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'No causal link' between Pathfinders and improvements
Mixed review of govt regeneration scheme

Government-led initiatives to revive deprived areas have been “high risk” and achieved mixed results, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The Pathfinders housing market renewal programme targeted nine areas across the midlands and north of England in a bid to make them more appealing to communities. The NAO found house prices in the nine… Read more »

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Lib Dems call for local govt 'renaissance'
Lib Dems vote to scrap Whitehall targets

The Liberal Democrats today said they would scrap Whitehall-driven targets and pave the way for a new “renaissance” in local and regional government. Local government spokesman Andrew Stunell said: “The Labour government has picked up from where the Tories left off by stripping more and more powers from local councils. “Local people know best what… Read more »