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Budget Round Up – Housing
This is a useful update from the CIH: Budget: £150m loan fund for regenerating housing estates Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:02 GMT George Osborne…
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Cut waste to save money
If the Government changed its attitude towards waste it could become a resource worth tens of billions of pounds, according to a report. LG…
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Budget News – Local Government
Here is a round up of the LG news: Budget 2014: No great surprise for local government The 2014 Budget speech held no great…
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Public Data worth millions sold with Royal Mail
Including millions of postal addresses in the sale of Royal Mail was a short-sighted mistake and public data like this should never be sold…
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Landlords given an opportunity to form business improvement districts
Property owners in London are to be allowed to form business improvement districts (BIDs) in a move designed to get landlords more involved in…
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Boosting demand for recycling
A study into how to boost recycling rates for urban areas has been launched by Keep Britain Tidy and SITA UK. According to LG…
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Call to transformation to manage demand for LA services
Councils must stem the mounting demand for services by finding a long-term answer to the challenges of austerity, a report claims. According to LG…
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Furniture re-use opportunities
Local authorities need to understand and grasp what re-use can be, says an exasperated Craig Anderson, chief executive of The Furniture ReUse Network (FRN).…
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Report – Regional Growth Fund is still underspent
A ‘significant’ amount of public money remains unspent from the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), according to a new report. According to LG News: The report…
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Govt still undecided about scrapping emergency welfare fund
Scrapping of a £347m emergency welfare fund could leave regions unable to support families in crisis, council leaders have warned. LG News reported: Urging…
