Government plans for councils asset sales could undermine the resilience of communities, according to the Development Trusts Association. It is calling for assurances that any asset sales will include consideration of the role communities and the Third Sector can play in managing assets.

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Two charities working with older people have launched training courses for care staff to make them more aware of the danger of malnutrition, particularly among people with dementia. Age Concern and Help the Aged say the series of one-day courses have been designed to tackle what is a growing problem.

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A radical overhaul of legislation is needed to bring about fundamental changes to local government finance to allow councils to build more houses. The key recommendation in ‘Room to Move’, published by the Local Government Information Unit, is that councils should be given the freedom to create a mixed economy of tenure to widen the housing choices available to social tenants.

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