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Website aims to match firms with empty properties

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An online initiative to help new businesses find affordable premises and reduce the number of vacant units across the capital has been launched.

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Fri 12th March 2010

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Concerns raised over coalfield regeneration schemes

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A parliamentary watchdog has expressed ‘serious concerns’ over the value for money of initiatives designed to regenerate England’s former coal mining areas.

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Wed 10th March 2010

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Rural life jeopardised if young quit countryside

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Young people’s needs must be urgently addressed to avoid a major threat to the long-term viability of country life, the government’s rural advocate has warned.

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Thu 4th March 2010

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Right homes in right places ‘crucial’ to affordability

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What is most profitable for developers and most affordable for the community is ‘rarely the same thing’ in newbuild housing developments, according to a report.

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Tue 2nd March 2010

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Comprehensives failing to accept poorer pupils

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‘Stark social segregation’ is widespread in England’s secondary schools, with scores of comprehensives taking less than half the proportion of poorer pupils in their local area, according to new research.

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Tue 2nd March 2010

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