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Improving the efficiency of central government office property

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The National Audit Office has published a report on the efficiency of central government office property since 2004. The spending watchdog has found that departments have made good progress in improving the efficiency of their office estate. However, in order to achieve the best value for money, departments should stop managing their estates in isolation from one another.

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Coastal Change Pathfinder review

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This report provides a high level review of Defra’s Coastal Change Pathfinder Programme, which aimed to road test new and innovative approaches to planning for and managing coastal change.

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The Social Housing Equality Framework

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The Social Housing Equality Framework (SHEF) is one of three frameworks to have been developed by the Local Government Group within the Local Government Association. The SHEF was originally developed in 2009 for arms’ length management organisations (ALMOs) in response to the difficulties they faced in assessing their performance against the Equality Framework for Local Government. The revised SHEF has been developed for all social housing providers. This includes not only ALMOs but local authority housing departments, housing associations and private landlords who have become social housing providers. The above link helps outline: who the SHEF is for; what the SHEF was revised; what the SHEF covers; how to use the SHEF; how performance is assisted and validated; and how good performance is shared.

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Delivering housing growth: a collection of essays

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The Local Government Association recently launched a collection of essays looking at the role of councils in delivering housing growth. With contributions from developers, architects, planners, councils and the Minister of State Grant Shapps MP this publication showcases the positive approach councils across the country are taking to promoting appropriate growth in their area. The publication also makes the case for greater financial flexibilities which would enable councils to go even further.

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Reinvigorating Right to Buy and One for One Replacement: Information for local authorities

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This guide sets out the key information for local authorities about how the new changes to the Right to Buy policy will affect them. The Department has also published the Impact Assessment for the Reinvigorating Right to Buy and One for One Replacement consultation published on 22 December 2011 and closed on 2 February 2012. The consultation set out the Department’s proposals on how to achieve the Government’s commitment to ensure that the receipts on every additional home sold under the Right to Buy are used to fund replacement, on a one for one basis, with a new home for Affordable Rent. Views were sought on 16 questions relating to the proposals.  [loaded 12 March 2012]

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Minor measures, major results: Fine-tuning the major infrastructure planning system

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Further improvements need to be made to major infrastructure planning in the UK to help accelerate investment and speed up decision-making, according to a new report from the CBI.  The CBI urges the Government to reduce uncertainty at the pre-application stage, simplify the non-planning consent landscape, and introduce more flexibility and a sense of urgency into the system.

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Environment disaster linkages

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Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present in the links between the environment and the hazards. This is described as the first book to focus on explicit linkages between the changing environment and disasters and suggests better approaches towards disaster management. It combines academic research and field practices and covers areas such as: elements of environmental entry (water-related disasters, desertification and land degradation, typhoon risk management, catastrophic flood and forest management, and coastal issues); impacts of environment and disaster (livelihoods impacts, human health: post-disaster waste management); and strategies, planning and the way forward (climate change adaptation as a planning tool, urban planning and land use planning, mangrove management as a coastal planning tool, and environment disaster education and risk communication).

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Global Travel Trends 2011/12

Posted on: 9 March 2012
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IPK International has unveiled the preliminary results of the World Travel Monitor survey which indicate that significant changes are brewing in travel and booking behavior worldwide. For example, more off-season travel as well as continuing increases in online bookings can be expected. It predicts that the use of “social media” and “smartphones” will also be on the rise as sources of information or assisting in making concrete travel plans.

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Transparency in the housing association sector

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The National Housing Federation has published a briefing paper which highlights the different approaches housing associations and others are taking to deliver their commitment to transparency.

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Welfare Reform Act 2012

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The National Housing Federation has published details of the key issues contained in the Welfare Report Act which received Royal Assent on 8th March 2012. The Act introduces a new Universal Credit which will replace most existing benefits and limits the total amount of benefit a person can claim. It also introduces a new size criteria or ‘bedroom tax’ in the social rented sector. The welfare reforms impact on the way tenants receive benefit, in many cases, removing the option of having benefits paid direct to landlords.

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