Social housing providers still need more support to tackle planning delay
Jonathan Pearson warns the country’s 'slow and cumbersome' planning process is currently preventing local authorities from adequately responding to housing need.
Assessing Prevent
05/05/2022 The voices of Prevent’s detractors have become louder. But for those with experience of the initiative within local government, cutting councils out of the loop will fail to solve the problems. Paul Marinko reports. |
Councils take key Prevent strategy role
30/05/2018 Councils have been handed administrative control of the controversial Prevent counter-terror strategy, The MJ has learned. |
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Safeguarding foster children from radicalisation
18/10/2017 William Eichler finds out how the fostering sector can protect children from radical ideologies. |
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50% of those referred to de-radicalisation programme refuse help, police say
24/08/2016 Just under half of the individuals offered support from the Government’s de-radicalisation programme last year refused to participate, according to the police. |
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Councils referred nearly 300 people to deradicalisation programme
21/06/2016 Local authorities across England and Wales referred 284 vulnerable people last year to the Government’s deradicalisation programme, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed. |
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Eight-year-old accused of being ‘radicalised’
03/03/2016 An eight-year-old has been referred to a council’s safeguarding hub over fears he could be 'radicalised' after he told his teacher he wanted to ‘fight terrorists’, the Daily Mail reports. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
