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Tuesday 11 December 2012
Autumn statement extends austerity to 2018
Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement has confirmed the extension of austerity measures until 2018, squeezing local government into a longer period of financial retrenchment.…
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
The shadow state – new report from social enterprise UK
A report published by Social Enterprise UK says a ‘shadow state’ is emerging in which a small number of large companies providing outsourced public…
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
New members of housing regulation committee
Two new members have been appointed to the Homes and Communities Agency regulation committee. The Communities and Local Government department has today announced the…
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Tuesday 11 December 2012
LAs in England to share £661million to deliver 142,000 new homes
The funding through the new homes bonus scheme will be allocated in 2013-14, will also bring 13,000 long-term empty properties back into use and…
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Sunday 25 November 2012
Everything you need to know about complaints, designated persons and panels
National seminar programme – check out the links… Complaints Seminars Complaints seminar booking form…
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Thursday 15 November 2012
Job advert – Community Engagement Manager
Alliance Homes are seeking to recruit a Community Engagement Manager to drive forward resident and community engagement This role will lead engagement, involvement and develop…
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Thursday 15 November 2012
Charity warns of cost of abolishing HB for those under 25 years
Government plans to abolish housing benefit for under-25s could leave tens of thousands of young people homeless. Currently 385,000 people under 25 claim housing…
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Thursday 8 November 2012
New chair for TPAS
The tenant particpation advisory service has appointed a new chair Steve Meakin will replace Sara Thakkar, whose period as chair on the board had…
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Thursday 8 November 2012
First landlord to have a insulation subsidiary
Places for PeopleHousing Assoiciation (national with over 60,000 homes) is setting up a subsidiary company called the Green Services Hub, which will offer services to…
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Thursday 8 November 2012
2 repairs contractors become one
The housing repairs contractor Mears has bought Morrison Facilities Services for £24m. Morrison has more than 2,500 staff working in the social housing sector…
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