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From Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine)
  • Eric Pickles backs report warning Birmingham to shape up

    The Local Government Secretary responds to an independent review on Birmingham from Sir Bob Kerslake.

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

  • Housebuilding: advanced housing manufacture

    Eric Pickles speech at Homes Event on the need for innovation in housing manufacture, and the government's investment in housebuilding.

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

  • New measures will provide thousands of new homes

    Thousands of new homes will be provided following a range of government measures.

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

  • Pickles cuts stealth taxes on new homes and boosts small builders

    Eric Pickles offers a boost to the country’s small house builders, slashing the cost of building a new home.

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

  • Independent inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council

    Letter to Louise Casey CB, about the timing of the independent inspection report.

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

  • Help to Buy helps 71,000 people

    Help to Buy has helped more than 71,000 people across the country buy a new home.

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

  • Eric Pickles urges people of England to fly flags to celebrate their pride and identity

    The Secretary of State called on the people of England to come together and fly their nation's flag with pride.

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

  • Councils should use valuable housing stock to build more homes

    Councils should sell vacant buildings and reinvest the money to get the country building.

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

  • Ministers welcome public services improvement report

    Ministers have welcomed a new independent report into how local public services can improve to put people first and keep Council Tax down.

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

  • Online guide to help communities learn about their shared WW1 history

    New online guide to help communities learn about their shared First World War history.

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

  • Government action to help eliminate violence against women and girls

    The government today (25 November 2014) announced a £10 million fund to support women’s refuges in 100 areas across England.

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

  • First World War hero honoured at Whitehall

    Tributes for Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive the Victoria Cross.

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

  • Enterprise zones pass 12,000 jobs mark

    Enterprise zones are playing a vital role in driving forward the country’s economy.

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

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets council inspection

    Eric Pickles' oral statement to the House of Commons on the inspection report into the governance of Tower Hamlets council.

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

  • Doncaster Metropolitan borough council: corporate governance intervention

    Eric Pickles announces the end of statutory corporate governance intervention in Doncaster Metropolitan borough council.

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

  • Doncaster Metropolitan borough council: letter and direction

    The direction accompanying this letter to Doncaster Metropolitan borough council ends the government’s corporate governance intervention in the council.

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

  • Multi-faith groups remember the fallen of World War One

    Volunteers from Sikh, Muslim and Hindu communities come together to commemorate the fallen of World War One.

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

  • Importance of removing, reporting and recording 'pernicious' anti-semitic graffiti

    Eric Pickles writes to council leaders to stress the importance of removing racist graffiti quickly, and recording it with police.

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

  • Reporting and removing racist graffiti

    Letter to local authorities stressing the importance of removing racist graffiti quickly and reporting it to the police.

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

  • Town halls to come clean on taxpayer funded union work

    Town halls will have to come clean on how much they spend subsidising staff working on union business.

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