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23 Mar Communities

Levelling Up Fund bias is leaving deprived communities behind

Deprivation should indicate which areas get priority funding under the Levelling Up Fund. Instead, towns are pitted against each another in a competition for funding where Ministers get to pick winners and losers.

10 Mar Communities

Covid has highlighted the need for new investment in council housing to tackle overcrowding

For those forced to live, learn and work in one room, the psychological impact of lockdown has been extraordinary. As we build back from this crisis, we must ensure everyone has access to a safe, secure and affordable home - with space to live.

10 Mar Communities

The government must step in to help leaseholders still burdened with fire safety costs

We are re-tabling the McPartland-Smith amendment to the Fire Safety Bill. Leaseholders should not be bankrupted on account of decisions made by others, and since they cannot pay, then the government must step in.

09 Mar Communities

No leaseholder should pay for interim fire safety measures

Leaseholders did not cause the cladding scandal, and yet they are paying the price while those responsible are not pursued in any meaningful way.

A bakery creating opportunities for women from disadvantaged backgrounds

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08 Mar Communities

A bakery creating opportunities for women from disadvantaged backgrounds

Luminary Bakery, an all-female project partially funded by The National Lottery, is helping women from disadvantaged backgrounds to get back into work.

02 Mar Communities

The Vagrancy Act should be repealed and replaced with legislation that puts protection not criminality at its heart

The Vagrancy Act is simply not fit for purpose. New legislation must recognise there needs to be a combined health and housing approach to tackle rough sleeping.

24 Feb Communities

The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises

Government must do the right thing for the victims and survivors of Grenfell and their families, as well as ensuring leaseholders are not left to foot the bill of fire safety remediation costs.

24 Feb Communities

Covid has exposed the cracks in our broken housing system

Renters are at the sharp end of this crisis, with many spending lockdown in cramped accommodation and in insecure work. We must protect them from eviction loopholes and potentially falling into homelessness.

22 Feb Communities

The Chancellor must help renters in the budget to prevent mass unemployment and homelessness

We need a targeted financial package to help renters pay off arrears built since the beginning of lockdown and a welfare system that gives them financial security to continue living in their homes.

17 Feb Coronavirus

It is kindness that underpins community across the UK

As we move forward, let's create a fairer society with kindness and equality at its core.

On a mission: Supporting community food banks and cutting waste

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17 Feb Coronavirus

On a mission: Supporting community food banks and cutting waste

Thanks to funding from the National Lottery, Dom’s Food Mission is collecting hundreds of tonnes of food that would have been thrown away, enabling them to feed thousands of children a month.

12 Feb Communities

Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders

It is not fair to ask leaseholders to keep pouring their money into a bottomless pit for being sold unsafe homes. The McPartland-Smith amendments to the Fire Safety Bill will bring an end to this nightmare.

11 Feb Communities

The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks

The money on offer is only a third of the £15 billion needed to make every home safe from fire and the exclusion of tower blocks below 18 metres from any support will saddle working families with long term debt.

03 Feb Communities

The Fire Safety Bill must ensure leaseholders are protected from paying for safety failings

This is a story of monumental regulatory failure - of flats being built as cheaply as possible, in many cases without even complying with the building regulations.

A pawfect partnership: How one dog provided an essential lifeline

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26 Jan Health

A pawfect partnership: How one dog provided an essential lifeline

Thanks to players of The National Lottery, over £30 million pounds is being raised for Good Causes every week, funding projects like Canine Partners and helping communities come together across the UK.

12 Jan Social affairs

After years of neglect, Britain’s social fabric is in urgent need of repair

Covid has shone a harsh light on our increasingly threadbare society. We must revive the social institutions that have been critical to sustaining communities throughout this crisis

08 Jan Communities

Government has a moral responsibility to make sure nobody is on the streets this winter

Street homelessness is not inevitable. It is the result of political choices. With the colder weather and a more infectious Covid strain, the government's decision not to reinstate the ‘Everyone In’ programme is immoral.

15 Dec 2020 Communities

We need a clear roadmap to end the cycle of failed housing policies

The total failure of the Starter Homes scheme and weaknesses in the plans for 'First Homes' shows we need far better clarity and transparency in planning to deliver much needed affordable housing.

11 Dec 2020 Communities

Government cannot continue with 'sticking plaster solutions' to meet fire safety standards

It is astonishing that leaseholders have been left to cover 100% of the costs to make buildings safe. This should be the government's responsibility.

07 Dec 2020 Communities

Let's create a permanent army of volunteers, ready to help their communities

Nearly 97% of first-time volunteers questioned in a recent survey said that they would volunteer again. Creating the pathway and opening up opportunities for people to give their time would create a permanent army of volunteers, ready to get to work to help their communities.

How small acts of kindness can make a big difference to communities and volunteers

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07 Dec 2020 Communities

How small acts of kindness can make a big difference to communities and volunteers

Many amazing projects would not be possible without the support of dedicated volunteers. Thanks to National Lottery funding, volunteers are able to step up to support people and communities through these difficult times.

02 Dec 2020 Communities

Unless government acts, the brutal experiences of people made homeless will only get worse

Harsh conditions in temporary accommodation are making people feel they are being punished for finding themselves homeless

01 Dec 2020 Communities

New building safety proposals are full of holes

Key definitions remain unclear and responsibilities ill-defined. Before the draft Building Safety Bill returns to the Commons, these areas must be addressed in full

30 Nov 2020 Communities

Communities must not be sidelined in our planning system

Local people are the ones who will suffer the consequences of bad development decisions. Give councils and residents a voice at every stage