The Riots
News and comment on the urban riots that swept English cities in August 2011
Riots latest
2011 riots report recommends targeted intervention
29 March 2012The independent panel set up to investigate the causes of last summer's riots has published its final report.
Spurs let off affordable homes pledge
14 February 2012Haringey councillors have agreed to waive Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's £16 million section 106 payment, and freed the club from any requirement to provide affordable housing, in a bid to save its £400 million stadium scheme.
London mayor announces renewal funding commitments
17 January 2012Details of which councils will benefit from two regeneration funds established by the mayor of London were announced today.
Assembly committee calls for more funding following riots
12 December 2011The London Assembly's economy, culture and sport committee has written to the government requesting ongoing funding for areas hit by civil disturbances during the summer.
Riot panel calls for more help for struggling areas
29 November 2011A government fund should be set up to help retail areas that are still struggling in the aftermath of last August's riots, an inquiry has said.
Johnson announces £23m of regeneration funding for Croydon
22 November 2011The mayor of London has announced an investment of £23 million to regenerate Croydon after the riots that devastated the town's centre in August.
North-east London framework relaxes industrial land protection
18 November 2011Two protected industrial sites on Tottenham High Road have been earmarked for release for mixed-use development in a draft supplementary planning document published by the London mayor today.
Ministers must learn lessons from the riots, says NCVO
03 November 2011Tackling the causes of the August riots must not be allowed to slip off the government's agenda, a third sector umbrella body has warned.
Casey appointed head of DCLG 'problem families' unit
13 October 2011Louise Casey has been appointed to head up a new government unit tasked with tackling 'problem families' in Britain.
Youth volunteering scheme to offer 90,000 places by 2014
06 October 2011The Prime Minister's flagship youth volunteering programme will be expanded to offer 90,000 places by 2014, the government has announced.
Opinion
What do the riots mean for urban policy?
12 August 2011What do this week's riots tell us about urban policy, and what impact might they have on urban environments in the future?
Blogs
Two cheers for Tony Blair
23 August 2011Blogger Tim Williams says that the former PM's comments on the recent riots made some sense, but were 'typically self serving'
Gentrification and criminal fault lines
22 August 2011Blogger Chris Brown on whether gentrification was a contributing factor to the recent riots.
It Took a Riot
17 August 2011Demonising rioters as society's criminal underclass is an inadequate response to last week's disturbances, argues Tim Williams
Riots: Recall the Regeneration Select Committee?
15 August 2011Chris Brown calls for the Communities Select Committee to reopen its inquiry into regeneration to look at the causes and reaction to the riots.
Pulling up the shutters
12 August 2011Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to make it easier for businesses to put up shutters in the wake of the riots have received a mixed response says Mark Wilding.
In depth
After the riots: 10 ways in which the Government has responded to the disorder
18 August 2011Jamie Carpenter runs through 10 measures announced by the Government in response to the rioting and looting which swept English cities last week.
Responding to the riots: Birmingham
18 August 2011Dick Atkinson, chief executive of neighbourhood group the Balsall Heath Forum, takes part in our series of Q&As with regeneration leaders in areas affected by the riots.
Responding to the riots: Ealing
18 August 2011In the first of a series of Q&As with regeneration leaders in areas affected by the riots, Julian Bell, leader of the London Borough of Ealing, discusses what the council is doing to prevent similar disturbances from breaking out.
Reacting to the riots
10 August 2011Regeneration & Renewal spoke to some of those working within regeneration in an attempt to find out what the riots mean for the sector.
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