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18 Nov 2025
Nature Not a Blocker to Housing
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report on Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth, concluding that nature is not a “blocker” to new housing and warning that environmental protections must...
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18 Nov 2025
IPPR Urges Government To Cut Energy And Food Bills
Ahead of the upcoming budget announcement, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has published new proposals calling on the Government to launch an Australian-style “war on bills”, with a...
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18 Nov 2025
LGA Warns Of £3bn Temporary Accommodation Funding Black Hole
New analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals that councils in England are facing a cumulative £3 billion shortfall in temporary accommodation funding between 2017/18 and 2029/30, a gap...
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18 Nov 2025
Rural Connectivity Questions Raised In Parliament
Rural connectivity featured prominently in Parliament last week, with concerns raised both during departmental Oral Answers to Questions and later at Prime Minister’s Questions. During Science, Innovation and Technology questions,...
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10 Nov 2025
New RSN Rural Lens Reviews Highlight Policy Impact
The Rural Services Network has released three new Rural Lens Reviews, providing our members with in-depth analysis of how key Government policies and reports impact rural communities. Through our Rural...
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10 Nov 2025
A Decade Of Affordable Homes Begins. Will Rural England See The Benefit?
The government has launched the full details of its new Social and Affordable Homes programme (2026–2036) described as the biggest boost to social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. Worth...
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10 Nov 2025
Integrated Care Systems Report Calls for Stability to Deliver Change
The NHS Confederation’s State of Integrated Care Systems 2024/25: Delivering Through Change report sets out a candid picture of England’s 42 ICSs under sustained strain. It finds systems are “operating...
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10 Nov 2025
New Report Urges Change To Keep Britain Working
The Government’s Keep Britain Working Review, led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, warns that ill-health has become one of the biggest drivers of economic inactivity in the UK, costing an estimated...
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10 Nov 2025
Government Publishes New Financial Inclusion Strategy
The Government has published a new Financial Inclusion Strategy, setting out an ambitious cross-sector plan to ensure everyone can access and effectively use financial services, from opening a bank account...
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10 Nov 2025
Patients To Benefit From Cutting-Edge NHS Care At Home
New digital technologies will enable more NHS patients to receive care from home, under a national rollout announced last week. Dozens of areas in England are introducing remote-monitoring tools through...
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