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27 Oct 17
Brexit brings with it an opportunity to embed social value into public procurement practices, says Matthew Jackson of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies
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21 Jun 16
A local social stock exchange is to be piloted in Liverpool and the Wirral, it was announced today.
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31 May 16
Two thirds of councils do not routinely consider social value in their commissioning decisions, despite a duty to do so, a report has found.
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30 Nov 15
Social benefits are a major area of expenditure for most governments. A common standard for accounting for these has now been drafted
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30 Apr 15
Social investment has been hyped as the solution to myriad problems. And there’s much to recommend it—but the new government should steer clear of the over-excited rhetoric
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1 Mar 15
It’s probably time to give up on the idea that central government has the political will to fix local government’s problems. We need a bottom-up transformation of how local services work.
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5 Jan 15
Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
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27 Nov 14
Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
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22 Aug 14
Policy Exchange has encouraged politicians from all parties to develop a plan to improve the condition of Britain’s social housing estates. The think-tank said decades of neglect had led to social...
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18 Jul 14
Proposed audit regulations for England’s 10,000 parish councils are overly complex and ‘close to impenetrable’, the Audit Commission has warned.
27 Oct 17Brexit brings with it an opportunity to embed social value into public procurement practices, says Matthew Jackson of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies
21 Jun 16A local social stock exchange is to be piloted in Liverpool and the Wirral, it was announced today.
31 May 16Two thirds of councils do not routinely consider social value in their commissioning decisions, despite a duty to do so, a report has found.
30 Nov 15Social benefits are a major area of expenditure for most governments. A common standard for accounting for these has now been drafted
30 Apr 15Social investment has been hyped as the solution to myriad problems. And there’s much to recommend it—but the new government should steer clear of the over-excited rhetoric
1 Mar 15It’s probably time to give up on the idea that central government has the political will to fix local government’s problems. We need a bottom-up transformation of how local services work.
5 Jan 15Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
27 Nov 14Local government minister Kris Hopkins has today awarded grants to 73 public service integration schemes that are expected to lead to more than £900m in efficiencies across the public sector.
22 Aug 14Policy Exchange has encouraged politicians from all parties to develop a plan to improve the condition of Britain’s social housing estates. The think-tank said decades of neglect had led to social...
18 Jul 14Proposed audit regulations for England’s 10,000 parish councils are overly complex and ‘close to impenetrable’, the Audit Commission has warned.
