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Homes delivery collapse leaves agency facing public sector role

By Huw Morris

5 December 2008

Staff at the Homes and Communities Agency, which launched this week, could be forgiven for feeling that they are on the receiving end of a hospital pass.

Bell on ... aiming high on airport policy

5 December 2008

Sammy the seagull was feeling peckish. But as a frequent flyer from Blackpool he had enough air miles to take a trip to London.

Gummer on ... setting course in bad weather

28 November 2008

It's pretty hard to think of a more difficult time to look forward with certainty.

Fyson on ... the chance for a judicial review

By Anthony Fyson

17 October 2008

The chance for a judicial review to settle questions of bias in government's eco-town process.

Statistics should not blind us to failure to deal with rural housing

By Huw Morris

3 October 2008

Sometimes a statistic is sufficiently gigantic that so few people comprehend its scope and scale as to render it almost meaningless.

Rural questions raised by Taylor give no indication of going away

By Bryan Johnston

15 August 2008

When MP Matthew Taylor launched his review of rural communities last month he voiced one aspiration above all others - that its findings should not be allowed to gather dust.

Fyson on ... Measures that prove increasing wisdom

By Anthony Fyson

8 August 2008

Fyson on ... measures that prove increasing wisdom in the attempt to get eco-towns off the drawing board.

Richards on ... dealing with the downturn

8 August 2008

Credit crunch, economic slowdown, recession, "Wall Street got drunk".

Forward-looking region knows true value of public sector staff

By Huw Morris

18 July 2008

They do things differently in the North West.

Gummer on ... agreement in a good cause

11 July 2008

We need to stop unnecessary division where a consensus is perfectly possible.