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From The Rt Hon Lord Pickles
  • 16 areas get 'community budgets' to help the vulnerable

    Sixteen areas were today given direct control over local spending in their area free of centrally imposed conditions as part of the Spending…

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

  • Department for Communities and Local Government announces new top structure

    The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has identified the first senior posts to be lost following the reduction in the Department…

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

  • Council Tax

    The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles): I am pleased to inform the House that the Spending Review has…

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

  • Council Tax bills frozen in spending review

    Eric Pickles has said Council Tax bills will be frozen next year - as a result of a deal struck in the Spending Review.

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

  • Local taxpayers to benefit from Council Tax freeze

    Millions of council taxpayers across England are in line to see their council tax bills frozen next year as a result of a deal struck in the…

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

  • Eric Pickles attends an awards ceremony to celebrate British Bangladeshi achievements

    Eric Pickles has given credit to some of the most successful and influential British Bangladeshi people at an awards ceremony in East London.

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

  • Eric Pickles celebrates British Bangladeshi achievements

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles gave credit to some of the most successful and influential British Bangladeshi people at an awards ceremony…

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

  • Councils' red tape cut as 4,700 Whitehall targets slashed

    Cutting red tape will mean councils will be free to focus on frontline services.

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

  • Eric Pickles calls for greater town hall transparency

    New research suggests councils could be overpaying by as much as £150 million a year.

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

  • Local government accountability

    The coalition programme sets out this government’s commitment to ending the era of top-down government and giving new powers to local authorities…

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

  • Town hall waste and duplication

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction In a speech ahead of the government’s spending review the Secretary of State highlights…

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

  • Townhall waste and duplication

    In a speech ahead of the government's spending review the Secretary of State highlights concerns that councils are effectively "letting money slip through their fingers".

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

  • Cheshire flag to fly at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Cheshire has been hoisted above the department's offices.

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

  • Contractual arrangement with Faithwise Ltd

    The Daily Telegraph has reported that a faith adviser has been paid under a contract with the strategic consultancy group, Faithwise Ltd. A…

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

  • Buckinghamshire flag to fly at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire has been hoisted above the department's offices.

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

  • Call for councils to open books

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has called for all councils to publish their spending over £500 online, reminding them that their January…

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

  • Experts join the call to get council spending data online

    Data experts across the country have echoed Eric Pickles’ call to get local authorities’ spending data online for the public to scrutinise.

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

  • More than 60 councils open books to armchair auditors

    Local authorities that don’t put their spending detail online are denying the public the right to hold their council to account, Secretary of…

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

  • Account books opened as Pickles continues to show public the money

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles continues to trailblaze transparency today by publishing more departmental spending and setting out new austerity…

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

  • Transparency trailblazer Pickles publishes more department spending data

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is today continuing to open up the Government accounts to the public and set out new austerity procedures…

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