Press release archive

December

School standards improve for poorest children – but income and health inequalities persist

December 11, 2000
November

Residents of impoverished estates ‘still waiting for public services to improve’

November 29, 2000

Low income ‘pushes students towards less prestigious colleges and courses’

November 27, 2000

National helpline urged as part of new strategy to tackle racist attacks and harassment

November 22, 2000

Survey points to future market for high-tech ‘Smart Homes’ despite misgivings

November 15, 2000

Teenage mothers ‘strongly influenced by anti-abortion views in local community’

November 15, 2000

Government’s long-term care plans ‘only a short-term solution’, says Sir Stewart Sutherland

November 3, 2000
October

Action urged to prevent disproportionate job losses among disabled people

October 25, 2000

‘Worst’ housing estates face continued stigma despite improvements through regeneration

October 13, 2000

Lighting up ‘time’ at the Leeds CASPAR

October 9, 2000
September

Overcoming family poverty and unemployment 'would prevent thousands of early deaths'

September 25, 2000

Report urges end to red tape and tax penalties to assist home working

September 13, 2000

Major new poverty survey finds two million children without ‘necessities of life’.

September 11, 2000

Innovative Leeds apartment block lures middle-income ‘singles’ to live in the city

September 7, 2000
August

Migration from North ‘not responsible for pressure on homes in the South’

August 24, 2000
July

Raynsford launches new website on housing innovation

July 29, 2000

Rural exclusion report urges government to give help with car ownership

July 27, 2000

Evicting nuisance neighbours ‘may only transplant problems elsewhere’

July 5, 2000
June

Children caring for sick and disabled parents ‘risk lasting problems as adults’

June 14, 2000
May

Older victims of abuse ‘need skilled help and long-term support to escape’

May 30, 2000

Regeneration partnerships still not ‘joined-up’ enough, warn reports

May 17, 2000

Young people’s boredom with politics ‘should not be confused with apathy’

May 15, 2000

Rough sleepers resort to begging in the streets as ‘alternative to crime’

May 3, 2000
April

Coalfield communities 'still blighted ten years after pit closures'

April 17, 2000

Millions enjoy TV home makeover programmes - but national backlog of repairs reaches £37bn

April 10, 2000

Drive to prevent homelessness needs better evidence of ‘what works’

April 4, 2000
March

Improvements for children in care - blocked by prejudice and routine neglect of human rights

March 31, 2000

Pioneering apartment block draws middle-income - singles - back to the city

March 16, 2000

Array of neighbourhood initiatives causes confusion and 'consultation fatigue'

March 1, 2000
February

Jobs prove no protection against social exclusion for young people in rural areas

February 7, 2000

York Judges choose preferred planning team for new community

February 1, 2000

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