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Construction work is underway on a major £15m project to build 119 new affordable homes on a former industrial site in Ross Walk, Leicester.
The project is the first phase in the redevelopment of the former British Union Shoe Machinery (BUSM) works, a 30-acre site aside the River Soar and is being carried out in partnership between Westleigh Developments, Leicester City Council, landowners Trafalgar Global Ltd and Trustees of GS Fashions Retirement Benefit Fund, architects Marchini Curran, t...
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Sir Bob Kerslake today confirmed that the Homes and Communities Agency is 'here to stay' - albeit as a smaller and more streamlined body.Speaking exclusively to 24dash.com, the HCA's Chief Executive said his organisation would become an enabling investment agency with the emphasis being placed on local authorities to 'take the lead' on housing delivery plans."In line with the Government's localism approach, councils will be expected to come to us to discuss their housing requirements rather than u...
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Young residents at Fords Farm, a Sanctuary Shaftesbury estate in Reading, Berkshire, have been full of that Friday feeling ever since a local youth club was set up where they live.
The Holybrook Youth Club is open every Friday evening and has been made possible thanks to funding from Sanctuary Shaftesbury, a member of leading UK housing provider Sanctuary Group, and support from Sovereign Housing and West Berkshire Council.
Fords Farm used to be a target for antisocial behaviour and lacked meaningful ...
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The Government unveiled radical proposals to reform the UK's "antiquated" benefits system today, pledging the biggest overhaul in decades in a drive to simplify the structure and make work pay.Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith gave a critical account of the complex welfare system, which he said had helped create ghettos of worklessness, often affecting generations of families.The current arrangements amount to a "supertax" on some of the worst off in society, said the minister, adding ...
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Residents from Cumbernauld are set for a bright new future as work on a new housing development in Seafar gets set to commence in the coming months.
Sanctuary Cumbernauld, a member of leading UK housing provider Sanctuary Group, is to begin work on their latest development on Fleming Road later this year.
Consisting of 31 new-build two-bedroom flats, the development will take approximately 12 months to complete and the properties will be made available to local residents for affordable rent.
Peter Mart...
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July 30, 2010 | Posted by 24dash.com RSS feed
Residents from Cumbernauld are set for a bright new future as work on a new housing development in Seafar gets set to commence in the coming months.
Sanctuary Cumbernauld, a member of leading UK housing provider Sanctuary Group, is to begin work on their latest development on Fleming Road later this year.
Consisting of 31 new-build two-bedroom flats, the development will take approximately 12 months to complete and the properties will be made available to local residents for affordable rent.
Peter Mart...
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News that the Government's Credit Union Legislative Reform Order will be delayed until next year has been met with dismay by many credit unions up and down the country because it has taken years to achieve an all party consensus only to be delayed by other priorities.
The LRO provides several vital provisions that will enable credit unions to grow towards sustainability much more quickly than at present. Key elements are:
A much less prohibitive definition of the common bond which describes the fi...
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July 30, 2010 | Posted by 24dash.com RSS feed
News that the Government's Credit Union Legislative Reform Order will be delayed until next year has been met with dismay by many credit unions up and down the country because it has taken years to achieve an all party consensus only to be delayed by other priorities.
The LRO provides several vital provisions that will enable credit unions to grow towards sustainability much more quickly than at present. Key elements are:
A much less prohibitive definition of the common bond which describes the fi...
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More than 80,000 prisoners were let out of jail early under a scheme which may have damaged public confidence in justice, figures showed today.The early release scheme was scrapped earlier this year after the then-justice secretary Jack Straw branded it "inherently unsatisfactory".More than 2,600 (3%) of freed inmates have since been recalled to custody, with 1,234 of these accused of committing more than 1,600 further offences while on early release from prison, the Ministry of Justice figures showed....
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July 30, 2010 | Posted by 24dash.com RSS feed
More than 80,000 prisoners were let out of jail early under a scheme which may have damaged public confidence in justice, figures showed today.The early release scheme was scrapped earlier this year after the then-justice secretary Jack Straw branded it "inherently unsatisfactory".More than 2,600 (3%) of freed inmates have since been recalled to custody, with 1,234 of these accused of committing more than 1,600 further offences while on early release from prison, the Ministry of Justice figures showed....
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