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Interesting piece in the News and Star about the failure of the government to invest in social housing in Cumbria and the reaction of Tim Farron MP at newsandstar.co.uk/news/26500… Farron says "It’s bitterly disappointing that Cumbria has so far not been allocated a single penny of the Government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Housing programme" @cipfa @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @mhclg @HomesEngland @RSHEngland @insidehousing @public_finance_ @lgcplus

The @guardian reports that the government has back tracked on providing social homes at theguardian.com/society/2026… Shelter argues for more positive action including writing off council housing debt @Shelter @mhclg @LGANews @CIPFA @CIHhousing @natfednews @HomesEngland @RSHEngland @insidehousing @lgcplus @public_finance_

The CPRE has analysed why it takes so long to build new homes. See stories.cpre.org.uk/mapping-… "housing delivery is a looping, stop–start process shaped by the needs and characteristics of each place, local politics, design changes, policy and regulation changes, community input, funding and profit margins" @CPRE @cipfa @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @mhclg @insidehousing @lgcplus

The Friends of the Lake District have a petition that calls for fairer housing at friendsofthelakedistrict.org… It calls on the Government to reduce the amount of empty and under-used homes, and increase the number of houses occupied by full-time, permanent residents. @FriendsofLakes @cipfa @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @mhclg @HomesEngland @RSHEngland @insidehousing @lgcplus

And from the 19th July we will have a Kirkby Stephen to Penrith service seven days a week. Why not visit Kirkby Stephen by bus?

Climate change means that homes in Britain must be adapted to cope with the heat. See @guardian at theguardian.com/environment/… "Air conditioning should be installed in all care homes and hospitals within the next 10 years, and in all schools within 25 years" @cipfa @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @mhclg @educationgovuk @DHSCgovuk @public_finance_ @lgcplus

With 176,000 children living in temporary accommodation there are calls for housing to be a priority in local elections. See @TheCanaryUK at thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/04… @cipfa @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @mhclg @HomesEngland @CPAGUK @crisis_uk @shelter @insidehousing @lgcplus @public_finance_

AWICS provides management consulting advice & assistance for local authorities and those concerned with local government focused on financial management and value for money. See awics.co.uk/localauthorities… #localgov #Management #consulting #Finance #Accounting #policy @LGANews #BusinessPlan #Training @CIPFA @WelshLGA @COSLA @mhclg

My briefing paper on service charges, housing benefit & universal credit is at awics.co.uk/files/module_doc… #localgov #ukhousing #welfare @DWP @CIHhousing @CIPFA @LGANews @WelshGovernment @scotgov @sfha_hq @chcymru @insidehousing @WelshLGA @COSLA @SIGOMA_LG @districtcouncil @natfednews

My briefing paper on the affordable homes programme is at awics.co.uk/files/module_doc… "The Affordable Homes Programme for 2021 to 2026 is for £12.2billion, an increase when compared with the 2016 to 2021 programme but still far less than was provided for affordable housing before 2011" @cipfa @cihhousing @natfednews @LGANews @mhclg @HomesEngland @RSHEngland @insidehousing @lgcplus @public_finance_ @SIGOMA_LG @districtcouncil

Information about AWICS services and products - including consultancy & training for public services focused on financial management and value for money - is at awics.co.uk/ @CIPFA @CIHhousing @LGANews @scotgov @mhclg @WelshGovernment @CHCymru @sfha_hq @COSLA @WelshLGA @UKParliament @EU_Commission @insidehousing

A briefing paper on Large Scale Voluntary Transfer that I wrote when I was ITA in Fenland is at awics.co.uk/documents/other/… @FenlandCouncil @CIPFA @CIHhousing @LGANews @natfednews @RSHEngland @mhclg

All editions of the AWICS Scotland News are at awics.co.uk/scotnews These cover public services in Scotland including local government and housing and focus on financial management and value for money. #ukhousing #localgov @scotgov @SHR_news @SocSecScot @shfa_hq @resfoundation @ClydesdAileen @SallySFHA @HebHousing @COSLA

AWICS provides management consulting advice & assistance for local authorities and those concerned with local government focused on financial management and value for money. See awics.co.uk/localauthorities… #localgov #Management #consulting #Finance #Accounting #policy @LGANews #BusinessPlan #Training @CIPFA @WelshLGA @COSLA @mhclg

AWICS offers opportunities for associate consultants and others in public services work, mainly housing & local government: awics.co.uk/careers #localgov #ukhousing @CIPFA @CIHhousing @LGANews @scotgov @mhclg @WelshGovernment @CHCymru @sfha_hq @COSLA @WelshLGA @UKParliament

AWICS provides a FREE comprehensive information service about public services focused on local government, housing, financial management and value for money. See awics.co.uk/aboutus #Training #ukhousing #localgov #webinars @CIPFA @CIHhousing @LGANews @SIGOMA_LG @CCNOffice @scotgov @WelshGovernment @COSLA @WelshLGA @CHCymru @sfha_hq @public_finance_

AWICS provides management consulting services for housing associations mainly around financial management and value for money including business planning, rents and service charges. See awics.co.uk/housingassociati… #ukhousing @CIHhousing @YMCAWalthamstow @ymcastpauls @Calico_Homes @ValleysToCoast @sfha_hq @CHCymru @insidehousing @mhclg @HomesEngland @RSHEngland

AWICS offers webinars on subjects relevant to public services, local government and housing focused on financial management and value for money. See awics.co.uk/webinars #webinar #localgov #ukhousing #Training @CIPFA @CIHhousing @LGANews @mhclg @scotgov @WelshGovernment @COSLA @sfha_hq @WelshLGA @CHCymru @EU_Commission