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News Archive 2009

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2009

• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
• August 2009
• July 2009
• June 2009
• May 2009
• April 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009
• January 2009

December 2009

• 2010: the year of competition - Reform paper   30 December
• Substance misuse among young people 2008-09 - NTA report   23 December
• The administration of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme - Parliamentary Ombudsman report   16 December
• Mortgage and secured loan possession actions in England - AdviceUK report   15 December
• The front line - Reform report   8 December
• Meeting the UK aviation target – CCC report   8 December
• Unlocking finance for clean energy: The need for ‘investment grade’ policy - Chatham House paper   7 December
• Go for growth: cut taxes now to cut debt - CPS report   7 December
• Putting the frontline first: smarter government - UK government report   7 December
• Inequality, education and comparative political economy - Anglo-German Foundation report   4 December
• Housing our ageing population - Homes and Communities Agency report   3 December
• Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009 - JRF report   3 December
• Reducing bureaucracy in policing - Home Office report   2 December
• Core business - Reform report   1 December
• Go for growth: cut taxes now to cut debt - CPS report   7 December

November 2009

• Criminal legal aid in England and Wales - NAO report   27 November
• The betrayal of white working class and black Caribbean boys - CPS study   27 November
• Unlocking change in the police service - IPPR report   26 November
• Children’s centres in rural communities - CRC summary report   25 November
• Overcrowding and under-occupation - CLG and TSA report   20 November
• The development of social well-being in new extra care housing schemes - JRF report   19 November
• Caring for people with dementia on hospital wards - Alzheimer's Society report   17 November
• Tackling perpetrators of violence against women and girls - ACPO report   16 November
• The real cost of quality care and support - National Care Forum report   9 November
• Redefining justice: addressing the individual needs of victims and witnesses - MoJ report   5 November
• Drug offences: sentencing and other outcomes - EMCDDA report   5 November
• The supporting people programme - CLG Committee report   3 November
• Children and young people on the streets in the UK - Railway Children report   3 November
• Tackling child poverty in hard times - Campaign to End Child Poverty report   2 November
• The future’s green: jobs and the UK low carbon transition - IPPR report   2 November

October 2009

• Delivering better housing and employment outcomes for offenders on probation - DWP report   29 October
• Joint financing across health and social care - Audit Commission report   29 October
• Healthy child programme - DH guidance   27 October
• The housing market renewal pathfinder programme 2003–2009 - CLG paper   22 October
• Government at a glance - OECD study   22 October
• The end of entitlement - Reform report   22 October
• The role of councils in reducing domestic CO2 emissions - Audit Commission report   21 October
• Partnerships research - DWP report   15 October
• Road to recovery - Reform report   14 October
• Primary care trusts and the carers strategy - The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care   13 October
• Devolution and older age in the UK - IPPR paper   12 October
• Identifying a fairer system for funding adult social care - JRF paper   7 October
• Transformational change? A synthesis of new evidence 2008-09 - CLG report   6 October
• Raising educational attainment in deprived areas - CLG report   6 October
• Policy & politics (volume 37, number 4) - Policy Press   1 October

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September 2009

• Uncovering the real level of science skills at school and university - Policy Exchange report   28 September
• Creating opportunity: low-carbon jobs in an interconnected world - GCN report   25 September
• Children’s services interventions - OPM report   24 September
• Leading from the front - Demos report   22 September
• Vocational education and training in Sweden - CEDEFOP report   21 September
• Dynamic benefits: towards welfare that works - CSJ report   16 September
• The benefits and costs of a national smart ticketing infrastructure - DfT and Detica report   14 September
• The prospects for personal carbon trading - IPPR report   9 September
• Building better lives: getting the best from strategic housing – Audit Commission   9 September
• Can pledging increase civic activity? – CLG report   8 September
• Education at a glance 2009 - OECD report   8 September
• Supporting carers to care - PAC report   8 September
• Room to move – LGiU report   7 September
• Poverty, inequality and human rights - JRF report   3 September
• Reducing child imprisonment in England and Wales: lessons from abroad – Prison Reform Trust   3 September
• A vision for the 21st century prison officer – Howard League for Penal Reform   2 September
• Crime is in the air: air pollution and regulation in the UK – CCJS report   2 September
• Doing better for children – OECD report   1 September

