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  • Funding the future: transforming local authorities in the new financial climate

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Video Video - funding the future Transcript Let me start by saying the…

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

  • Final countdown begins to full council transparency

    Councils have been put on a week’s notice to get their books open for public scrutiny, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said today, 25…

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

  • Creating growth, cutting carbon: making sustainable local transport happen

    Outlines actions DfT are taking to create a transport system that supports economic growth and tackles climate change.

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

  • Kettering borough council does more for less

    Local Government Minister Baroness Hanham visits a new 1-stop-shop for council services.

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

  • Localism Bill to hand power to the people gains support

    An historic bill to return power to councils and communities reversing decades of increasing central government control was given new backing…

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

  • Redistributed business rates: ministerial letter

    Ministerial letter to the Local Government Chronicle about a story published about redistributed business rates

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

  • Correction to the written answer to parliamentary question 31081

    Provides corrected figures for the number of people who habitually travel to a place of work.

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

  • 2011 will be the year councillors become community champions

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps today said that 2011 will be the year of councillor power and encouraged a new generation of community…

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

  • Councils' New Year resolution must be greater transparency

    Every council’s New Year’s resolution must be to open up their finance books to the public, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said today…

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

  • Residents can now see where council funding goes

    As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, ministers have today taken steps to de-mystify the complex formula grant funding system…

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

  • Councils' data demand overload radically reduced

    The volume of top-down information demanded by Whitehall is being radically reduced so councils can concentrate on delivering frontline services…

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

  • Final curtain for unitary plans in Suffolk, Norfolk and Devon

    Restructuring of councils in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon that ministers called ‘wasteful and unnecessary’, will not go ahead now that the Local…

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

  • Government frees Stoke to take forward improvement locally

    Local Government Minister Bob Neill returned local leadership to Stoke today by dissolving the top-down governance board that has overseen the…

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

  • Non-Executive Directors appointed

    Today the Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed two Non-Executive Directors to the Department’s Board. Sara Weller,…

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

  • 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