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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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Pathways scheme branded ‘poor value for money’

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The Pathways to Work employment scheme has been criticised in a report for having a ‘limited’ impact.

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Fri 28th May 2010

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Coalition programme: regeneration sector’s response

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The coalition’s ‘programme for government’ has drawn a wide range of reactions from the regeneration sector ranging from disappointment at its lack of clarity to praise for its ‘exciting, achievable goals’.

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Fri 21st May 2010

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Lib Dem manifesto: ‘Four steps to a fairer UK’

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The Liberal Democrats have declared their core aim is to build a stronger society and ‘hard-wire fairness back into national life’ in their election manifesto.

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Wed 14th April 2010

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