networks
  • Trevor Reeves

    It'll take more than back-combing tutorials to bridge the generation gap

    Ed Howker
    Ed Howker: What's the alternative?: If older people are failing to pass on their skills, it's a symptom of a deeper problem: young and old in Britain mistrust one another
  • Hilary Osborne

    When 59% APR loans and no-interest savings accounts are a good deal

    Hilary Osborne

    Hilary Osborne: What's the alternative?: Customers of social enterprise Fair Finance are used to being excluded from banking and left to rely on payday loans

  • Lynsey Hanley

    This is how we can solve the housing crisis – one home at a time

    Lynsey Hanley
    Lynsey Hanley: What's the alternative? Liverpool's Homebaked community land trust is a model for local rebuilding in the wake of failed regeneration projects
  • Job Centre Plus

    Jobseekers need a touch of humanity to stay afloat

    Rowenna Davis

    Rowenna Davis: What's the alternative?: Instead of linking a single person with the state, a new system helps jobseekers connect with the community

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