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Homes to provide way into work

24 September 2004

Low-cost home ownership (LCHO) schemes are to be used to encourage jobless people in deprived areas into the workforce, under plans unveiled by the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) this week.

Growth fund sets out to close north-south gap

24 September 2004

A £100 million growth fund will help kick-start plans to narrow the economic gap between the north and south of England, the government announced this week.

On the waterfront

24 September 2004

Planning consent for two office towers in Canary Wharf has been granted by Tower Hamlets Council's development committee.

'Smart growth' plan aired for Midlands

24 September 2004

A programme to propel growth across the Midlands, boosting competitiveness and sustainability, has been outlined by the region's development agencies.

In brief: Victoria and Albert Museum plans abandoned

24 September 2004

Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have pulled the plug on their ambitious plans to build a £70 million gallery. The Spiral Project, designed by Daniel Libeskind, was intended to provide exhibition space for the museum's contemporary design collection. The trustees voted to abandon the project after the Heritage Lottery Fund turned down their request for £15 million in funding.

Second chance for tram funding mooted

24 September 2004

Cities that recently had their hopes dashed of winning funding for rapid transit could convince ministers to back them in the future if they commit to motoring penalties, it was claimed this week.

Seized crime cash to fund anti-gun groups

24 September 2004

The second round of a programme that gives cash seized from criminals to projects tackling gun crime was launched this week.

In brief: CPRE briefing paper on phone masts

24 September 2004

There are likely to be more than 50,000 mobile phone masts in the UK by the end of 2007, 20 per cent more than at present, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) warned this week. A CPRE briefing paper argues that the government should tighten the planning regime for new masts to prevent them becoming a scar on the countryside.

News brief: VisitBritain appoints new chairman

24 September 2004

Government tourism adviser VisitBritain has appointed Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge as its new chairman. Lord Marshall, the former chief executive of British Airways, will take over from the current chair Sir Michael Lickiss next January. VisitBritain was created last year when the British Tourist Authority and the English Tourism Council merged.

In brief: Wind farms are necessary says opinion poll

24 September 2004

Almost three-quarters of the population agree that wind farms are necessary to help meet energy needs in the UK, according to an opinion poll carried out for the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA). The association is launching a new campaign, called Embrace the Revolution, which aims to challenge the notion that wind farms are unpopular, noisy and a blot on the landscape.