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The Department for Communities and Local Government’s plan to increase accountability by reducing and reforming its quangos is on course to …
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Department rebuts suggestions that the review of local government's statutory duties could threaten services and care for vulnerable people.
The flag representing the historic county of Northumberland has been hoisted above the department's offices.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles welcomes the news today that councils have taken up the Government’s council tax freeze offer helping…
Transcript of the speech as delivered. Thank you for inviting me to be here today. The Fire and Rescue Service is at the heart of ensuring…
The first ever local enterprise partnership summit was held in Coventry on 7 March 2011.
In another major step to free up local government, councils are being asked for the bureaucratic burdens they wish to throw away in the first…
The flag representing the historic county of Northamptonshire has been hoisted above the department's offices.
Resilient small seaside resorts can seize the opportunity presented by local enterprise partnerships to transform economic growth along our …
Community groups, local residents and voluntary sector organisations will benefit from powerful new rights designed to transform the way that…
Transcript of the speech as delivered. This Government inherited a toxic financial legacy. Record public deficit - with unsustainable spending…
The flag representing the historic county of Cornwall has been hoisted above the department's offices.
DCLG has become the first Whitehall department to publish online details of corporate credit card expenditure.
Eric Pickles praises 'can freeze' councils who are saying yes to the government's offer to help keep local Council Tax payers' cost of living down at a critical time.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles urges councils to let citizen journalists and bloggers in to council meetings.
The Near Neighbours programme will offer small grants to communities that have bright ideas for local inter faith projects.
The flag representing the historic county of Norfolk has been hoisted above the department's offices.
Locally elected councillors should all have to vote on decisions about whether they want to pay staff salaries over £100,000, Local Government…
A number of councils are risking their reputations by salami slicing jobs and slashing services without cutting out all the waste first. …
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