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21 Mar 02
Labour is no closer to ending homelessness after new figures showed another rise in the number of people being housed by English councils in emergency accommodation.
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21 Mar 02
More than a million extra homes must be built in the next 20 years if Britain is to avoid a major shortage of affordable housing, according to a report published this week.
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14 Mar 02
Prospective homeowners could be offered a guarantee that they will not lose money if they buy homes in areas of low demand.
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14 Mar 02
Poorly performing housing departments have been warned by the government that they will not be let off the hook.
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14 Mar 02
Housing associations are struggling to meet Tony Blair's targets for electronic government, says a new report.
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28 Feb 02
Drug rehabilitation services are in need of urgent improvement to stop misusers from falling through the net, according to the Audit Commission.
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28 Feb 02
The Environment Agency is failing to give early warning to householders in danger from flooding, says an influential committee of MPs.
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28 Feb 02
The public sector has to come up with more imaginative ways of managing its estates and pursue new ideas to create more housing opportunities for low-paid workers, the government warned this week.
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28 Feb 02
The Greater London Authority is the latest local body to seek a credit rating from the City to help it attract private finance.
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21 Feb 02
Employers and unions are calling on the government to clarify the terms under which local authority housing staff will be expected to transfer to new arm's-length management organisations (Almos).
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21 Feb 02
The government will be forced to make further payouts to prop up the National Air Traffic Services until the airlines that took a 46% stake in the part-privatised service have recovered their costs,...
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21 Feb 02
Tenants will be able to transfer their local authority homes to 'community mutual' housing associations, enabling them to manage and collectively own their properties, under plans drawn up by the...
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14 Feb 02
Philip Mawer, 54, the most senior aide to Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, was approached to apply for the job of parliamentary commissioner for standards because of the poor quality of the...
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14 Feb 02
Scottish local authorities are increasingly suffering from central control of funding, an analysis published this week shows.
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7 Feb 02
Commons leader Robin Cook and Lord Irvine, the lord chancellor, are at loggerheads over the reform of the House of Lords, according to Whitehall sources.
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7 Feb 02
Most housing associations fail to measure affordability when they set rents, according to new research commissioned by the Housing Corporation.
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7 Feb 02
Housing associations have given a cautious welcome to plans to allow them to apply for antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos).
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31 Jan 02
Housing associations will be able to apply for a share of a £300m renewal fund under a programme announced this week by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bank of Scotland.
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24 Jan 02
A housing association that paid £1,000 to a man who unsuccessfully applied to work as a sheltered housing manager has warned that the case could lead to tenants having less say over the management of...
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24 Jan 02
Tenants will play a key role in a new system for inspecting housing associations that focuses on outcomes rather than procedures.
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17 Jan 02
Walsall council is in danger of 'slipping down the same slippery slope' as Hackney, Audit Commission controller Sir Andrew Foster has warned.
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17 Jan 02
London Mayor Ken Livingstone faces a battle to force his proposed budget through the capital's assembly after the Association of London Government dismissed it as 'unacceptable and unrealistic'.
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17 Jan 02
Self-improvement is the mantra adopted by millions at this time of year. But unfortunately it is not a resolution dear to those in Westminster or Whitehall. The flabby way this country is governed...
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10 Jan 02
MPs have warned the Housing Corporation to keep a tight rein on the risk management of registered social landlords as the sector comes under increasing financial pressure.
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10 Jan 02
The level of private finance raised by housing associations is continuing to increase by more than 15% per year, new figures show.
21 Mar 02Labour is no closer to ending homelessness after new figures showed another rise in the number of people being housed by English councils in emergency accommodation.
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