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From Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ministerial Champion for the Midlands Engine)
  • Eric Pickles puts stop to flawed regional strategies

    Revoking the regional strategies.

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

  • The internet age will help end the town hall 'non-job'

    Eric Pickles calls time on 'non-jobs' and urges greater vigilance over how every taxpayer pound is spent.

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

  • Eric Pickles meets councillor James Bond and champions double devolution

    Moving decision-making power from central government to councils and communities.

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

  • Eric Pickles appeals to council workers for their cost cutting ideas

    Help us to find the right savings.

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

  • Major infrastructure stays on fast-track as planning quango closes

    A new democratic, fast track system for decision making on major infrastructure projects to support the UK’s return to economic growth, was …

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

  • £1 billion fund to help regional business

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today launched a £1 billion Regional Growth Fund.

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

  • Councils and businesses to rebalance local economy

    Supporting economic growth through local enterprise partnerships.

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

  • Eric Pickles to stop 'propaganda on the rates' killing off local newspapers

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced a toughening up of rules governing taxpayer-funded council newspapers.

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

  • Councils pledge to raise bar on procurement

    Improving value for money and protecting frontline services.

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

  • Less red tape and more accountability

    Abolishing Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA).

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

  • Pickles strips away pointless town hall red tape targets

    Councils will no longer have to work thousands of man hours or waste millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money reporting back to Government as …

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

  • Lower Council Taxes and rates for hard-working families and local firms

    Eric Pickles has hailed today's Budget for providing lower council taxes and rates for hard-working families and local firms.

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

  • Hammersmith and Fulham Council publishes all spending over £500

    Council puts all spending over £500 online.

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

  • Pickles calls time on town hall quango forcing councils into bin cuts

    Taxpayers deserve decent services - rather than fortnightly collections imposed from above.

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

  • Scrapping regional bureaucracies will save millions

    Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is to close down a regional bureaucracy which had been costing £16m a year as part of…

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

  • Scrapping regional bureaucracy will save millions

    Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has put plans in motion to dismantle regional bureaucracy.

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

  • Councils must become savvy shoppers

    Too often councils are getting ripped off when procuring goods or services even though the nation’s deficit is running at £156bn. Communities…

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

  • More councils must be savvy shoppers

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is calling on councils to make every pound go further in the face of the nation’s £156 billion deficit.

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

  • Honours for local government leaders

    Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary at DCLG, has been honoured alongside other local government leaders in the Queen's birthday honours.

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

  • Queen's speech forum

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Speech by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles at the Queen’s Speech Forum. You might have noticed …

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