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LA setting up Housebuilding companies
Almost a quarter of councils in England have invested £130m in setting up 58 new housebuilding companies since 2012, according to research by Inside…
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Residential care from Housing Association was inadequate says CQC
Guinness Care and Support – an arm of Guinness Housing Partnership – was also found to be inadequate in its running of one of…
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UK company ownership
This report sets out three different ways in which ownership can be spread more widely: The establishment of a national Citizens’ Wealth Fund, giving…
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Lessons from Europe on small housebuilding
IPPR have studied the problems facing English SME builders, with mutually reinforcing problems: the planning system, the land market, and insufficient access to finance.…
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Are we getting the most from going digital?
This discussion paper from IPPR argues that public policy should seek to accelerate automation to reap the productivity benefits, while building new institutions to…
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IPPR – Plan for Brexit
IPPR set out here a plan for a new UK-EU partnership that we believe would meet the UK’s priorities and have the maximal chance…
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Devolution round up – where are we now?
CFPS have been exploring emerging trends 8 months on from devolution, including the pressure to commercialise, the trend for increased collaboration between councils at…
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169% rise in homelessness since 2010
Here are some recent articles in the Guardian which explore the situation a little deeper and find that what we see in our cities…
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Carillion’s demise
There is a lot we don’t yet know around the implications of the decision that Carillion are taking steps to go into liquidation; together…
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Scrutiny.Net – Customer Engagement staff Performance Network
Here are some swapsies and the presentations – notes to follow: HACT Insight tool Tenant advisory presentation_Leeds_18th Jan 2018 Resident satisfaction The report of…