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Rethink urged over pathfinder closures

Labour said the Government should ‘think again’ about cutting funding to housing market renewal (HMR) pathfinders, after an Audit Commission review stated they had made ‘a substantial contribution’ to communities.

Labour said the Government should ‘think again' about cutting funding to housing market renewal (HMR) pathfinders, after an Audit Commission review stated they had made ‘a substantial contribution' to communities.

The watchdog's report, published last week, coincides with the ending of the New Labour programme this month, after funding was cut by the coalition government.

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