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Eric Pickles publishes legislative proposals to cut the number of government officials who can demand entry to homes and businesses.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Provisional local government finance settlement for 2015 to 2016 has been published.
Government funding is helping a council-led project claw back taxpayers' money lost to fraud.
Lord Ahmad announces extra funding for a range of council-led projects to claw back billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money lost to fraud.
Town halls will have to come clean on how much they spend subsidising staff working on union business.
Eric Pickles responds to the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance.
Praise for councils who will pass millions in government grants to their parishes this year.
Eric Pickles' speech to the resource efficiency and waste management conference.
Eric Pickles announces new fund to help families recycle, without facing the threat of unfair bin fines or cuts to bin collection services.
Ministers and staff at the Department for Communities and Local Government have moved in with the Home Office.
Councils should look to the private sector to help make taxpayers’ pounds go further, an independent review has found.
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis writes to Surrey county councillors.
Secretary of State's speech at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
Council Tax collection rates remain high but councils failed to collect £2.5 billion of Council Tax last year.
Use of closed circuit television spy cars on their own to enforce on-street parking made illegal.
Local authorities can apply for a programme to help save money and create new homes and jobs through better use of their assets.
Proposals aim to reduce investment management overheads and improve accountability.
Letter from the Department for Communities and Local Government confirming Council Tax freeze grants for 2014 to 2015.
New powers to protect the rights of park home owners and stamp out unscrupulous site owners have been brought into force.
Government extends Council Tax discount to help those hardest hit by the UK floods.
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