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Wednesday 11 November 2015
Volunteers to host health and care inqury days
CfPS is looking for volunteers (councils or partnerships) to support to hold health and care ‘inquiry days’ that can help your scrutiny committee to…
Tagged: Care and Support Health
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Wednesday 11 November 2015
London Patient Voice is recruiting
London Patient Voice (LPV) was established to be an independent citizen scrutiny group, and has the role of seeing how England London meets its duty to consult…
Tagged: Health
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Monday 9 November 2015
House of Lords to investigate low cost home ownership
An inquiry has been launched into the effectiveness of government policies aimed at delivering low cost housing. The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee…
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Monday 9 November 2015
Benefit cap applies to 23,000 households
The number of households subject to the benefit cap has increased to more than 23,000 for the first time since February, the latest government…
Tagged: Welfare Reform
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Sunday 1 November 2015
Vote for the RBS skills and opportunities fund
RBS have now created a shortlist of projects. Click on the regions below to see the shortlisted organisations in each area and vote for your…
Tagged: Awards Community Tenant Involvement
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Friday 30 October 2015
Love this graphic from JRF on the publics view of a living wage
https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/infographic/mis-2020/ …
Tagged: Anti-Poverty
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Friday 30 October 2015
Tees Valley and NE combined sign devolution deal
Devolution deals recently signed with the North East Combined Authority and Tees Valley brings the number of city regions across the north signing up…
Tagged: Devolution
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Friday 30 October 2015
Government poor at tackling fraud
The government is lacking ambition on tackling fraud and error in the benefits system, accoridng to a report. In a report published yesterday, the Public…
Tagged: Data Welfare Reform
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Friday 30 October 2015
Redundancies in HAs due to 1% rent cuts
Shoreline have annouced they are to lay off 1/5th of their staff. They join others inclusing 24 staff of the 250 workforce in Cheshire Peaks…
Tagged: HA Specific Issues Work
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Sunday 25 October 2015
NE merger talks
Two North East housing associations will consult their tenants about merging to create a 13,000-home landlord. Bernicia Group, which owns 8,000 homes, and 5,000-home…
Tagged: Goverance
