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Monday 10 October 2016
English apprentices
This briefing paper reviews the government’s new apprenticeship system for England – why reform was needed, how well the new system will work, concerns…
Tagged: Work
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Monday 10 October 2016
London Living rent to become a government product
Sadiq Khan is planning to alter his ‘London Living Rent’ product to enable medium-income earners to buy a home at the end of their…
Tagged: House Building Housing Strategy
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Monday 10 October 2016
PFP and Derwent in merger talks
Places for People has begun merger talks with Derwent Housing Association, the landlord has told investors. Under the plans, Derwent, which has 25,000 homes,…
Tagged: Goverance
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Monday 10 October 2016
LHA for supported housing may be transferred to LAs
The government will transfer money to councils to top up the cost of supported housing, as part of its plan to cap housing benefit…
Tagged: Care and Support Older people
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Monday 10 October 2016
“We can solve poverty in the UK” – report
JRF’s comprehensive strategy, We can solve poverty in the UK, sets out recommendations on how all of us can act to solve poverty: we_can_solve_poverty_in_the_uk…
Tagged: Anti-Poverty
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Monday 10 October 2016
Manchester would be mayor requests DWP devoved funding
Andy Burnham has called on the government to devolve welfare spending to Greater Manchester. According to Inside Housing: The Labour MP for Leigh is…
Tagged: Devolution Welfare Reform
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Monday 10 October 2016
Government to focus on housing supply
Theresa May has pledged to step in and “repair the dysfunctional housing market” as she put increasing the supply of new homes at the…
Tagged: Government Initiatives
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Monday 10 October 2016
£3billion housebuilding fund annouced
The government will today announce a £3bn housebuilding fund that will combine cash from several existing funding streams and provide £1.15bn of new loan…
Tagged: House Building
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Thursday 29 September 2016
Government announcement on LHA
Damien Green the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions made the following announcement on Local Housing Allowance. http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-09-15/HCWS154/?dm_i=3R33,36VG,11XQO0,9F14,1 …
Tagged: Welfare Reform
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Thursday 29 September 2016
Thirteen Group consult on collapse
Thirteen Group is to consult tenants about conflating its group structure. The 34,000-home group, which consists of five landlords operating in the north east…
Tagged: Tenant Involvement
