Forum Brief: Housing 'gap' funding
Policy Consultation 25 July 2003
English Partnerships, the national regeneration agency, has launched the final stage of its consultation on housing "gap" funding today.
Forum Brief: Regeneration schemes
Policy Consultation 17 July 2003
Deprived communities are being "swamped" by too many regeneration schemes, a new report has claimed.
Councillors urged to 'fight for local government'
News Article 2 July 2003
The Local Government Association annual conference has heard a call for councillors to "fight for local government".
Forum Brief: Fire Service reforms
Policy Consultation 1 July 2003
Warning that "change is essential", John Prescott has set out a series of wide ranging reforms to the fire service.
Forum Brief: Local government powers
Policy Consultation 24 June 2003
The Federation of Small Businesses has warned that private sector jobs will be lost unless politicians and civil servants address the threat posed to small businesses by new local authority
Forum Brief: School funding
Policy Consultation 6 June 2003
Charles Clarke has promised a two-year cash settlement this autumn that would guarantee every school enough extra money to meet rising costs.
Councils still have housing role says study
News Article 27 May 2003
Local government can still have vital impact on the development of social housing even after it loses control of its stock, a new study has claimed.
Forum Brief: Fire dispute
Policy Consultation 21 May 2003
The executive of the Fire Brigades Union has said it will accept the latest pay offer from fire service employers.
Forum Brief: Waste management
Policy Consultation 7 May 2003
The government has opted against a national collection charge to punish householders who do not recycle rubbish.
Forum Brief: Education funding
Policy Consultation 2 May 2003
Charles Clarke has today published an analysis of Local Education Authority budgets for 2003-04.
Forum Brief: School funding crisis
Policy Consultation 24 April 2003
Charles Clarke has accused local education authorities of causing a funding crisis by failing to award schools all the money they have been allocated.
Forum Brief: Regeneration
Policy Consultation 15 April 2003
Urban regeneration projects are often failing to deliver value for money, a committee of MPs has warned.
Forum Brief: Draft Housing Bill
Policy Consultation 31 March 2003
Home information packs are a central feature of a wide-ranging package of measures in the draft Housing Bill.
Forum Brief: School funding
Policy Consultation 27 March 2003
The government has announced an emergency bail-out of £28 million for the 36 local education authorities which this year received the lowest increase in education spending.
Forum Brief: Council tax increases
Policy Consultation 3 March 2003
Many local authorities are imposing huge council tax increases from next month because of a shortfall education funding from central government, reports today's Times.
