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The Welsh re-Development Agency
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An excuse to do nothing
February 8, 2012 07:02 -
When the thin blue line becomes a garrote
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Providing a useful sex education
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A mirrored darkness
February 6, 2012 09:02
Posts Tagged ‘housing’
No Home Homeland
The Welsh Government should introduce a five year residency rule before granting people access to social housing, exempting only political refugees and others escaping persecution. Discuss
We’re not in Kansas anymore
This recession is taking a lot longer to work its way out of the system than anticipated. What is working against the recovery, and just how bad could it get?
There is a choice on May 5th
This election is about choices – it doesn’t have to be the Labour way in Wales
Putting our stamp on a proper housing solution
Current Assembly policies to provide “affordable” housing are desultory. If we are serious about finding ways to allow people to remain in their own communities, we need a stamp duty surcharge
An affordable housing crisis
Government targets blunt scrutiny and ministers should be concentrating on delivering services rather than disguising whether they have – particularly with affordable housing
Domestic Fire Safety: lead or follow?
As the Assembly debates a new Domestic Fire Safety Measure the question AMs should ask themselves is whether they want deaths by house fires to be a thing of the past
Housing benefit cuts – all stick and no carrot?
Today, nine major Welsh charities and membership organisations have united to condemn the UK government’s proposed cuts to housing benefit and local housing allowance in Wales – here they explain why
We were all losers
Buy a cheap flat using someone else’s money: it all seemed so easy. But it was always a myth, and we’ve been truly woken up now
Planning for disaster
Despite the harsh economic climate, we should not be fooled into thinking that the promise of jobs creation should override the planning system and our quality of life. We also need to look behind the announcements and discern what is economically sustainable, too
Hasta la vista, modern economics
Sixth Columnist David Melding AM gives his view on how our economics have conspired to work against most of us, and threatens a move to one of the world’s last communist countries if things don’t change
The Operator
The Deputy Minister for Housing and Regeneration is one of the most effective members of the current Welsh Government. And it’s time she was in the spotlight
‘A stain on the Government of Wales Act’
The defeat of the Housing LCO was the final straw for anyone who has faith in the current Welsh legislative system – and political posturing in Westminster has let down the social housing sector very badly indeed
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