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Social care charging system “unfair, unpredictable, and complex”: CIPFA
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Social care costs being passed from health service to local authorities due to qualifying restrictions, study finds
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Social care leaders “can’t perform miracles” from already overstretched budgets, ADASS president warns
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Social housing and planning lawyers promoted to partner in latest promotions round at Winckworth Sherwood
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Social housing consortium names 22 firms to legal services framework agreement
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Social Housing Law Association welcomes four new committee members
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Social housing organisations issue plea for 10-year rent settlement for local authorities and housing associations
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Social housing provider names four firms to land and property conveyancing framework
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Social housing provider to appoint solicitors to £8m framework supporting development directorate
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Social housing providers will be exempt from Residential Property Developer Tax
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Social Housing Regulator investigation finds non-compliance, downgrades housing association’s governance grade
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Social housing regulator slams borough council over “unacceptable” breadth and scale of failings
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Social housing rent increases to be capped at 7% next year, Government announces
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Social housing stock predicted to lose almost 60,000 homes by 2030 through Right to Buy
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Social landlord appoints seven law firms to £5m legal services framework
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