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  • Councils get power to decide how best to support service improvements

    A major new ‘localism’ proposal to cut red tape and hand over financial control of council service improvements and training to local government…

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

  • "Green Deal" for households revealed

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has highlighted a scheme to improve insulation in homes and offices during a speech in the North East.

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

  • Eric Pickles 'shows us the money'

    Departmental books are opened to an army of armchair auditors.

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

  • Hidden victims of recession show need for homeowners to seek help early

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has today issued a reminder to struggling homeowners to seek help early to have a better chance of staying…

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

  • Homeowners at risk must seek early help

    Eric Pickles has issued a reminder to struggling homeowners to seek help early to have a better chance of staying in their homes.

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

  • Bristol is front runner to cash in on new Government rules allowing councils to sell electricity

    Rules that will come into force next week will mean Bristol council can start making cash from their green energy projects. The laws, introduced…

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

  • Two London housing estates listed

    John Penrose announces latest batch of listing decisions.

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

  • Cutting red tape to give a green light for greener development

    Simplifying the system for assessing the impact of development on the local environment.

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

  • Extra funding for councils who go for growth now

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today told councils that local communities who go for growth now and in the future will receive direct and…

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

  • More local homes means more rewards

    Communities that build more homes will be rewarded by getting more funding to use in their area on things they consider to be a priority.

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

  • Free mapping data will plot route to innovation

    Grant Shapps has hailed a new agreement between government and all public bodies that will allow them to use national mapping data for free.

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

  • Garden grabbing concerns raised by new figures

    New figures have laid bare concerns over the dramatic increase in the number of ‘gardens grabbed’ for development in the last 12 years.

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

  • Grant Shapps offers social housing tenants the freedom to take control

    New 'freedom pass' for tenants trapped in unsuitable homes.

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

  • Freedom pass' for tenants trapped in unsuitable homes

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today put the eight million tenants in social housing in England firmly in control of where they live and …

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

  • Replacing bureaucratic accountability with democratic accountability

    Improving the systems for measuring the performance of the department.

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

  • Darwin’s home listing deferred

    UNESCO says further assessment for World Heritage nomination needed

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

  • Darwin’s home and workplace World Heritage nomination deferred by UNESCO Committee

    UK’s nomination for the workplace and home of Charles Darwin to join UNESCO’s international list of World Heritage Sites deferred today

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

  • Darwin’s home and workplace World Heritage nomination deferred by UNESCO Committee

    The UK’s nomination for the workplace and home of Charles Darwin to join UNESCO’s international list of World Heritage Sites deferred today.

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

  • New steps to cut the cost of moving home and open up the books

    Home buyers can access more information about their new home without having to pay for the information, the government announced today.

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

  • Eric Pickles lays the foundations for 1,600 new homes

    Eric Pickles visited Southampton and laid the foundations for 1,600 new and affordable homes as part of a major redevelopment of the Quays.

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