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Policy Hub Bulletin: February/March 2009

This bulletin alerts you to selected items added to Policy Hub in the month up to 28 February

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Better Policy Making

The rural economy and affordable housing – UK government report   25 March

Child well-being and sole parent family structure – OECD paper   23 March

Managing highly-skilled labour migration – OECD paper   18 March

Future scenarios for variable tuition fees – Universities UK report   17 March

Helping government learn – NAO report   27 February

Towards a new primary curriculum – CPR report   20 February

Dying to belong: an in-depth review of street gangs in Britain – CSJ report   12 February

Healthy lives, brighter futures: the strategy for children and young people's health – DH report   12 February

Save 100,000 homes from repossession – CPS report   9 February

Empowering engagement: a stronger voice for older people – DWP report   3 February

Rail overcrowding in London - London Assembly   3 February

The potential of migrant and refugee community organisations to influence policy – JRF report   2 February

Evaluating policy

Accession to recession: A8 migration in Bristol and Hull – Centre for Cities report   16 March

On the state of public health – Chief Medical Officer’s annual report   16 March

Improving services for children in hospital – Healthcare Commission report   13 March

The social cost of low literacy skills - CLLRNet report   12 March

Information and communication technology in primary and secondary schools 2005/2008 – Ofsted report   3 March

The community order and the suspended sentence order three years on – CCJS report   2 March

International Narcotics Control Board annual report 2008   19 February

Protecting NHS staff from violence and aggression: an update – Auditor General for Wales report   18 February

Micro-simulating child poverty in 2010 and 2020 – IFS report   18 February

Spotlight on complaints 2009: a report on second-stage complaints about the NHS in England – Healthcare Commission report   16 February

Transport trends 2008 – DfT report   12 February

Public opinion and the jury: an international literature review – MoJ report   10 February

In-work poverty: a systematic review - DWP report   4 February

Improving delivery

Innovation across central government - NAO report   26 March

The United Kingdom’s strategy for countering international terrorism – UK government report   24 March

Working together - public services on your side - UK Government report   10 March

Fit for purpose – Reform report   5 March

Slipping up? Impact of the extreme weather on London transport – London Assembly report   2 March

A new force – Reform report   26 February

Time to change gear? Assessing the current state of the UK transport networks – CBI report   18 February

The employability challenge - UKCES report   10 February

A good childhood: searching for values in a competitive age - The Children's Society   5 February

Unmet mental health need in prison – Prison Reform Trust report   4 February

Raising young people's higher education aspirations: teachers' attitudes – DIUS report   2 February

Website of the Month

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) - is the national housing and regeneration agency for England. It was formed on 1 December 2008 to: improve the supply and quality of housing; secure the regeneration or development of land or infrastructure; support in other ways the creation, regeneration or development of communities; and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development and good design.

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The next bulletin will be published at the end of March 2009.