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  • Review of Arm's Length Bodies

    A number of our public bodies are set to be merged, abolished or streamlined.

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

  • Grant Shapps meets Essendon's junior architects with designs on their village

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps visits Essendon, the birthplace for his vision for protecting rural villages for generations to come.

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

  • Grant Shapps sets out vision to protect and preserve rural village life

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today set out his vision for protecting the future of rural village life for generations to come, by giving…

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

  • Communities are ready for the Big Society

    Only a minority of people feel that they can influence local decisions or have engaged in some form of civic participation in the last year,…

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

  • Pickles outlines plans to abolish regional government

    Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has today announced the Government’s intention in principle to abolish the remaining…

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

  • Ports tax rebate confirmed

    Saving jobs and freeing firms from balance sheet insolvency.

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

  • David Willetts announces review of the Design Council

    The Minister and the Design Council Chair, Lord Bichard have invited Martin Temple, Chairman of the 600 group, to lead the review. It will consider…

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

  • Heritage Minister John Penrose announces outcome of four post-war listing cases

    Milton Keynes shopping centre becomes Grade II listed building

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

  • 40 ideas a day to cut red tape

    In just 5 working days, the Communities Secretary’s call for suggestions about cutting red tape has attracted more than 200 ideas.

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

  • Greg Clark dispatches unnecessary housebuilding targets

    Cutting down on burdensome paperwork.

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

  • National regeneration summit 2010

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction Having recently been through an election I would have thought a lot of you would be …

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

  • DCLG puts real time energy use online

    The public can now go online and see the Department for Communities and Local Government’s energy use for the first time.

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

  • New government makes housing design a top priority

    Grant Shapps has called on the country’s architects to ensure their great designs deliver more benefits for the local community.

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

  • From Chatham to Chester and Lincoln to the Lake District - 38 UK places put themselves forward for World Heritage status

    John Penrose has today published the list of applications to get on the UK's new Tentative List of sites for World Heritage status.

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

  • From Chatham to Chester and Lincoln to the Lake District - 38 UK places put themselves forward for World Heritage status

    Candidates range from the Shetland Isles in Scotland to the Dover Strait in southern England.

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

  • Eric Pickles unveils radical plan for town halls to help cut red tape

    A radical plan to banish nonsense red tape and repeal unnecessary laws was unveiled by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today. In a speech…

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

  • Eric Pickles puts stop to flawed regional strategies

    Revoking the regional strategies.

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

  • Grant Shapps welcomes cash for housebuilding

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed the confirmation of £390 million to build over 8,500 new much-needed homes.

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

  • Andrew Stunell visits building research establishment

    Communities Minister Andrew Stunell visits the Building Research Establishment.

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

  • Community land trusts conference

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Last year I talked about my enthusiasm for Community Land Trusts but I wasn’t able to do much more…

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