Northern Ireland urged to focus on social ills
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Northern Ireland's legacy of conflict and sectarian divisions has masked growing social problems, according to a think tank.
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Manchester NDC helps to ‘reverse downward spiral’
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Educational achievement and open spaces have improved in east Manchester, while crime and unemployment levels have been reduced, according to the final evaluation of the area’s new deal for communities (NDC) programme.
First wave of ‘trailblazing’ mutuals announced
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A social enterprise in Mansfield is to deliver housing support services to vulnerable people, and teaching and administrative staff will set up a trust to run a Cumbrian college after the government gave the green light to the first round of Pathfinder mutuals projects.
Land bank set to help growing phenomena
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A land bank identifying areas available for community growing will be established in Wales.
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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