Regeneration

Giving local communities they tools they need to thrive is something which many of us have championed for a number of years. In my previous column, I discussed the benefits which enterprise zones can bring to areas of the country needing regeneration.

The new select committees of the House of Commons are proving very active in scrutinising government policy as it unfolds. An inquiry at the public administration select committee on the subject of  Big Society received so many submissions that its inbox was reportedly full before the deadline. The communities and local government select committee has wasted no time in establishing a wide-ranging inquiry into the coalition government’s published plans for regeneration, scrutinising the document Regeneration to Enable Growth: What Government is Doing in Support of Community led Regeneration.