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Community cohesion

Focus regeneration money on local assets, says study

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Public agencies may have been spending regeneration money on the wrong things, according to a think tank.

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Wed 28th July 2010

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Co-production can deliver Big Society, says study

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Co-production of local public services offers the best chance of making Big Society a success, according to a new report.

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Tue 20th July 2010

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Housing benefit shake-up risks hike in poverty

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Changes to housing benefit could have serious long-term implications, even creating concentrations of extreme poverty in urban areas similar to those at the centre of social unrest in France five years ago.

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Fri 2nd July 2010

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Budget: charities criticise ‘short-termist’ measures

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Campaigners have hit out at measures in the Budget which they describe as ‘short-sighted’ and at odds with the coalition’s pledge to ensure fairness.

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Tue 22nd June 2010

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Councils given more flexibility over HMOs

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Local authorities in England are to be given greater freedom to prevent problems such as antisocial behaviour caused by concentrations of shared housing.

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Thu 17th June 2010

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