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Government dishes out £85m for research into new technologies
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 13:18
Universities are being invited to bid for £85 million of new capital funding for research into three of the “eight Great British technologies” that are expected to drive growth.
New funding announced to combat social housing fraud
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 13:16
The government is to provide an additional £9.5m to 62 councils to spend on combating social housing fraud ahead of the implementation of the Social Housing Fraud Act 2013.
Local authorities desperately need major reform, focusing less on the processes and more on the outcomes, according to Steven Lugg, chief executive of Hampshire Association of Local Councils.
Public sector employment has fallen for the thirteenth consecutive quarter to just over 5.7 million, the Office for National Statistics reported In its quarterly update.
UK chancellor George Osborne has been urged to include investment in the country's housing market when he unveils his latest Budget later in the month.
Key to planning system is Local Authorities producing a plan
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 15:00
The property industry has welcomed the increase in Local Authorities that have produced a Local Plan, the document which sets out where development can happen.
Councils will be able to invest twice as much of their pension assets in infrastructure schemes such as house-building, energy projects and high-speed rail, it has been announced.