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  • Local Transport Today conference

    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

  • Bin taxes consigned to the scrapheap

    Immediate action to scrap laws introduced by the previous government to tax homeowners for bin collections was confirmed by the Communities …

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

  • Communities Minister Andrew Stunell brings spending challenge to Woking

    Andrew Stunell is taking the Spending Challenge to the streets, as he visits frontline workers in Woking to get their cash saving ideas.

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

  • Baroness Hanham maps the progress of government transparency

    The national mapping agency is the pioneer in a new era of information transparency by government, Baroness Hanham said today (16 July 2010).

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

  • Time to stop the councillor pay hikes at time of public pay freeze

    The new government is pledging greater openness and transparency on councillor allowances.

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

  • Cutting council paperwork

    Grant Shapps has given councils the freedom to improve how they are run without holding expensive and extensive consultations.

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

  • Local Government Association conference: 8 July 2010

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Introduction Parliament is literally and metaphorically a place of divisions. Left versus right. …

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

  • Rebooting Whitehall: accountability to the people not the government machine

    Moving decision-making power from Whitehall to local councils and communities.

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

  • Requirement for local councils to consult local people: ministerial letter

    Ministerial letter to councils about their freedom to take a light-touch approach to consultations

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

  • Don't waste money on excessive consultation says Shapps

    The new Government has today stripped away another layer of costly red tape by freeing councils to improve how they are run without holding …

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

  • Local Government Association conference: 6 July 2010

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Can I start by congratulating Dame Margaret and Sir Jeremy on their elevation…

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

  • Revoking regional strategies

    The Secretary of State for the Department of Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles): Today I am making the first step to deliver …

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

  • The internet age will help end the town hall 'non-job'

    Eric Pickles calls time on 'non-jobs' and urges greater vigilance over how every taxpayer pound is spent.

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

  • Eric Pickles meets councillor James Bond and champions double devolution

    Moving decision-making power from central government to councils and communities.

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

  • Eric Pickles appeals to council workers for their cost cutting ideas

    Help us to find the right savings.

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

  • Eric Pickles to stop 'propaganda on the rates' killing off local newspapers

    Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced a toughening up of rules governing taxpayer-funded council newspapers.

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

  • Councils pledge to raise bar on procurement

    Improving value for money and protecting frontline services.

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

  • Less red tape and more accountability

    Abolishing Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA).

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

  • Pickles strips away pointless town hall red tape targets

    Councils will no longer have to work thousands of man hours or waste millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money reporting back to Government as …

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

  • Speech to the Chartered Institute of Housing conference

    Transcript of the speech as delivered. Thanks Sarah [Webb] and thank you for introducing me to the PACT. I’ll study it carefully as I know…

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