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  • Council housing SHUTTERSTOCK Give cities a stronger role in housing, says IPPREnglish city councils should be given more powers over housing to enable them to play a greater role in the supply of new and decent homes, the Institute for Public Policy Research said today. 08 May 2012
  • MargaretHodgeKESTEVEN PAC slams 'excessively high' PFI returnsThe Public Accounts Committee today called for an end to the routine use of the Private Finance Initiative to pay for public infrastructure, saying some of the private sector profits were 'difficult to justify'. 02 May 2012
  • Building site Councils told to get ready for planning overhaulEnglish councils have just 12 months to get local plans ready in order to comply with the new planning regime, which came into effect today. 27 March 2012
  • Council houses Councils look forward to end of HRA subsidy systemThe abolition of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system later this week will free up councils to invest more in affordable homes, the Local Government Association has said. 26 March 2012

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  • Transparent The whole pictureThe aim of the infrastructure code isn't just to help councils finish their Whole of Government Accounts. It should also to help them manage their assets better 01 April 2012
  • Housing Feature ISTOCK Home truthsThe good news is that the government is scrapping the much-hated Housing Revenue Account from April. The less good news is that the Treasury, not councils, could still end up in the driving seat 01 February 2012
  • Transparent Going it aloneEnding centrally prescribed rules for the Housing Revenue Account means coming up with new ones. Depreciation and components are still tricky 01 January 2012

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