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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Welfare Reform Bill Progress
The Welfare Reform Bill yesterday entered the first day of report stage in the House of Lords after much debate during a 17-day Grand…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
New Housing Strategy for England
Prime minister David Cameron has unveiled the government’s long awaited housing strategy pledging to unlock the housing market and ‘get Britain building again’ Mr…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Framework for the self financing of council housing
The government has published its consultation on implementing self-financing for council housing. It sets out the framework for the new system and gives councils…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Housing and the Autumn statement by government
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his 2011 Autumn Statement to Parliament The Autumn Statement provides an update on the government’s plans for…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Abandoned market renewal areas
Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced £5.5m of additional government funding for areas hit by the government’s cuts to the housing market renewal programme into headlines…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
The Riots – Interim report
Communities and Victims Panel has published its interim report on the widespread public disorder across England in August 2011. Chaired by former JobCentre Plus…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
8 cities to be set free!
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has ‘set free from Whitehall’ eight cities and their surrounding areas, by offering them power in return foraccountability. Launching…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Placeshapers guide to Localism
Minister for Decentralisation and Cities Greg Clark has launched a report for the PlaceShapers group of housing associations at an event in London. The…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Can your housing association be more transparant?
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has written to David Orr at the National Housing Federation complaining about housing associations’ lack of progress towards transparency. In…
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Tuesday 13 December 2011
Access to the internet for tenants
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has pledged to ‘end digital apartheid’ declaring that internet access should be a necessity, not a luxury. Chairing the ‘Digital…
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