Archives for November 26th, 2010

HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY DOWNSIZED AS IT CUTS REGENERATION SCHEMES

Headlines, PublicNet: 26 November, 2010

The Homes and Communities Agency operational budget is to be reduced by 50 per cent as it cuts funding worth £1.9bn for 13 regeneration schemes across England.

HCA is the national housing and regeneration agency and its role is to provide funding for affordable housing, to bring land back into productive use and improve quality of life by raising standards for the physical and social environment.

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DIGITAL CHAMPION CALLS FOR CHANNEL SHIFT IN PUBLIC SERVICES

Headlines, PublicNet: 26 November, 2010

Martha Lane Fox, the UK digital Champion, has called for public services to be delivered online or by other digital means.

In her report she argues that public services should provide higher quality and more convenient 24/7 services to users. As well as delivering better services for citizens, 30 per cent of government service delivery contacts should be shifted to digital channels. Such a move has the potential to deliver gross annual savings of more than £1.3 billion, rising to £2.2 billion if 50 per cent of contacts shifted to digital.

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THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE

Features, PublicNet: 26 November, 2010

By John Woolham, Guy Daly & Liz Hughes.

Many older people are enjoying life. That is what the authors found from their research. But a significant number are not. The reasons are many and varied and the summaries of those reasons give indications of what might be done to improve the quality of life.

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