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Great British High Street Awards 2019

Press release

Launch of Great British High Street Awards 2019

Competition launches in reigning high street champion Crickhowell – nominations are now open.

Building site

Press release

Government invests £142 million in building communities to deliver the homes the country needs

The money will be spent on widening bridges, building roads and connecting utilities so up to 8,500 properties can be built.

To Let sign

Press release

End to Metro Bank "no DSS" mortgages

Latest pledge from industry to end potentially discriminatory practices which deny good quality accommodation to those on benefits.

building

News story

Residents encouraged to have their say to improve building safety

The government is inviting views on a new building safety regime, as it seeks to bring forward new legislation to keep residents safe.

Building Safety Programme

Detailed guide

Building Safety Programme

The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.

Grenfell Tower

Collection

Grenfell Tower

Information relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower.

Latest from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  1. CLOSED: Low Carbon: call in Tees Valley (OC34R19P 0911)
    • ESI fund
  2. CLOSED: SME support: call in Tees Valley (OC34R19P 0910)
    • ESI fund
  3. CLOSED: Information and Communications Technology: call in Tees Valley (OC34R19P 0909)
    • ESI fund

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What the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government does

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) job is to create great places to live and work, and to give more power to local people to shape what happens in their area.

MHCLG is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.

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Services

  1. Check your Council Tax band
  2. Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
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Guidance and regulation

  1. How to rent
    • Guidance
  2. Tenant Fees Act 2019: guidance
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Review of Blue Badge fraud as scheme is extended to those with ‘hidden disabilities’
    • News story
  2. Recovered appeal: land north and south of Flitch Way, Pods Brook Road, Braintree, Essex (ref: 3197293 - 13 June 2019)
    • Correspondence
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Research and statistics

  1. Live tables on affordable housing supply
    • Statistical data set
  2. Local authority capital expenditure and financing in England: 2019 to 2020 individual local authority data forecast
    • National statistics
See all research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Housing Infrastructure Fund
    • Policy paper
  2. Greater Manchester Local Industrial Strategy
    • Policy paper
See all policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. MHCLG: spending over £250, March 2019
    • Transparency
  2. MHCLG: spending over £0, April 2019
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our ministers

James Brokenshire MP

The Rt Hon

James Brokenshire MP
Kit Malthouse MP
Kit Malthouse MP
Jake Berry MP
Jake Berry MP
Heather Wheeler MP
Heather Wheeler MP
Rishi Sunak MP
Rishi Sunak MP
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

Our management

Melanie Dawes CB
Melanie Dawes CB
Permanent Secretary
Catherine Frances
Director General, Local Government and Public Services
Jeremy Pocklington
Director General, Housing
Simon Ridley
Director General, Decentralisation and Growth
Rachel McLean
Director General, Chief Financial Officer
Lise-Anne Boissiere
Director, Strategy, Communications and Private Office
Ruth Bailey
Director, People, Capability and Change
Michael Jary
Lead Non-Executive Director
Daniel Morley
Non-Executive Director
Mary Ney
Non-Executive Director
Pam Chesters CBE
Non-Executive Director

Special representatives

Lord Pickles

The Rt Hon

Lord Pickles
United Kingdom Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues

Contact MHCLG

Office address and general enquiries

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Contact Form: Office address and general enquiries

General enquiries: please use this number if you are a member of the public

030 3444 0000

Media enquiries

Email

newsdesk@communities.gov.uk

Please use this number if you are a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office

0303 444 1209

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information requests

Knowledge & Information Access Team
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2nd floor NW, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom

Email

mhclgcorrespondence@communities.gov.uk

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

  1. Procurement at MHCLG
  2. Working for MHCLG
  3. Jobs

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