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From Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine)
  • Cutting red tape for summer fetes

    Eric Pickles wants to stem the flow of relentless form filling, high costs and red tape for organising summer street parties and fetes.

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

  • Cutting red tape for summer fetes

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles wants to stem the flow of relentless form filling, high costs and red tape for organising summer street parties…

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

  • New people power to end the era of soaring Council Tax

    The public will be given the power to veto excessive council tax rises, Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, announced today. Council …

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

  • Eric Pickles lays the foundations for 1,600 new homes

    Eric Pickles visited Southampton and laid the foundations for 1,600 new and affordable homes as part of a major redevelopment of the Quays.

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

  • Business backs local enterprise partnerships

    Eric Pickles discusses the importance of business leadership and the vision for local enterprise partnerships.

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

  • Regional government

    In our first two months in government we have demonstrated our commitment to localism, decentralisation and rolling back regional government…

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

  • Giving healthcare power to local people

    Giving communities more say in shaping healthcare in their areas.

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

  • Pickles outlines plans to abolish regional government

    Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has today announced the Government’s intention in principle to abolish the remaining…

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

  • Bin taxes consigned to the scrapheap

    Immediate action to scrap laws introduced by the previous government to tax homeowners for bin collections was confirmed by the Communities …

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

  • Ministers talk Big Society with faith leaders

    Communities ministers attend a meeting of religious leaders to discuss the Big Society.

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

  • 40 ideas a day to cut red tape

    In just 5 working days, the Communities Secretary’s call for suggestions about cutting red tape has attracted more than 200 ideas.

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

  • Grant Shapps to overhaul rough sleeper counts

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today announced that the numbers of rough sleepers have hit an 11-year low - but that he is reviewing the …

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

  • Councils and business pick up local enterprise partnerships baton

    Local businesses and councils are rallying to the government’s call to lead their economies, following the invitation to develop local enterprise partnerships.

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

  • New plan locks-in radical decentralisation course

    A new action plan for the radical shift of power from Whitehall to local councils and communities that will make the Big Society part of every…

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

  • Rebooting Whitehall: accountability to the people not the government machine

    Moving decision-making power from Whitehall to local councils and communities.

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

  • Council workers to help in radical plan to cut red tape

    A radical plan to banish red tape and repeal unnecessary laws was unveiled by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today (7 July 2010).

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

  • Eric Pickles pledges to end mismanagement of European funding

    The Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles MP, today pledged to end the mismanagement of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The Communities…

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

  • Eric Pickles unveils radical plan for town halls to help cut red tape

    A radical plan to banish nonsense red tape and repeal unnecessary laws was unveiled by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today. In a speech…

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

  • Local Government Association conference: 6 July 2010

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Can I start by congratulating Dame Margaret and Sir Jeremy on their elevation…

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

  • Revoking regional strategies

    The Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles): Today I am making the first step to deliver …

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