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Major Housing Developers Missing Crucial Government Safety Contract To Avoid Ban

08 Mar Communities

A major housing developer at the heart of a government campaign to fix unsafe buildings has said it has still not received the final version of a crucial contract that they need to sign in the next five days or risk being “banned” from operating in the market, PoliticsHome has learned.

06 Mar Political parties

Labour Calls For Regional Job Support To Tackle Economic Inactivity

24 Feb Health

Most People Support Junior Doctors And Ambulance Staff Going On Strike

23 Feb Energy

Government Urged To Extend Energy Voucher "Lifetimes" With £240m Expected To Go Unclaimed

23 Feb Communities

Ukrainian Refugees Have Struggled With Work And Housing Since Arriving In the UK

22 Feb Communities

Lords Propose More Than 500 Changes To Government's Levelling Up Bill

Top Stories: Nurses Hold 'Intensive' Strike Talks With Government, Tory Brexiteers Digging In, Supermarkets Ration Veg

22 Feb Health

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17 Mar Economy

One year after the P&O Ferries scandal, rogue employers remain free to treat workers appallingly

10 Mar Communities

Planning reform must give local communities greater control over what is built in their neighbourhood

09 Mar Environment

There’s no silver bullet to meet growing housing demand

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09 Mar Communities

How Britain's Built Environment Became Degraded

In a stinging polemic, architectural historian and author of Making Dystopia Professor James Stevens Curl gives The House his view on exactly how Britain’s built environment lost its way

05 Mar Social affairs

Violence in politics is perverting our democracy – but it need not be a given

In the past seven years two Members of our Parliament have been murdered including my much-loved Essex neighbour, Sir David Amess.

04 Mar Communities

The Kwajo Tweneboa interview: "We’re meant to be in 2023. This is like Victorian slum housing”

Kwajo Tweneboa was forced to become an activist after watching his father die in a flat that was not fit to live in. He tells Tali Fraser about the pressure he’s under as he fights for a good home for all – and why he feels let down by Labour.

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21 Apr 2016 Home affairs

Alzheimer’s Society inspires dementia friendly communities across globe

A report launched today (21 April) at the 31st International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International ‘ADI’ in Budapest asserts Alzheimer’s Society as a global leader in tackling dementia and calls for recognition of the human rights and dignity of people with dementia.

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21 Apr 2016 Social affairs

Mental health services: preparations for improving access

The Department of Health and NHS England are starting to make progress with the actions needed to implement access and waiting time standards for people with mental health conditions, but much remains to be done, according to the National Audit Office. Today’s report from the spending watchdog is the first in a planned programme of work on mental health.

11 Apr 2016 Social affairs

More must be done to combat 'indiscriminate diseases' dementia & Alzheimer’s

DUP MP Jim Shannon writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate this week on Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

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10 Sep 2015 Communities

Older and disabled people are missing out on smart phone technology to help them travel

The benefits of taking action to encourage more older and disabled people to use apps to improve their public transport experience are highlighted in a report published today.