Healthier starts dues to improved breakfast clubs

2 November 2018
Healthier starts dues to improved breakfast clubs
Thousands more school children are receiving a healthier and more nutritious start to the day at a new or improved school breakfast club.

£40 million to improve historic high streets

31 October 2018
£40 million to improve historic high streets
Historic England will help to regenerate England’s struggling historic high streets with the aid of £40 million government funding.

Just £32 million withheld from PFI providers

31 October 2018
Just £32 million withheld from PFI providers
Just £32 million was withheld from PFI providers, confirming government fears that tax payers are over-paying for poor service.

Calls for sustainable long-term library funding

30 October 2018
Calls for sustainable long-term library funding
CILIP and The Big Issue Group have jointly called for long-term sustainable investment to secure the future of England’s public libraries.
The two organisations have collaborated to produce compelling evidence of both the popularity of public libraries and their impact on wider social issues including health and wellbeing, education, poverty, loneliness and digital skills, with the evidence presented at a meeting of the Libraries All-Party Parliamentary Group.

New planning rules to speed up property building

30 October 2018
New planning rules to speed up property building
A major review has said that new planning rules should be produced for sites with more than 1,500 homes to speed up build out rates.
Sir Oliver Letwin’s interim report did not report any evidence that major developers are ‘holding land as a purely speculative activity’ – and their business models instead rely on selling houses. Instead, he said that having too many identical properties on large sites is the fundamental reason behind the slow build out rate.