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From Minister of State for Decentralisation and Planning
  • 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

  • Returning respect and pride to town planning

    Town planners have become a lightning rod for people’s sense of frustration with the current planning system, Decentralisation Minister Greg…

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

  • Participation in planning

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. I’m pleased to be here today to set out some of the next steps in Government…

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

  • Nominate your Big Society champion

    The Prime Minister has launched the new Big Society awards to recognise some of the excellent work going on across the country.

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

  • Communities to share in the advantages of development

    New reforms will give more of the benefits of development to communities while providing more certainty for industry, Decentralisation Minister…

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

  • Better planning: from principle to practice

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Many thanks to Localis for hosting us today. Localis are a think-tank on…

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

  • New proposals for planning fees to make a fairer system

    Proposals for a fairer planning fees system are being set out today for consultation. At the moment local council taxpayers have been left …

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

  • Big Society vanguard puts Whitehall on the spot to remove bureaucratic barriers

    Putting civil service resources at the service of communities.

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

  • Voluntary sector at the heart of public service reform

    Ministers pledge swift action to open up opportunities for the voluntary sector to help deliver public services as part of the Big Society.

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

  • Driving local growth

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. It’s a pleasure to be here today to confirm and celebrate the first new local enterprise partnerships…

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

  • Councils should recognise the valuable role of the voluntary sector

    Councils should make best use of the voluntary sector’s ability to deliver effective and innovative local services when managing future budgets…

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

  • Greg Clark meets Big Society pioneers at Balsall Heath

    The network of local volunteers who transformed Balsall Heath in Birmingham are a national example of people power putting the Big Society into…

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

  • Local enterprise partnerships to spring up across the country

    The government has confirmed that it has received 56 local enterprise partnership proposals from councils and businesses across the country.

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

  • Garden grabbing concerns raised by new figures

    New figures have laid bare concerns over the dramatic increase in the number of ‘gardens grabbed’ for development in the last 12 years.

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

  • Growing the Big Society

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction The Big Society is a big idea, but what it comes down to is this: Our answer to collectivism…

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

  • Three actions needed to help the Big Society grow

    In a major speech to the Policy Exchange, Greg Clark set out 3 key actions that will be fundamental to building the Big Society.

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

  • Clark and Stunell prepare to bust some barriers

    Communities ministers attend the first Big Society practitioner roundtable.

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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

  • Greg Clark dispatches unnecessary housebuilding targets

    Cutting down on burdensome paperwork.

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

  • National regeneration summit 2010

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction Having recently been through an election I would have thought a lot of you would be …

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