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From The Rt Hon Lord Pickles
  • Home Secretary publishes Government response to Rotherham reports

    Today the Home Secretary laid a Written Ministerial Statement in Parliament on the Government’s response to Professor Alexis Jay’s report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham and Louise Casey’s follow up report on the p…

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

  • 20% discount on your first home announces PM

    A new scheme offering 100,000 first-time buyers new homes with a 20% discount is announced today by the Prime Minister.

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

  • Young first-time buyers can register online for 100,000 cut-price homes

    Young first time buyers can go online from today and sign up for cut-price new starter homes – with 20% off the asking price.

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

  • Rotherham commissioners confirmed

    The Local Government Secretary has confirmed that 5 commissioners will take over the running of Rotherham metropolitan borough council.

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

  • Intervention in Rotherham metropolitan district council

    Proposals to implement intervention measures in Rotherham.

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

  • Recognising the role of faith in Britain

    Eric Pickles speaks about the role of faith in Britain and the vision of Coexist House to create an inter-faith centre in London.

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

  • Protecting public money: lobbying by government, local enterprise partnerships, and local authorities

    As part of the government’s determination to protect the public purse, it is clamping down on taxpayers’ money being used to hire lobbyists.

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

  • Eric Pickles cracks down on wasteful spending of government lobbying government

    As part of the government’s determination to protect the public purse, it is clamping down on taxpayers’ money being used to hire lobbyists.

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

  • More than 15,500 jobs created across enterprise zones

    Enterprise zones have created more than 15,500 jobs across the country since opening for business.

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

  • Government drives forward development at MIRA Enterprise Zone

    MIRA Technology Park to attract even more world-class businesses to the Midlands.

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

  • Eric Pickles speaks to the Sitematch London 2015 conference

    The Secretary of State addresses the Sitematch conference on increasing the level of housebuilding on brownfield land.

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

  • Eric Pickles welcomes common sense guidance to clamp down on bin blight

    New guidance urges house builders to avoid creating bin blight when designing new homes.

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

  • Report of inspection of Rotherham metropolitan borough council

    Secretary of State on the report of the inspection into the governance of Rotherham council.

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

  • Response to recent media reports about noise complaints

    Eric Pickles responds to recent media reports about noise complaints.

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

  • New funds to kickstart joint working with NHS and councils this winter

    Extra money for councils to get people home from hospital more quickly and stop them from being admitted in the first place.

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

  • Eric Pickles to cut snooping powers of Council Tax inspectors

    Eric Pickles publishes legislative proposals to cut the number of government officials who can demand entry to homes and businesses.

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

  • Communities ministers pay tribute to the survivors of the Holocaust

    On Holocaust Memorial Day 2015, Communities ministers pay tribute to the survivors.

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

  • Birmingham improvement panel named

    The squad of experts being sent in to help Birmingham City Council improve how it delivers for local residents has been announced.

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

  • "We shall tackle anti-Semitism"

    The Secretary of State speaks against anti-Semitism at the Board of Deputies of British Jews plenary session.

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

  • Ministers call on Muslim faith leaders to challenge extremism

    Eric Pickles and Lord Ahmad have written to every mosque in England.

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