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August 2009

• Patients not numbers, people not statistics – Patients Association report   27 August
• Geo-engineering: giving us the time to act? – ImechE report   27 August
• Challenges and opportunities for the UK’s university sector – IPPR report   26 August
• National domestic violence delivery plan: annual progress report 2008-09 – Home Office report   21 August
• Quality people management for quality outcomes - Work Foundation report   19 August
• Improving leadership across the whole public service system - Sunningdale Institute report   18 August
• Places bases and spaces: research into community access and influence over shops, facilities and public space – Urban Forum report   14 August
• Why custody thresholds for teenagers aged 12, 13 and 14 need to be raised - Barnardo’s report   13 August
• Assessments of parenting and parenting support need - JRF report   12 August
• Young adults today: key data on 16-25 year-olds - Young People in Focus report   7 AUgust
• The Crown Prosecution Service: gatekeeper of the criminal justice system - Justice Committee report   6 August
• The relationship between quality assurance and vocational education and training certification in EU member states - Cedefop report   4 August
• Care and prejudice: a report of children’s experience by the Children’s Rights Director for England - Ofsted report   4 August
• Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services – DH and DCSF report   4 August
• Stakeholder relationship research: report of findings from qualitative research - DH report   4 August
• Benefit simplification: how and why it must be done - CPS report   3 August

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July 2009

• Tackling pensioner poverty - Work and Pensions Committee report   30 July
• Is there something I should know?: making the most of your information to improve services – Audit Commission report   30 July
• Survey of job seekers aged 50+ - TAEN report   27 July
• Diabetes in the UK 2009: key statistics – Diabetes UK report   27 July
• Putting science and engineering at the heart of government policy – IUSS Committee report   23 July
• Primary justice: an inquiry into justice in communities – LGiU report   20 July
• The UK low carbon industrial strategy – BIS and DECC report   16 July
• Local government’s manifesto for building low-carbon communities – LGA report   15 July
• Carbon trading councils: taking stock – LGiU report   14 July
• Housing and the credit crunch: follow up – CLG Committee report   14 July
• Extending our reach: a comprehensive approach to tackling serious organised crime – Home Office report   13 July
• The impact of integrated services on children and their families in Sure Start children’s centres - Ofsted   10 July
• Recession and recovery: how UK cities can respond and drive the recovery – Work Foundation report   6 July
• Single parents, welfare reform and the real world - Gingerbread report   6 July
• Social housing allocation and immigrant communities – EHRC report   7 July
• Breaking the climate deadlock: technology for a low carbon future – Climate Group report   6 July
• Eco-town report: learning from Europe on eco-towns – Homes and Communities Academy report   3 July
• The seeds of exclusion 2009 – Salvation Army report   2 July
• Support for care leavers - Ofsted   1 July
• A minimum income standard for Britain in 2009 – JRF report   1 July

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June 2009

• Housing benefit: a literature review – DWP report   26 June
• Voluntary and community organisations working with black young people affected by crime – CCJS report   26 June
• European models of support for young people and families – DCFS report   25 June
• International perspectives on parenting support – DCSF report   25 June
• Prevent: progress and prospects – HMIC report   25 June
• The world drug report 2009 – UNODC report   24 June
• Sticking plaster or stepping-stone? Tackling urban youth unemployment – Centre for Cities report   24 June
• Pensions shake-up? – PricewaterhouseCoopers   23 June
• Transparency at the heart of diversity – Business in the Community report   23 June
• Understanding attitudes to tackling economic inequality – JRF report   23 June
• Getting it right, and righting the wrongs – CLG report   17 June
• A new level – Reform report   17 June
• Independent review of ICT user skills - Baroness Estelle Morris   16 June
• Management of asylum applications – PAC report   16 June
• Amounts and accounts: reforming private pension enrolment – IFS report   15 June
• Reducing healthcare associated infections in hospitals in England – NAO report   12 June
• Young people, knives and guns – CCJS report   10 June
• Future skill supply in Europe - CEDEFOP report   9 June
• Staying on – EHRC report   5 June
• The UK’s fifth national communication under the United Nations framework convention on climate change - DECC report   5 June
• Violence against women in rural and urban areas - National Federation of Women's Institutes report   3 June
• Knife crime – HAC report   2 June

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May 2009

• Child poverty in Scotland: taking the next steps – JRF report   29 May
• Expectations and aspirations: public attitudes towards social care – IPPR report   28 May
• Access to health care for migrants, ethnic minorities, and asylum seekers in Europe - European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research briefing   26 May
• Carbon choices – options for demonstrating carbon capture and storage in the UK power sector - WWF report   22 May
• Understanding what matters: a guide to using patient feedback to transform care – DH guide   22 May
• London’s poverty profile - City Parochial Foundation and New Policy Institute report   19 May
• End of life care – PAC report   14 May
• The trade in human beings: human trafficking in the UK – Home Affairs Committee   14 May
• Raising the SAP: tackling fuel poverty by investing in energy efficiency – Consumer Focus report   13 May
• Parental experience of services for disabled children – DCSF report   13 May
• Review of evidence on the impact of economic downturn on disadvantaged groups   12 May
• The madness of mortgage lenders: housing finance and the financial crisis – IPPR report   11 May

