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Agenda - To 21 February 2008

30 November 2007

3-4 December - The Empowerment Game: Chance or Community Chest? Urban Forum Annual Conference. Organiser: Urban Forum. Venue: Leeds. Fee: £180-320. Details: (web) www.urbanforum.org.uk/events/index

Cash fears deter third sector contract bids

30 November 2007

Many third sector organisations are put off from bidding for contracts to help get the jobless into work because they fear the risks they would face as a result are too great, an inquiry has found.

Calling time

30 November 2007

A review of the Government's decision to liberalise the licensing regime in England and Wales is under way. But what is the experience on the ground of its impact? Herpreet Kaur Grewal investigates.

You cannot escape from the economy

By Sir Peter Hall

30 November 2007

Fifty years in the academic trade teach you one lesson: there's no substitute for students.

Diary

30 November 2007

First to the Scottish borders, where a noisy cockerel has escaped becoming the first bird to be slapped with an anti-social behaviour order.

Second Opinion - Waterloo, London

30 November 2007

Peer review of new plans to revamp the area around London's Waterloo Station.

Letters

30 November 2007

Protect funding to help voluntary involvement

Interview: The radical traditionalist

30 November 2007

Journalist Stephen Kingston has upset regeneration agencies with his campaigning.

Cities may get metropolitan transport bodies

23 November 2007

Major northern cities could get their own London-style city-regional transport authorities under government plans.

Tories want more city academies

23 November 2007

The Tory Party is consulting on a plan to remove barriers to city academy schools in order to help prevent disadvantaged children falling further behind their peers.