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Details of the local area agreement reward performance grant paid to 81 councils on 17 March 2011
I would like to make a statement on the work of the Local Government Resource Review. The current dependency of councils on central grant…
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Department for Communities and Local Government’s plan to increase accountability by reducing and reforming its quangos is on course to …
Department rebuts suggestions that the review of local government's statutory duties could threaten services and care for vulnerable people.
Written statement by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
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…
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…
Video speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
The Public Bodies Review (20 October 2010) concluded that the functions of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) should…
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.
The Prime Minister said on Monday that at the heart of the Big Society is rebuilding responsibility and giving people more control over their…
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles urges councils to let citizen journalists and bloggers in to council meetings.
A letter from the Local Government Minister to all councils urging greater access to council meetings
Basic carbon tool can assist authorities in demonstrating the carbon benefits of bids to the local sustainable transport fund.
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. …
New rules to stop taxpayers’ money being spent on town hall newspapers or hired lobbyists have been put before Parliament, Local Government …
The Local Government Chronicle has made claims that “Eric Pickles has spent millions on consultants since he took the reins in the Department…
Ministerial letter to local councils about the government's expectations of Council Tax increases in 2011 to 2012.
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