Asset plan 'under-used'

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 2 May 2007

A scheme that allows community groups to take over public assets has been under-used, says a report that will be published this month.

Ruth Kelly, the communities secretary, appointed Barry Quirk, chief executive of Lewisham Council, to conduct a review last September. He was asked to consider the barriers that prevent a more widespread transfer of public assets such as land and buildings into community ownership. Andrew Robinson, director of marketing at charity...

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