‘National’ Archives
Domestic violence suspects face being banned from home
Suspected perpetrators of domestic violence could be banned from their homes for up to four weeks even if there is insufficient evidence for them to be charged under plans unveiled by Home Secretary Theresa May today. The so called "go orders" will enable police to step in and ban suspected attackers from the victim's home even if they are too [...]
Fox urges government to an online revoultion
The government's "digital champion" Martha Lane Fox has called for a revolution in the way it deals with the public online. Fox, who reviewed the Directgov website, said it must become easier to access government services and make payments over the internet. Shifting half of its contacts with the public online could save the government [...]
Green deal failing to benefit households says new report
The government’s flagship ‘Green Deal’ programme will be in danger of failing to reach the households most in need of more energy efficient homes across the social housing sector. A report out this week from the New Local Government network (NLGA) says that the Green deal allows households to install home energy efficiency improvements [...]
Government seeks to end social housing for life
New council and social housing tenants in England will not necessarily keep their homes for life, housing minister Grant Shapps announced today in a reform of social housing consultation. He said normal tenancy agreements would be for five, 10, 20 years or even a lifetime, but local organisations should have the freedom to see what [...]
Report challenges popular ideas about ‘cultures of welfare dependency’
New research published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that unemployed people have a strong work ethic, actively look for work, and are prepared to take jobs even when they are poor quality. A research team from Teesside University found increasing numbers of people facing poverty as they moved from one short-term job to [...]
Report says people are denied a wish to die at home
Most people want to die with family and friends nearby but the reality is that many die in hospitals and care homes, often cut off from those friends and family. That's the conclusion of a report from the Think Tank Demos which concludes that as a country we are dependent on systems and procedures that feel impersonal, over which we have little [...]
March across the web to stand up to bullying
This week marks Anti-Bullying Week,an event that sends a clear and positive message that bullying is neither acceptable or inevitable in our schools and communities. Thousands of young people across the world will be 'taking action together' by marching across the web.In the UK former Lancashire and England star Freddie Flintoff has signed up [...]