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A new democratic, fast track system for decision making on major infrastructure projects to support the UK’s return to economic growth, was …
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today launched a £1 billion Regional Growth Fund.
Supporting economic growth through local enterprise partnerships.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced a toughening up of rules governing taxpayer-funded council newspapers.
Improving value for money and protecting frontline services.
Abolishing Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA).
Councils will no longer have to work thousands of man hours or waste millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money reporting back to Government as …
Eric Pickles has hailed today's Budget for providing lower council taxes and rates for hard-working families and local firms.
Council puts all spending over £500 online.
Taxpayers deserve decent services - rather than fortnightly collections imposed from above.
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is to close down a regional bureaucracy which had been costing £16m a year as part of…
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has put plans in motion to dismantle regional bureaucracy.
Too often councils are getting ripped off when procuring goods or services even though the nation’s deficit is running at £156bn. Communities…
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is calling on councils to make every pound go further in the face of the nation’s £156 billion deficit.
Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary at DCLG, has been honoured alongside other local government leaders in the Queen's birthday honours.
Transcript of the speech as delivered. Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles at the Queen’s Speech Forum. You might have noticed …
Councils are being encouraged to support communities who want to fly flags and show their support for teams competing in the World Cup.
The Government has made clear that deficit reduction is its most urgent priority. On Monday, 24 May, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief…
The Government has today published details of the £1.166bn Local Government contribution to the £6.2bn cross government savings in 2010/11. …
The Spirit of Fire Awards recognise acts of selfless sacrifice within the fire and rescue community.
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