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Half ethnic minorities believe immigrants should speak English

17 September 2004

More non-white people than white people believe immigrants must speak English to integrate, a survey published this week reveals.

Judge quashes council decision to cut funding

17 September 2004

A high court judge has quashed Leicester City Council's decision to cut funding to six voluntary groups, ruling that the authority had failed to consult properly with the organisations.

EP explains its land acquisition policy

17 September 2004

Government regeneration agency English Partnerships is to publish a two-page justification of its land acquisition policy in a commercial property magazine in a bid to allay concerns that it is spending public cash competing with developers.

Grand lift-off for regeneration scheme

17 September 2004

More than 50 guests this week witnessed the start of a demolition programme in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth urban regeneration company area, when local man Sammy Lee-Jose took the controls of a digger and knocked down the garage his grandfather built in the 1930s. Lee-Jose won a competition organised by CPR Regeneration to kick-off the demolition. The Avers garage site will be used for part of a £6 million development made up of housing, offices and community facilities. Anne Mitchell, chair of the Redruth North Partnership, said: "A lot of people have waited a long time for this day and it's great to see work starting at last." See Tim Williams, p16.

Lib-Dems would axe area-based schemes

17 September 2004

Thousands of area-based initiatives (ABIs) will be abolished if the Liberal Democrats take power.

Doorstep lenders get five-week ultimatum.

17 September 2004

Doorstep lenders that charge extortionate interest rates for loans to people on low incomes could face a full competition inquiry by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

News brief: Nick Raynsford outlines plans for referenda

17 September 2004

Local government minister Nick Raynsford this week outlined plans for "multi-channel" referenda in the North-West and Yorkshire and Humberside over elected regional assemblies, as predicted last week (Regeneration & Renewal, September 10, p2). He declined to give a date for the referenda.

News brief: Pilot scheme says rent arrears not worsened

17 September 2004

Pilot areas where housing benefit is paid directly to tenants rather than their landlords have not seen worsened rent arrears or created slum housing markets, according to the Government. Launching the next round of housing benefit council pathfinders, housing benefit minister Chris Pond said there was no increase in arrears in testbed areas.

News brief: Shortlist for London Planning Awards

17 September 2004

The shortlist for this year's London Planning Awards is to include the Chelsea Bridge Wharf development, the Paddington Central masterplan, the Putney Wharf development and the Walthamstow Town Centre regeneration, London mayor Ken livingstone announced this week. The awards are run jointly by the Mayor's Office, business campaign group London First and the Royal Town Planning Institute. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in City Hall on 30 November.

News brief: John Prescott announces list of speakers

17 September 2004

Deputy prime minister John Prescott this week announced a list of speakers from around the world for the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit planned for January 2005 as an update on the Urban Summit. Speakers include John Norquist, the president of the Congress for New Urbanism, a US organisation promoting traditional forms of town development.