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Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this useful and timely Conference…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Transcript of the speech as delivered. There’s nothing milk and honey about localism. There’s nothing easy about it - there’s no guidance…
Explores the ways that DfT is promoting alternatives to travel in the public sector.
Measures to reduce time-consuming and costly bureaucracy for councils wanting to use 20 miles per hour schemes were announced today.
Road works permit schemes agreed for Greenwich, Harrow, Lambeth, Newham, Richmond, Southwark and Waltham Forest.
The minister today told councillors not to let back seat bureaucracy steer them off course on the road to greater town hall autonomy.
The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes its monthly departmental spending figures.
A letter from Sir Bob Kerslake to local council chief executives about the future of local audit
Local councils were today updated on Government plans to secure a value for money transfer of the Audit Commission’s in-house practice into …
Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today set the wheels in motion to give councils the freedom to make their areas more bike-friendly…
Explores future transport choices including government plans for technology, data sharing, sustainable travel and smart ticketing.
Ministerial response to Mary Creagh MP's suggestion that local councils' powers to prosecute owners for animal crulety were being removed.
Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, today published new figures showing exactly how much town halls have to spend for each resident. He…
A new ten point counter-fraud blueprint for tackling criminals and dishonest people who are costing the country billions of pounds in fraudulent…
Delivering value for money for the tax payer.
As part of the Government’s commitment to transparency, Ministers have today published new figures showing exactly who pays for local government…
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today paid tribute to former Local Government Association chairman Sir Simon Milton…
Bob Neill and Lord Henley have written to all local authority chief executives on the subject of charging for rubbish bin collections.
The Coalition government has reminded local councils not to exceed their legal powers by imposing ‘backdoor’ bin taxes.
Transcript of the speech as delivered. What makes a local area prosper? What makes it tick? Is it central government? Is it local government…
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