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  • Local Sustainable Transport Fund

    39 proposals funded with over £155 million to deliver local economic growth whilst cutting carbon emissions from transport.

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

  • Local Government Association annual conference 2011

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Let me start by thanking Baroness Margaret Eaton for her forthright, constructive…

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

  • Review of statutory duties on local authorities

    Statement about the review of statutory duties on local authorities.

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

  • Speech at the Local Government Association conference

    Prime Minister David Cameron has delivered a speech at the LGA conference on 28 June 2011.

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

  • CIVINET: second annual sustainable mobility convention

    Explains the measures being taken to achieving more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport systems

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

  • Street works

    Video speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.

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

  • Government response to the Communities and Local Government Committee's report: abolition of regional spatial strategies

    The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles): I have today laid before Parliament the government response…

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

  • Shaking up the 'computer says no' town hall culture

    Local Government Minister Grant Shapps and Decentralisation Minister Greg Clark today called on a new generation of councillors to shake up …

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

  • Burdens on local government

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Local Government) (Mr. Bob Neill): Between 1997 and 2010, council tax bills doubled. One of the reasons…

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

  • Shining a light on council spending could save up to £450 per household

    Councils could save £10 billion every year if they improve the way they buy, source and pay for goods and services new research reveals today…

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

  • Unpublished research reports: housing and local government

    Today the Government is publishing a further group of reports presenting the findings from research projects commissioned by the previous …

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

  • The A, B, C of 'can do' councils protecting services

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has praised three ‘can do’ councils who are acting to protect frontline services and local council tax…

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

  • Improving frontline rubbish and recycling services for family homes

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Thank you for inviting me to speak at this useful and timely Conference…

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

  • Localism and the public services revolution

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. There’s nothing milk and honey about localism. There’s nothing easy about it - there’s no guidance…

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

  • Smarter working and the public sector

    Explores the ways that DfT is promoting alternatives to travel in the public sector.

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

  • Ministers cut traffic signs red tape for local councils

    Measures to reduce time-consuming and costly bureaucracy for councils wanting to use 20 miles per hour schemes were announced today.

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

  • More London boroughs sign up for street works permit schemes

    Road works permit schemes agreed for Greenwich, Harrow, Lambeth, Newham, Richmond, Southwark and Waltham Forest.

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

  • Grant Shapps tells councillors: don't let council officers be the backseat drivers

    The minister today told councillors not to let back seat bureaucracy steer them off course on the road to greater town hall autonomy.

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

  • Departmental monthly spending details published

    The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes its monthly departmental spending figures.

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

  • Future of local audit: letter from the Permanent Secretary, DCLG

    A letter from Sir Bob Kerslake to local council chief executives about the future of local audit

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