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Charity calls for housing cash boost
News Article 17 March 2005
Housing charity Shelter has told the government to treble its spending on social housing and create a department for housing and communities.
Brown bids for green economic growth
News Article 15 March 2005
Environmental care must be central to any economic growth strategy, the chancellor has said ahead of this week's Budget.
Brown goes green for first time
Press Review 15 March 2005
The chancellor will make his first major speech on the environment after eight years in office today.
Sustainable development
Policy Consultation 8 March 2005
Comment from DEFRA, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Woodland Trust.
Beckett promises greener government
Press Review 8 March 2005
Margaret Beckett has announced measures to offset the damage government does to the environment.
Ministers unveil sustainable development drive
News Article 7 March 2005
The government has unveiled its revised sustainable development strategy, putting the emphasis on encouraging local action.
Housing plans
Policy Consultation 8 February 2005
Comment from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the British Property Federation and English Heritage.
ODPM presses on with 'decent homes' plan
News Article 8 February 2005
The government is pushing ahead with a new round of funding for its controversial social housing redevelopment programme.
Economic regeneration
Policy Consultation 2 February 2005
Comment from the Treasury and the British Property Federation.
Treasury vital in urban renewal insists Brown
News Article 2 February 2005
Gordon Brown has insisted the Treasury has a wide role to play in the development of public policy and the renewal of urban areas.
Sustainable communities
Policy Consultation 31 January 2005
Comment from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Conservatives,the Liberal Democrats, the British Property Federation, the Woodland Trust and the Local Government Information Unit
Prescott vows to tackle community decline
News Article 31 January 2005
John Prescott has set out the government's plans to develop sustainable communities by tacking the "cycle of decline".
Warning on effect of South East growth
Press Review 22 November 2004
The South East could suffer from worsening pollution levels unless sustainable development policies are put into practice, according to a new report.
South East 'facing pollution threat'
News Article 22 November 2004
The South East could suffer from worsening pollution levels unless sustainable development policies are put into practice, according to a new report.
