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From Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine)
  • Councils' New Year resolution must be greater transparency

    Every council’s New Year’s resolution must be to open up their finance books to the public, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said today…

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

  • Residents can now see where council funding goes

    As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, ministers have today taken steps to de-mystify the complex formula grant funding system…

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

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

    The flag representing the historic county of Herefordshire 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

  • Councils' data demand overload radically reduced

    The volume of top-down information demanded by Whitehall is being radically reduced so councils can concentrate on delivering frontline services…

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

  • Final curtain for unitary plans in Suffolk, Norfolk and Devon

    Restructuring of councils in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon that ministers called ‘wasteful and unnecessary’, will not go ahead now that the Local…

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

  • Non-Executive Directors appointed

    Today the Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed two Non-Executive Directors to the Department’s Board. Sara Weller,…

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

  • A fair deal for local taxpayers: freezing Council Tax and protecting the vulnerable

    Despite the huge pressures on public finances, the Coalition Government has taken unprecedented steps to protect councils most reliant on central…

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

  • Hampshire County Council flag to fly at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Hampshire 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

  • Localism Bill starts a new era of people power

    A landmark bill that heralds a ground-breaking shift in power to councils and communities overturning decades of central government control …

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

  • Local government finance 2011 to 2013

    With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on finance for English local authorities for 2011 to 2013. The spending review…

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

  • Localism Bill

    I am today introducing the Localism Bill to Parliament. The legislation will set the foundations for the big society by radically transforming…

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

  • Revolutionary new rights for communities will protect and transform local services

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today announced a package of powerful new rights for communities to challenge services and preserve local…

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

  • Revolutionary new rights for communities will protect and transform local services

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced a package of powerful new rights for communities to challenge services and preserve local assets…

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

  • Eric Pickles praises Big Society snow angels and gritty determination from communities

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has praised people’s efforts and neighbourly support in the cold weather this week and applauded the Big …

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

  • Gloucestershire flag flying at Department for Communities and Local Government

    The flag representing the historic county of Gloucestershire 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

  • Planning power from town halls and Whitehall to local people

    Neighbourhoods will be the ‘building blocks of the Big Society’ Radical new planning reforms were announced today to hand powers down from …

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

  • New national 'address book' to be free to emergency services

    A single ‘address book’ for England and Wales is to be created and made free to the emergency services for the first time, Communities Secretary…

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

  • Standing up for local taxpayers: Welsh Council Tax revaluation cancelled

    The UK Government today announced its intention to cancel planned council tax revaluation in Wales. Measures in the forthcoming Localism Bill…

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

  • New powers put Londoners in the driving seat

    Londoners are set to benefit from an unprecedented devolution of power from Whitehall, Communities and Local Secretary Eric Pickles announced…

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

  • Rainy day reserves could help councils invest to save

    Good financial planning is about putting a little extra away when the sun is shining so you have some cover during the rainy days.

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