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Jasper suspended as allegations are referred to police by London mayor

15 February 2008

London mayor Ken Livingstone has suspended Lee Jasper, his director of equalities and policing.

Data deflates the Core Cities hype

15 February 2008

The value of jobs growth in England's principal provincial cities may have been overstated, argues Alan Townsend.

Scotland speeds up cuts in small business rates

15 February 2008

Plans to scrap or reduce business rates for small Scottish firms are to be speeded up, Scotland's finance minister John Swinney announced last week.

Deprived neighbourhoods in Glasgow

15 February 2008

Almost a quarter of Glasgow's population were living in the most deprived five per cent of Scotland's neighbourhoods in 2006, but the city has potential to reverse its "social breakdown", says Tory think-tank the Centre for Social Justice. Breakthrough Glasgow is at www.regen.net/doc.

Small Welsh firms get £150m boost

15 February 2008

Small businesses in deprived parts of Wales will soon be able to borrow from a £150 million European-backed investment fund.

Evaluation lessons - Finding correct target group is key

15 February 2008

BACKGROUND Project: New Entrepreneur Scholarships. Period of evaluation: 2006 to 2007. Evaluating organisation: Consultancy CFE. Evaluation commissioned by: The Learning and Skills Council. Aims and outline of project: Launched in...

Jobless are worth the extra cost of New Deal

By Ben Walker, deputy editor, regeneration@haymarket.com

15 February 2008

One of the things that struck me when I worked in a benefits office in Benwell, a tough part of west Newcastle, was that everyone had heard of the New Deal, and many of the youngsters I dealt with were keen to get on it.

New Deal schemes show a net loss

15 February 2008

Two-thirds of the Government's welfare-to-work New Deal programmes are failing to pay their way, MPs reported last week.

Fund 'misses' target organisations

15 February 2008

Three-quarters of the organisations that received investment from the first round of a fund to encourage community enterprise are engaged in only "marginal" community activities, according to an interim evaluation published last week.

Finance briefs

15 February 2008

Upper tier councils are to receive a share of £1.68 billion to tackle social exclusion in their areas, the Department for Communities and Local Government confirmed last week.