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April 2009

• The graduate market in 2009 – High Fliers Research report   29 April
• Do pensioners have sufficient income to meet their needs? – PPI report   28 April
• Independent review of the proposal to make personal, social, health and economic education statutory - Sir Alasdair Macdonald’s report   27 April
• Investing in a low carbon Britain – UK Government report   23 April
• Migration: a long-run perspective – IPPR report   23 April
• Child well being and child poverty - CPAG report   21 April
• Families in Britain: the impact of changing family structures and what the public thinks – Policy Exchange report   21 April
• Looked-after children – Children, Schools and Families Select Committee report   20 April
• Homeowner housing equity through the downturn – CML report   17 April
• Keeping the wheels from falling off: why England needs a new urban transport investment fund – Centre for Cities report   17 April
• Projections of migration inflows under alternative scenarios for the UK and world economies – CLG report   17 April
• Green jobs: prospects for creating jobs from offshore wind in the UK – IPPR report   14 April
• How people use and 'misuse' buildings – ESRC report   14 April
• Employment and earnings in the finance sector – EHRC report   9 April
• Figures you can trust: briefing on data quality in the NHS – Audit Commission report   9 April
• The effect of growing up on welfare on the risky behaviour of young people – CEPR report   9 April
• Measuring disparities in health status and in access and use of health care in OECD countries – OECD report   8 April
• Low cost home ownership and the credit crunch – TSA report   3 April

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March 2009

• Engagement and aspiration: reconnecting policy making with front-line professionals – Sunningdale Institute report   26 March
• Innovation across central government - NAO report   26 March
• The rural economy and affordable housing – UK government report   25 March
• The United Kingdom’s strategy for countering international terrorism – UK government report   24 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
• 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
• Working together - public services on your side - UK Government report   10 March
• Fit for purpose – Reform report   5 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
• Slipping up? Impact of the extreme weather on London transport – London Assembly report   2 March

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February 2009

• Helping government learn – NAO report   27 February
• A new force – Reform report   26 February
• Towards a new primary curriculum – CPR report   20 February
• 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
• Time to change gear? Assessing the current state of the UK transport networks – CBI 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
• Dying to belong: an in-depth review of street gangs in Britain – CSJ report   12 February
• Transport trends 2008 – DfT report   12 February
• Healthy lives, brighter futures: the strategy for children and young people's health – DH report   12 February
• Public opinion and the jury: an international literature review – MoJ report   10 February
• The employability challenge - UKCES report   10 February
• Save 100,000 homes from repossession – CPS report   9 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
• In-work poverty: a systematic review - DWP report   4 February
• Empowering engagement: a stronger voice for older people – DWP report   3 February
• Rail overcrowding in London - London Assembly   3 February
• Raising young people's higher education aspirations: teachers' attitudes – DIUS report   2 February
• The potential of migrant and refugee community organisations to influence policy – JRF report   2 February

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January 2009

• The right to move: a new agenda for social housing – Policy Exchange report   30 January
• The credit crunch and regeneration: impact and implications – CLG report   30 January
• Evidence & policy (volume 5, number 1) – Policy Press   30 January
• Impact of alcohol consumption on young people: a systematic review of published reviews – DH report   29 January
• Using sport and leisure activities to prevent anti-social behaviour by young people - Audit Commission report   28 January
• Health profile of England 2008 – DH report   27 January
• The state of social care in England 2007-08 – CSCI report   27 January
• Management of asylum applications by the UK Border Agency – NAO report   23 January
• The travel choices and needs of low income households: the role of the car - National Centre for Social Research report   22 January
• Statistics on NHS stop smoking services in England - NHS Information Centre report   20 January
• Improving Scottish education 2005-2008 - HMIE report   16 January
• Intoxication and criminal liability - Law Commission report   15 January
• Collaboration between higher education institutions - Auditor General for Wales report   14 January
• NHS next stage review – Health Committee report   13 January
• New opportunities: fair chances for the future – UK Government report   13 January
• Monitoring of the UK Border Agency - Home Affairs Committee report   12 January
• Tackling climate change, reducing poverty - NEF report   12 January
• Achieving a sustainable solution to low pay and in-work poverty – IPPR report   7 January
• Awareness of the Criminal Records Bureau – CRB report   7 January
• Public expenditure - Children, Schools and Families Committee report   7 January

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