UKR is about delivery: demonstrating how to transform places with purpose built private rented homes with a mix of other uses. We are in discussion with local authorities across the country. We welcome conversations about possible projects. There are very clear criteria in our “Framer”. This has 9 simple criteria covering: the right site; the right approach; the right way forward. Download our one page document “Framing the right collaboration” and contact us on projects@ukregeneration.org.uk
Measuring ‘Happiness’
The launch today of the National Wellbeing Project led by the National Statistician (I didn’t realise there was one!) is likely to cause excitement and derision in equal measure. At a cost of £2 million, it aims to develop a model that provides understandable measures of national wellbeing and there will be a major consultation [...]
Underestimating the Determination of a Quiet Man?
Iain Duncan Smith warned us as Leader of the Conservative Party in 2002 not to ‘underestimate the determination of a quiet man’. Last week he was true to his word as he launched the Coalition Government’s welfare reforms. Or was he? Hailed as the most radical changes in welfare benefits since the second world war, [...]
Bleak Jobs Forecast
The forecast today from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) that unemployment will be far higher than previous estimates is very worrying. They say that the full impact of the CSR had been understated and doesn’t take account of the rise in VAT to 20% in January 2011. This will result in some [...]