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  • DCMS savings announced

    Savings of around £73 million have been made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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

  • Further savings announced

    Savings of around £73 million have been made as part of our contribution to reducing the fiscal deficit

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

  • DCMS savings announced

    Savings of around £73 million have been made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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

  • Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award shortlist

    The shortlist recognises 22 outstanding buildings across the country.

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

  • Scrapping regional bureaucracy will save millions

    Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has put plans in motion to dismantle regional bureaucracy.

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

  • Shapps gives more power to councils to solve local problems with shared homes

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps announces more power for councils to manage shared homes in their area.

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

  • Power for councils to manage shared homes in their area

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced that councils will have greater flexibility to manage concentrations of shared housing in their…

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

  • Grants Shapps taking action to address homelessness

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has chaired the first cross government meeting aimed at tackling homelessness.

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

  • Rough sleeping count masks real scale of the problem

    as PM gives Ministers in eight Government departments responsibility for homeless Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today removed the mask…

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

  • Grant Shapps welcomes good news on housing market

    Grant Shapps has welcomed a new report from an independent industry body showing that the abolition of HIPs is giving a boost to the house market.

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

  • The restoration of Chiswick House Gardens

    £12 million restoration unveiled.

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

  • Honours for local government leaders

    Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary at DCLG, has been honoured alongside other local government leaders in the Queen's birthday honours.

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

  • New study shows support for new homes

    The British public are far more supportive of new housing developments in their area than commonly thought, according to a new study.

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

  • Shapps promise to landlords: no more red tape

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that he will be scrapping plans to introduce new regulations on private landlords.

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

  • Previously developed land and density

    I am today implementing the commitments made in the Coalition Agreement to decentralise the planning system by giving Local Authorities the…

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

  • New powers to prevent unwanted 'garden grabbing'

    Councils and communities are being given immediate powers to prevent the destructive practice of ‘garden grabbing’ and to decide what types …

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

  • New powers preventing unwanted 'garden grabbing'

    Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark announces new plans to take gardens out of the brownfield category.

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

  • Age of aspiration

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Introduction Thank you to Robert Peto for your very kind introduction …

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

  • Have your say on our programme

    The Government’s Culture, Olympics, media and sport programme is online and commentable.

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

  • Our contribution to reducing the Government deficit

    We will contribute £61 million from our budget towards reducing the Government deficit, plus savings of £27 million from the Olympics budget.

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