1. A Briefing On The Emergency Budget
(Publications/Briefings)

...n aid which are protected. • Over a third of the savings (£11 billion) will come from cuts to benefits. • The government expects unemployment to rise slightly, from 7.9 % in Apri...

2. Urban Forum Free Membership Offer
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... Sound good? Complete an application form and join us today.  Want to know more about the benefits of membership? Then read on... Got a question? Check out our FAQs If ...

3. Guide For Volunteers On Benefits
(Publications/2008 Policy Round Ups)

Community Links have published a guide for people on benefits who face difficulties when volunteering. Many people are confused about the precise rules and regulations in relation to volunteering wh

4. Responding To The Big Society
(Publications/Comment & Analysis)

...is this more evident than in the area of welfare reform, with the stated desire to significantly reduce the benefits bill. Will this be done in ways that contribute to Big Society or impede it? Introd...

5. Becoming A Member Of Urban Forum
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...ther organisations (e.g. public and private sector) can join as Associate Members. What are the benefits? Members receive a range of benefits including a subscription to our Clearwa...

6. Membership Benefits
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Join Urban Forum today and receive all the following benefits: A subscription to our Clearway magazine Monthly Policy Round-Ups and Infomails sent directly via email to keep you

7. Bite Sized Budget Briefing
(Publications/Briefings)

...ng to £128 billion in 2015/16. Over a third of the savings (£11 billion) will come from cuts to benefits. Still on the menu • Winter fuel payments • Free TV licenses for...

8. Four Steps To A Fairer Britain
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...nd middle income households but doing nothing for the poorest, who are below the income tax threshold or on benefits. This would be paid for by taxes which target the better off; a new Mansion Tax (on...

9. Better Banking - Too Big To Fail
(Research/Better Banking Blog)

...if they just ignore it. The current system does not provide a satisfactory balance between costs and benefits. The profits banks have made over recent years have provided huge financial benefit...

10. Benefit Shake-Up Would Slash Jobless And Child Poverty
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

...ke-up will boost the incomes of the lowest paid by nearly £5 billion". Read the report "Dynamic Benefits" here       ...

11. Local Welfare Solutions Proposed
(Publications/2008 Policy Round Ups)

...tion that prevents them from working. The long-term unemployed will be expected to participate in "work for benefits" schemes, such as taking part in community work or skills training. Download...

12. Create Consortium Calls For Community Allowance
(Publications/2008 Policy Round Ups)

... The Government are being called on to pilot the new ‘community allowance' that would allow people on benefits to work part time on community projects. The Create Consortium met recently with Em...

13. Coalition Government – Structural Reform Plans
(Publications/Briefings)

...; Develop framework for local incentives for local authorities to support growth, including reinvesting the benefits of growth into local communities, by 2012 • Local Government resource review...

14. Optimism Amid The Dark Cloud On The Big Society Frontline
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...0 was being cut this week, £60,000 last week from DWP welfare to work contracts and reductions in the benefits of their service users will further erode their funding. And yet, in the same breat...

15. Community Power Empowers
(Publications/Research Reports)

...licy interventions need to be more coordinated and inclusive and provide a more concerted commitment to the benefits of community-based processes. The report concludes that the UK government, p...

16. Big Society - Thoughts From The Frontline Part 2
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...iently, more cheaply and better than it is now. Everyone, not least of all the people purchasing the meals, benefits. Now that strikes me as a great example of the potential for Big Society. ...

17. Osborne Hails ‘Progressive Budget' But Does It Stack Up?
(Publications/Whitehall Watch)

...r some of the measures announced will not come into effect (or be known) for some time, such as cutting the benefits bill. Cuts of 25% for government departments, will mean huge reductions in public s...

18. Osborne Hails ‘Progressive Budget' But Does It Stack Up?
(Publications/Comment & Analysis)

...r some of the measures announced will not come into effect (or be known) for some time, such as cutting the benefits bill. Cuts of 25% for government departments, will mean huge reductions in public s...

19. Involvement Case Studies
(Publications/Research Reports)

...amined different methods of involvement in decision making, how to make these work effectively, and the benefits for those involved. The case studies examine involvement of different sections of...

20. Blaming People Feels Good, But Is Ultimately Fruitless
(Research/Better Banking Blog)

.... I'm not sure by what criteria she measures this - though it seems unimaginable that if the true costs and benefits were analysed calculated, that their philanthropy outweighs the £250bn of pub...

21. £60M To Lay Green Foundations Of Eco-Towns
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

...nd;60m to build over 600 new homes to a high environmental standard. It is claimed the programme will bring benefits such as reductions in energy use, savings on bills, increases in local jobs, the de...

22. 10 Big Ideas For 2010
(News/News)

...facilities in poorer communities, leading to higher utility bills and difficulties accessing employment and benefits and charges for using cash-points. Community organisations face considerable hardsh...

23. The State Of Happiness: How Public Policy Shapes People'S Wellbeing
(Publications/2010 Policy Round Ups)

...ficult public spending choices, services focused on wellbeing are delivering widespread economic and social benefits - especially to children. ...

24. Working Together Better
(Member Case Studies/Insights)

... which it is important that third sector colleagues understand. It is important that the impacts and benefits of empowerment can be explained and communicated in a way that will be understood b...

25. What Does £140Bn Buy You These Days?
(Research/Better Banking Blog)

... £140bn is a lot of money, even by public sector standards. It's more than we spend on the entire benefits system, more than the combined spending on health and schools and twenty times the ...

26. Community Power Empowers!
(Research/Community Energy)

... at work.  The community-owned renewable energy projects are driven by the wider social, environmental benefits rather than profit alone and the innovative municipal projects I'll be visiting dem...

27. 10 Things You Need To Know About Community Reinvestment
(Publications/Briefings)

...d be providing services without discrimination and support the third sector to deliver financial and social benefits.  A proportion of the profits made by banks would be reinvested into suppor...

28. Politicians Want Community Benefit Clauses In Public Sector Tenders
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

A group of MPs has called on the government to ensure local public service tenders take into account the benefits to a local area when a contract is given to a local organisation. This follows the a

29. Community Reinvestment: People-Centred Finance For The 21St Century
(Publications/Comment & Analysis)

...ld be overcome. What difference would these proposals make? There would be a number of significant benefits from introducing a Community Reinvestment Act and establishing community reinvestme...

30. Oxfam Says We'Re Becoming A Nation Of ‘Freds'
(Publications/2009 Policy Round Ups)

...ountry is fast becoming a nation of ‘FREDs'; Forgotten by those in power, Ripped off by taxes and the benefits system, Excluded from opportunities, and Debt ridden. Raising the threshold for pay...