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Eric Pickles has said Council Tax bills will be frozen next year - as a result of a deal struck in the Spending Review.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Millions of council taxpayers across England are in line to see their council tax bills frozen next year as a result of a deal struck in the…
With a focus on community transport Norman Baker addressed the East Sussex Transport Conference speak-up forum.
A piece of Amsterdam came to Leeds when Norman Baker and the Dutch Ambassador His Excellency Pim Waldeck opened the UK's first Cycle Point.
Celebrates the opening of Sutton Community Transport's impressive new vehicle depot and offices at Beddington Lane.
Explaining how DfT is committed to giving local authorities greater freedom to spend money where it is needed.
Letter to local councils about the Spending Review announcement for local government
Speech by Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport.
Cutting red tape will mean councils will be free to focus on frontline services.
New research suggests councils could be overpaying by as much as £150 million a year.
The coalition programme sets out this government’s commitment to ending the era of top-down government and giving new powers to local authorities…
Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction In a speech ahead of the government’s spending review the Secretary of State highlights…
In a speech ahead of the government's spending review the Secretary of State highlights concerns that councils are effectively "letting money slip through their fingers".
9,000 Parish Councils will be freed from old fashioned rules which force them to use out-dated payment methods such as cheques, so that they…
Parish councils to be freed from rules which force them to use out-dated payment methods such as cheques.
Local Government Minister Bob Neill said: “The figures suggested today are costs for closing down the whole Audit Commission, but that is…
Buses matter, socially, economically and environmentally, which is why the government is bus friendly and bus focused.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has outlined plans to devolve greater powers to councils to meet the housing needs of their local communities.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has called for all councils to publish their spending over £500 online, reminding them that their January…
Data experts across the country have echoed Eric Pickles’ call to get local authorities’ spending data online for the public to scrutinise.
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