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Yvonne Hutchinson

It's a Start!

Published Thursday 2nd May 2013

When money is already too tight to mention, and the earth groans under the strain of unnecessary waste, who wants to see another smashed up laptop sent to a toxic landfill in China or Africa!?   We routinely create unnecessary toxic waste t...

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Phil Morgan

Joining up health and social care

Published Monday 15th April 2013

I recently listened to Andy Burnham, Labour's Health Spokesperson, outline his thinking on having a joint approach to health and social care. The event, hosted by the Smith Institute, was one of a number which saw Burnham setting out questions about in...

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Anne Rowlands

The Thatcher housing legacy

Published Friday 12th April 2013

As far as housing is concerned, Margaret Thatcher will always be remembered for introducing the Right to Buy, allowing people to buy their council homes at substantially discounted rates. If this policy had been supported by a house building programme...

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Andy Boddington

The bedroom tax undermines families and communities

Published Monday 1st April 2013

People find personal security in a lot of different ways, but chief among the rocks they rely on are their family, their home, their friends and money in the bank. It is easy to dismiss money as a poor substitute for family and home. When you are strug...

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Colin Wiles

A very Bad Budget for Housing

Published Thursday 21st March 2013

Let’s be honest, this was a very bad Budget for housing. For the social housing sector the only tiny pieces of good news in the Budget Book are: a few more sites to be released to the HCA; £225 million for a measly 15,000 new affordable homes...

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