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Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
1 November 2011
NAVCA have put together a helpful summary of the Public Services (Social Value) Bill and its progress.
The latest changes to the Bill mean that mandatory local and national social enterprise strategies have been dropped, but as NAVCA note, the Bill, as it currently stands, is still
"a significant change as it proposes that public authorities must consider social value".
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The DH Healthwatch Team are running a period of engagement on the issues relating to secondary legislation on the regulations for local Healthwatch
The Public Accounts Committee have reported on the 'Introduction of the Work Programme'

Find out more about the plans for a potential Liverpool City Region LNP
Local Government Association press release (30 April 2012): Treasury move over EU billions could hit jobs and growth