Sharing ideas at a local, regional and national level, and discussing how to respond to the threat of cuts, will not always be easy, says Savi Hensman. But it is vital if those who are poorest and most vulnerable are to be protected and a government-led agenda based on false premises appropriately resisted.
Local authorities must start prioritising spending on housing delivery to meet need, Shelter said in response to house building figures released yesterday (17 February).
The human rights group Liberty has said that a council who spied on a local family have proved that it is untrue to say the innocent have nothing to fear.
Local people’s access to the planning system should not be sacrificed to speed up decision making and planning legislation should tackle the proliferation of gated communities, the Church of England has told the government.