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Focus on 'communities not arrests', say drug experts

31 July 2008

Drug enforcement agencies should focus their efforts on helping to reduce the impact of drugs on local communities rather than arresting offenders, according to government-commissioned research released this week.

Review to target long term unemployed

31 July 2008

The Government is to review the conditions that allow people to claim benefits as part of its welfare-to-work agenda, it was announced yesterday.

Regeneration & Renewal Awards shortlist released

30 July 2008

The shortlist of finalists in the Regeneration & Renewal Awards 2008 has been released today.

Council launches anti-gang action plan

30 July 2008

The country's first "long-term, comprehensive" initiative specifically aimed at tackling gang activity among young people has been launched this week, a south London council has said.

LDA to absorb Design for London

29 July 2008

Design for London (DfL) is to be incorporated into the London Development Agency (LDA).

End for Scottish junior Asbos mooted

29 July 2008

Antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) for young people in Scotland may no longer be used, a Scottish Government minister said this week.

Conservatives: social gulf like 'Victorian times'

28 July 2008

The gulf between rich and poor in cities is wider now than at any stage since Victorian times, the Conservatives are due to say tomorrow.

MPs urge fuel poverty re-think

28 July 2008

The Government must consider a fundamental re-think of its approach to tackling fuel poverty, a report by MPs says today.

Independent thinking

By Tim Williams

25 July 2008

Leftie writers have poverty of thought

Bad behaviour concern declining

25 July 2008

The proportion of people who perceived antisocial behaviour to be a problem dropped by two percentage points over the last year, according to official figures.