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  • Government "open for business" as new barrier busting service launched

    Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark today launched a new service designed to help volunteers, community groups and social enterprises overcome…

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

  • Letter to local council leaders: inspiring the Big Society

    Letter to councils asking them to consult their communities on how they would like to improve their local area

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

  • Local Sustainable Transport Fund

    Announcing plans to publish detailed guidance on the operation of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF).

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

  • Local transport capital blocks settlement

    Local authorities in England capital settlements for transport.

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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

  • Next steps in delivering a better deal for council house tenants

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced the steps Government will take to overhaul the complex system of council house finance and return…

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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

  • Six steps to return power to the people

    Six essential actions to create a new decentralised Britain where power once again belongs to the people, have been set out today by the Deputy…

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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

  • Bob Neill responds to a Guardian article about the claims that the Government is piling new duties on local authorities at the same time as demanding massive cuts

    Letter from Minister Bob Neill in response to article in the Guardian (02 December 2010) about the claims that the Government is piling new …

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

  • Councillors being given more powers than ever to become local champions

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps today outlined how radical new legislation will make councillors more powerful than ever before and help…

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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

  • Deck the high streets and take pride in our Christmas celebrations

    As the lights are turned on for Christmas all over the country, Eric Pickles urges councils to take pride in Britain’s Christian heritage.

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

  • Government cutting councils free from red tape

    Grant Shapps is urging councils to move away from Whitehall control and make the most of the new freedoms they have been given.

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

  • Government cutting councils free

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. You may have heard of the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ - it describes how hostages held by a gang of Swedish…

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

  • 100 councils open their spending to public scrutiny

    This week South Ribble Borough Council has become the one hundredth local authority to put its spending data over £500 online.

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

  • Shine a light on spending to save taxpayers' money

    Eric Pickles today continued his drive for transparency in Government by publishing his department’s spending over £500, and called for councils…

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

  • National Association of Licensing and Enforcement Officers (NALEO)

    Video speech about the role taxis and private hire vehicles have in local communities.

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