Right to Buy boosted by £100m fund to improve access to finance
The government will attempt to reinvigorate ‘Right to Buy’ in 2014. The maximum discount for a house will increase from 60 per cent to 70 per cent of its value.
Members of the public and businesses will be able to bid to buy up a portion of Whitehall’s £330bn land and property portfolio under a Treasury-backed scheme.
More cuts expected as Osbourne looks towards a year of ‘hard truths’
Local and Central Government can expect further austerity measures as it contends with a year of ‘hard truths’, Chancellor George Osborne has indicated.
Pickles issues guidance on weekly waste collection
The first ever guidance on weekly bin collections has been launched. The Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is supporting weekly collections by publishing examples where councils have made efficiency savings.
Passivhaus is an internationally renowned method of building healthy, affordable low energy homes. Jon Bootland, chief executive of Passivhaus Trust, explains why it is an ideal method for the construction of social housing in the UK
Despite the government’s efforts, cases of fraud and error continue to cost the taxpayer billions. A recent report by Business Intelligence Software firm SAS explains how improved data management can combat this behaviour
