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The first window for Round 4, the final round of the Community Ownership Fund, is now open for applications until 10 April.  The funding...

Helpful guidance is now beginning to emerge from the Cabinet Office, ‘covering subjects from transitional arrangements and covered...

So it’s big news but not big news.  Instead of maintained schools and academies having to sift through a joint Governance Handbook which...

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has opened a consultation on its proposals to adapt the way (and amounts) it charges registered...

This may be obvious, but councils have been active in entrepreneurial activity within their functions for a very long time. I get...

It was very welcome to hear the announcement from Andrew Griffith on Friday that the legislation which governs co-operatives will be...

Among the announcements about pensions, childcare and energy bills, if you look deep into the budget paper from last week you will find a...

On 4 August, a complainant had written to Natural England and requested the following: 'Please disclose whether access has been permitted...

The third round of bidding to the Community Ownership Fund (COF) (part of the Government's Levelling Up programme) opened on 15 February...

Ten years ago the Community Shares Unit started promoting this unique form of financing for local and community organisations. It is a...

I am genuinely really pleased that the law firm that I work for has achieved B Corp status. Why is this important, and why might your...

Just a month after relinquishing the COP presidency, the UK has taken the perverse decision to approve the opening of the country's first...