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Sector responds to Spring Budget

|Date: 7 March, 2024

Sector responds to Spring Budget

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public se ...

Here, LABM shares opinion from industry bodies, social and affordable housing providers and the public sector to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024. Councils need greater funding certainty th ...

7 March, 2024
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Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Housing First a ‘no-brainer’ for government says homelessness membership charity

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge impro ...

New research published by charity Homeless Link, proves that Housing First support can deliver huge improvements to people’s physical and mental health and their likelihood to re-offend, as well as en ...

5 February, 2024
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Construction sector understands social value: but needs the tools to make the right choices

|Date: 23 October, 2023

Construction sector understands social value: but needs the tools to make the right choices

More than 100 construction professionals have shared their insight and opinions on social value in the se ...

More than 100 construction professionals have shared their insight and opinions on social value in the sector in a new white paper launched today. The report found that more than a decade since the tr ...

23 October, 2023
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Getting your act together on social value — 10 years of the Social Value Act

|Date: 11 January, 2023

Getting your act together on social value — 10 years of the Social Value Act

January 2023 marks a decade since the Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force, pushing those t ...

January 2023 marks a decade since the Public Services (Social Value) Act came into force, pushing those that are commissioning public services to consider the wider social, economic, and environmental ...

11 January, 2023
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Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

|Date: 18 November, 2022

Industry responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced his Autumn Statement yesterday. Which included measures to support those most in need, a cap on social rents and an additional £6bn funding boost to deliver energy eff ...

18 November, 2022
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Kier Places | Evolving the public sector estate

|Date: 27 June, 2022

Kier Places | Evolving the public sector estate

Mark Whittaker, Managing Director of Kier Places, discusses evolving the public sector estate to adapt to ...

Mark Whittaker, Managing Director of Kier Places, discusses evolving the public sector estate to adapt to a changing world. As Charles Darwin once said, it’s not the strongest nor most intelligent of ...

27 June, 2022
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Council frees up assets to drive regeneration, growth and investment

|Date: 23 September, 2021

Council frees up assets to drive regeneration, growth and investment

Trafford Council is freeing up a number of assets to continue its commitment to regeneration, growth and ...

Trafford Council is freeing up a number of assets to continue its commitment to regeneration, growth and investment across the borough. The Council is selling off six properties in Urmston, Trafford P ...

23 September, 2021
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Remobilising vital public services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

|Date: 4 May, 2020

Remobilising vital public services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Millions of community assets — including schools — across the country are currently closed in a bid to co ...

Millions of community assets — including schools — across the country are currently closed in a bid to combat the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable in society. Technical Director Mich ...

4 May, 2020
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Giving real value to our communities in their hour of need

|Date: 30 April, 2020

Giving real value to our communities in their hour of need

A famous wartime recruitment poster from 1915 asks, “Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” I wonder i ...

A famous wartime recruitment poster from 1915 asks, “Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” I wonder if in the months and years to come people will look back and ask, “What did you do during the pa ...

30 April, 2020
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LGA sets out Queen’s Speech seven-point plan to boost public services

|Date: 25 September, 2019

LGA sets out Queen’s Speech seven-point plan to boost public services

The Queen’s Speech needs to reignite the devolution process to ensure all parts of England reap the benef ...

The Queen’s Speech needs to reignite the devolution process to ensure all parts of England reap the benefits of having greater powers and funding to improve services such as housing, transport, housin ...

25 September, 2019
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