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Advisers named for back-to-work fund
30 May 2008
A trio of special advisers has been hired by the Government to advise on how the new Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF) can be used to help tackle worklessness and low levels of enterprise.
Councils urged to use business levy
30 May 2008
Town halls must seize proposed powers to levy additional business rates if they want ministers to devolve further financial powers, an economic development expert warned last week.
Immigration 'miscount costing councils dear'
30 May 2008
Westminster City Council last week disclosed a £12 million funding shortfall resulting from inaccurate government statistics as MPs published a report criticising the way the official statistics body handles population data.
RDA unease grows with Tory threat
30 May 2008
The Conservative Party's plans to scrap some regional development agencies and strip others of powers have caused "real anxiety" in the agencies, a senior RDA source told Regeneration & Renewal.
Funding for science skills
30 May 2008
The Government has earmarked £65 million from its Train to Gain budget for employers to boost skills in the science, engineering and manufacturing sectors. The cash will go to Semta, the sector skills council for the field, in order to meet employers' skills needs.
Cash for Highlands business
30 May 2008
More than £219 million will be invested in businesses and communities in the Highlands and Islands over the next three years, the Scottish Government has announced. The cash is to be used to support high-growth firms and create the infrastructure and conditions to improve regional competitiveness.
Welfare reform 'Part-privatisation' not the answer
30 May 2008
Government plans to hand huge contracts to large providers of employment services as part of welfare-to-work reforms could create a skills shortage, an employment expert warned last week.
City-regions face funding checks
30 May 2008
City-regions that resist the creation of formal cross-boundary funding deals where such arrangements would be beneficial are to be singled out by official auditors.
10% of arts funding is spent on admin
30 May 2008
Grant-makers in culture, media and sport are spending more than ten per cent of the value of their fund awards on administration, the public spending watchdog has said.
Scots plan to boost infrastructure cash
30 May 2008
Plans to create a new initiative on Scottish infrastructure investment and move the country beyond public-private partnerships were announced by the Scottish Government last week.
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