Below are all the Whats New articles for year 2009.
| Picking Up the Pace: The need to move towards target funding in SIGOMA areas |
This report highlights the significant distance from target funding for some of the major funding sources to SIGOMA areas.
Areas covered include Formula Grant, PCT Funding, Education, Housing and Supporting People. |
| Briefing - Housing Revenue Account Subsidy System |
| A briefing outlining the proposals in the consultation on the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system. Please feed comments back to the SIGOMA office by 20th October 2009 (or sooner). |
| Housing: Our Big Issues Press release |
| The recent launch in Westminster of a profile of key housing data and issues in SIGOMA areas. The full document can be viewed in the 'Public Documents' section, along with individual authority profiles (logon needed for members only). |
| Child Poverty Document Press Release |
| BREAKING THE CYCLE OF DEPRIVATION AND CHILD POVERTY
A child poverty report ‘Breaking the cycle’ focusing on new measures to speed the eradication of child poverty, was launched at Westminster last week by The Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA) - an alliance of 45 leading city and town councils spanning the north, midlands and southern coast. The full document can be found in the 'Public Documents' section
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| Exectuive Committee 5 June 2009 - MEETING PAPERS AVAILABLE |
Meeting papers for the Executive Committee to be held on the 5th June 2009 are now available in the Committees section.
Please note you will need you login and password to access these papers. |
| The state of social care in England 2007-08 |
| This is the fourth annual report to Parliament on the state of social care. It gives a comprehensive overview of the social care sector in England |
| Health Profile of England 2008 |
This statistical publication profiles the health of people living in England. It is intended to be of use to public service professionals and officials within the local community, such as local councillors and primary care trust directors of public health, who are in a position to exert influence over the planning, commissioning, procurement and delivery of public health programmes.
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| SIGOMA response to consultation on WNF 2009-2011: Revising the Third Criterion |
SIGOMA submitted its response to the consultation on the Working Neighbourhoods Fund 2009-2011: revising the third criterion to DCLG on the 9 January 2009.
The response may be access through the consultation papers section.
Please not you will require a login and password to access this section. |
| SIGOMA response to the Local Government Finance Settlement 09/10 |
SIGOMA submitted its response to the Local Government Finance Settlement to DCLG on the 7th January 2009.
The full response can be viewed in the consultation papers section of the website. Please note you will require a username and password. |