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  • Community Budgets pilot schemes

    Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to the National Community Budgets Conference.

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

  • Cash boost to get England cycling

    An extra £20 million for cycle infrastructure

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

  • Additional funding for cycling infrastructure

    An additional £20m for existing infrastructure projects to support cycling.

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

  • The value of parishes

    Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) Larger Councils' conference.

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

  • Green light for Weston transport improvements

    Work on a new package of public transport and road improvement measures in Weston-super-Mare has been given final approval today.

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

  • ‘Weekly collection saved’ as government scheme delivers for 6 million families

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced that over 6 million families will keep getting a weekly bin service.

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

  • Greater rewards for local growth under new scheme

    Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis has set out how local retention of business rates will reward councils for local economic growth.

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

  • Business rates retention

    Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis on the business rates retention scheme.

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

  • Bulletin of changes to local authority arrangements, areas and names: 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010

    Orders and changes made by the government and councils in England between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010.

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  • Bulletin of changes to local authority arrangements, areas and names: 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2011

    Orders and changes made by the government and councils in England between 1 April 2010 and 30 September 2011.

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  • Business rates

    Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis on business rates.

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

  • Eric Pickles acts to limit town hall chiefs' golden goodbyes

    The legal minefield that can pressure councils into giving large pay offs to chief executives they want to dismiss is to be ended.

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

  • Changes to the Audit Commission Board

    The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a recruitment process to find 3 new board commissioners.

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

  • Double boost for carbon cutting buses

    Green Bus Fund gets extra £20 million in funding.

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

  • Town hall pension changes could unlock up to £22 billion for infrastructure

    Councils could invest as much as as £22 billon more of pension fund investments into infrastructure under new proposals.

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

  • Investment in green buses

    £20 million extra for Green Bus Fund and investment in carbon buses return toolkit announced.

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

  • Baroness Hanham praises Wiltshire Council for saving £85 million on council facilities

    Baroness Hanham praised the efforts made by Wiltshire Council to manage their assets and save Council Tax payers' money.

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

  • Minister praises Wiltshire Council for saving £85 million on council facilities

    Baroness Hanham hails council's trailblazing asset management strategies that are protecting frontline services.

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

  • Localism in action - making it easier to set up parish councils

    The Government’s revolution to hand power back to local communities moves one step further today under proposals to makes it easier to set up…

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

  • Guild of Travel Management Companies conference

    Discusses the need to improve the UK's transport infrastructure.

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