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  • Andrew Stunell celebrates Big Society in action at Manchester airport

    Communities Minister Andrew Stunell joined 100 volunteers from Manchester’s Airport Community Network to celebrate their achievements.

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

  • Communities should prepare for their Right to Build

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced that local rural housing projects that secure the support of 75 per cent of voters will get the…

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

  • Thurrock Borough Council to take charge of local regeneration

    New plans to put the future of Thurrock regeneration back into local hands were announced by Thames Gateway Minister Bob Neill today. Thurrock…

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

  • Free mapping data will plot route to innovation

    Grant Shapps has hailed a new agreement between government and all public bodies that will allow them to use national mapping data for free.

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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

  • Communities are ready for the Big Society

    Only a minority of people feel that they can influence local decisions or have engaged in some form of civic participation in the last year,…

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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

  • 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

  • Community land trusts conference

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Last year I talked about my enthusiasm for Community Land Trusts but I wasn’t able to do much more…

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

  • Andrew Stunell spreads the localism word

    Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has addressed a large audience of local government representatives to spread the message about localism.

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

  • Bob Neill set outs the future of local planning

    Planning Minister Bob Neill has called on the planning profession to lead the revolution to put power back into the hands of local people.

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

  • Local government: rewriting the rules

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Early into the new coalition, we find ourselves facing tough choices around…

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

  • Greg Clark talks about the Big Society

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

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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

  • New powers to prevent unwanted 'garden grabbing'

    Councils and communities are being given immediate powers to prevent the destructive practice of ‘garden grabbing’ and to decide what types …

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

  • New powers preventing unwanted 'garden grabbing'

    Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark announces new plans to take gardens out of the brownfield category.

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

  • Communities are doing it for themselves: The Archers show how it can be done

    Minister for Decentralisation Greg Clark congratulates the people of Ambridge for saving their local shop.

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

  • Eric Pickles calls on councils to crackdown on unauthorised bank holiday building

    Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is taking pre-emptive action to prevent unauthorised development over this coming bank holiday weekend.

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

  • Queen's Speech 2010

    Introducing measures to empower local people and to revoke plans to create new unitary councils.

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