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  • Recovered appeals: land to side and rear of 17 The Avenue, Welwyn, Herts (ref: 2171233, 10 April 2013)

    Decision and Inspector's Report on appeals against enforcement notices and an application for planning permission.

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  • £1.7 million Gold Standard sets new homelessness benchmark

    A new scheme will help councils across the country to deliver the best possible service.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Drive to get more social tenants online

    Social tenants are set to benefit from almost a million pounds to help them get online and improve their IT skills.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Social housing, lodgers and sub-letting

    Response to reports on social housing, lodgers and sub-letting.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Michael Fallon statement on SSE

    Statement from Energy Minister Michael Fallon on Ofgem’s action against SSE for mis-selling

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £9.5 million crackdown on social housing cheats

    Councils to receive funding to help combat social housing fraud.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Plans approved for £22.6 million housing development in South Yorkshire

    Plans for a new housing development on surplus public land in South Yorkshire have been given the green light by Doncaster Borough Council this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Improving councils’ powers to tackle unauthorised development

    Lifting the restrictions on the use of Temporary Stop Notices.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £180 million to help vulnerable stay in their homes

    Housing Minister Mark Prisk announces that councils across England will receive a share of the £180 million Disabled Facilities Grant.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Funding boost for aspiring self-builders

    Housing Minister Mark Prisk relaxes the funding rules for the Community Right to Build.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Funding boost to tackle beds in sheds

    Housing Minister Mark Prisk has pledged to “up the pressure” on criminal landlords who trap vulnerable tenants in so-called ‘beds in sheds’.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain's biggest gun aims for Netherlands

    The UK's largest artillery piece, 1 of 12 surviving wartime railway howitzers in the world, is being moved for exhibition in the Netherlands.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tackling climate change doesn’t cost the earth

    Edward Davey article in the Telegraph on the latest DECC analysis showing the impact of policies on energy prices and bills

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New step for localism as every regional plan has gone

    The final 3 regional strategies for the West Midlands, South West and the North West are to be abolished.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Policies are putting a cushion between energy prices and household bills - Davey

    New analysis highlights the extent to which energy and climate change policies are tempering the impact on household energy bills of global gas prices and network costs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "I won't let the bulldozers wreck middle England" says Eric Pickles

    Article by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles in The Telegraph.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Minor consequential improvements

    Written Ministerial Statement by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles on changes to the building regulations on energy efficiency (updated 7 March 2013).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Mark Prisk offers £100k Right to Buy discount to the capital’s social tenants

    Mark Prisk has opened the door for London’s council tenants to take up their Right to Buy with an increased discount of up to £100,000.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DCLG responds to reporting of housing and planning measures announced in the Budget

    Response to reports of flexibilities announced in the Budget making it easier to convert property into homes and the new Help to Buy scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • SADC regional infrastructure development master plan launched

    The British High Commission in Botswana hosted a one-day investment forum on infrastructure development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government