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     <title><![CDATA[Plans To Overhaul Flawed Rough Sleeping Count]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Grant Shapps, Housing Minister has announced plans to overhaul the flawed system of measuring rough sleeping. 

The latest rough sleeping count conducted in 2009 showed there were only 464 rough sl]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Vetting and Barring Scheme Halted]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Coalition Government has announced a delay to the introduction of the new Vetting and Barring Scheme in its current format. Registrations for new employees were expected to start from July 2010. Fo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Concern Over Budget Impact On Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The national umbrella organisation for frontline homelessness services Homeless Link and the National Housing Federation have both expressed concern about the potential impact of the budget on hom]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Equality Act  2010 Briefing]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Equality Act 2010 in the East Midlands

Date and Time: 10 June 2010 
Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.00 - 16.00
Venue:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nottingham Winter Shelter Report 2009-2010]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nottingham Winter Shelter Report - Season Three - 2009-2010
A collaboration of Faith, Community and the Voluntary Homelessness Sector

The Nottingham Winter Shelter began over four years ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Equality Bill Receives Royal Assent]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Equality Act 2010

The Equality Bill received Royal Assent on the 8th of April and formally became The Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 brings together 9 significant equality laws and]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Social Fund Reform: Debt, Credit and Low Income Households]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[New Consultation: Social Fund Reform

This consultation sets out the package of reforms designed to create a scheme which:

    is active rather than passive
    makes it more straightforw]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Rights Guide For Rough Sleepers]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Liberty and Housing Justice are among the charities that have become so alarmed about the ways in which the human rights of rough sleepers are increasingly being threatened by the authorities that they]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:29:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Brokerage Training Available]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Brokerage Network (NBN) East Midlands Independent Brokerage Training 2010

What is a broker?

If being a broker is something that interests you, training is available from the Nati]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Government Response to SP Inquiry]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Government Response to the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report into the Supporting People Programme

The House of Commons Communities and Local Government (C]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Down and Out Report - St Mungo's Inquiry into Mental Health and Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rough sleeping should be tackled as a public health issue, with the Department of Health taking a lead on improving mental health services for vulnerable people, concludes a new report published recent]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Shelter Briefing on 16/17 yr old Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shelter Children's Legal Service Briefing: Responding to youth homelessness following the G v LB Southwark Judgement

A House of Lords ruling earlier this year reinforced the duty on councils to ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[CLG Committee Publish Inquiry into SP]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[CLG Committee Publish Inquiry into The Supporting People Programme - November 2009

The ring fence money provided by central government for the local delivery of housing-related support and oth]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:38:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Swine Flu and the Homeless Sector]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Swine flu information for services working with homeless people.

Homeless people, particularly people sleeping rough or in inappropriate accommodation may have specific difficulties in a pandemi]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Homeless Code Of Guidance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response to the current economic climate, and the framework of financial support the Government has put in place to help homeowners in financial difficulty, this note provides guidance on how loca]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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