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Increasing skills in the North East
The North East has historically been considered a ‘low skills’ region, but there are indications that it may soon start to realise its potential…
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RIBA – 20 point plan
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has designs on the housing crisis – drawing up a 20 point plan to pitch solutions: Housing…
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Disabled Facilities Grants
Government grants to help people adapt their homes to live more independently are not always allocated to meet need, a report has concluded. CIG…
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Garden villages
Inside Housing surveyed 219 English councils to find out how many bids had been submitted to government and received 74 responses, with 61 confirming…
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The view on Brexit
The Brexit vote has already led to speculation that there will be more controls over immigration and on migrants’ eligibility for services such as…
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Devo – health
This booklet sets out the context for IPPR’s research on devo-health and the questions which we would like this programme of work to address.…
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NHF says that HAs must publish portable discount VRTB policies
The NHF revealed that under the voluntary deal with the government, members will be required to design and publish details of local policies implementing…
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Tranforming neighbourhoods
The government intending to make £140 million of loan funding available to kick-start the transformation of 100 estates. CIH published with Poplar HARCA and Sheffield Hallam…
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Learning from failure
A new report from the Institute of Government looking at the increasing risk of failure in the public sector and the implications for service…
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Universal credit – call for report into arrears
Lord David Freud has commissioned an “urgent” review into the high rate of rent arrears owed by Universal Credit claimants. The welfare reform minister…
