Communities

Pay squeeze deepens despite low unemployment

Real average pay fell by 1.3% in February, with a far deeper squeeze predicted in coming months, despite unemployment matching its lowest rate in nearly half a century, says the Resolution Foundation.

Communities Headlines Housing Regeneration

Agreement reached with developers to fund building safety repairs

Communities Economic Development Headlines Local Government Regeneration

Communities across UK given £2.6bn levelling up funding

Communities Headlines Housing Local Government Regeneration

Residents to have final say on changes to street names

Communities Headlines Housing

Energy companies’ customer service plummeting, warns Citizens Advice

Communities Headlines Regeneration

New research reveals differences in how UK communities are faring

Communities Economic Development Headlines

Out of work benefit sees biggest drop in value in 50 years

Built Environment Communities Headlines Housing

Critics claim energy strategy ignores rising fuel bills

Communities Economic Development Headlines

Government job scheme falls short of target

The government has revealed that its flagship Kickstart youth jobs scheme had only created 160,000 jobs when the scheme closed at the end of March – compared to an original target of 250,000.