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Euro toxic land rule 'may threaten homes target'

24 September 2004

The Government's target for 60 per cent of new homes to be built on brownfield sites could be severely undermined by a European Court of Justice ruling on the classification of contaminated land, it was claimed this week.

Northern push on social business

24 September 2004

A deal to use social enterprise to combat unemployment in the North could be worked into the Northern Way by an increasingly powerful Liberal Democrat group, it emerged as the strategy was published this week.

Map pinpoints noisiest spots across capital

24 September 2004

London's noisiest areas have been shown for the first time in a "noise map" of the capital published last week.

Stop Press: Slot machines to be limited

24 September 2004

High stake, high prize slot machines will be limited to the largest regional casinos when the gambling bill is introduced, culture secretary Tessa Jowell confirmed this week. She was responding to a joint committee report on the bill that recommended allowing some small casinos to have the 'category A' machines. Jowell said the machines will only be permitted in small casinos if studies show they are not increasing problem gambling. Government Response to the First Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill is available at www.culture.gov.uk.

Stop Press: The GLA gives green light

24 September 2004

The Greater London Authority has given the green light to plans for London's main Olympic site. The site, near Stratford in east London, would include the main stadium, aquatics centre and athletes' village if the capital's bid to host the 2012 Games is successful. The application is now with the Government, which can call it in for determination by the deputy prime minister through a public inquiry.

Job losses at Jaguar force council to act

24 September 2004

Coventry City Council is holding emergency talks this week to discuss the implications of job cuts at the city's last car plant.

Prescott is critical of social housing costs

24 September 2004

John Prescott has expressed frustration at the high cost of building social housing in England.

Quotes of the week

24 September 2004

"One of the things that I have always liked about London in particular is that it is not a highly designed city. There are different energies living cheek by jowl. There is an improvised feel to London, and flyposting fits in with that. Flyposting just makes an area more funky." - Award-winning author Diran Adebayo tells The Times why he welcomes flyposting.

Newport to become data headquarters

24 September 2004

Newport is to become home to the corporate headquarters of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the agency announced this week.

Liverpool to restructure European grant aid

24 September 2004

Procedures for channelling European grant aid to Merseyside's most deprived areas are to be radically restructured in a last-minute bid to prevent Brussels clawing back millions of pounds.