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IPPR ideas to modernise finance
This report sets out an ambitious agenda for ‘definancialisation’, for rolling back the socially useless aspects of modern finance and advancing both its productive…
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MPs try to protect rural communities affordable housing
A cross-party group of MPs have today brought a bill before parliament to protect rural communities from government proposals which they claim risk “drying…
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73% of English councils place young people leaving care in B&B
Nearly three-quarters of English councils placed young people leaving care in bed and breakfast accommodation last year, new figures have revealed. According to Inside…
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Private Members bill to exempt some people from bedroom tax
A private members bill, tabled by Liberal Democrat backbencher Andrew George would exempt tenants from the bedroom tax if they have not received a…
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Magenta join Liverpool Mutual Homes and others with Job Centre Adviser
Magenta Living has joined forces with Job Centre Plus to support tenants in their search for work. According to Housing News: A dedicated advisor has…
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Decentralisation call from Nick Clegg
A 10-year programme of English decentralisation, spanning parliaments and built on cross-party support, is urgently required – starting now. decentralisation-decade_Sep2014 According to IPPR report:…
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Furniture recycling – a new idea
Here is a good idea from Glasgow and it got me thinking…. I wonder if we could replicate this for all cities who have…
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North West house building factory
A house building ‘factory’ that could produce 1,000 homes a year for 40 social landlords could be up and running by 2016. According to…
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Females – where are you?
Women are still absent from top roles in politics and public life, accounting for less than a third of local councillors – a report…
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7 steps to fire risk safety programmes
I picked up this blog on linked in: Tom Gilbert highlights 7 key considerations issues that organiaations should be considered prior to embarking on the procurement of third party fire risk assessors to…
