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Abolishing Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Councils will no longer have to work thousands of man hours or waste millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money reporting back to Government as …
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…
Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has addressed a large audience of local government representatives to spread the message about localism.
Local Government Minister Bob Neill speaks at the Municipal Journal (MJ) annual leadership conference.
Eric Pickles has hailed today's Budget for providing lower council taxes and rates for hard-working families and local firms.
Council puts all spending over £500 online.
Taxpayers deserve decent services - rather than fortnightly collections imposed from above.
The first parliamentary questions for the department's new ministerial team.
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has put plans in motion to dismantle regional bureaucracy.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps announces more power for councils to manage shared homes in their area.
Too often councils are getting ripped off when procuring goods or services even though the nation’s deficit is running at £156bn. Communities…
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is calling on councils to make every pound go further in the face of the nation’s £156 billion deficit.
Speech by the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport.
Written statement on government's decision to reform the way decisions are made on prioritising transport projects.
The Government has made clear that deficit reduction is its most urgent priority. On Monday, 24 May, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief…
The Government has today published details of the £1.166bn Local Government contribution to the £6.2bn cross government savings in 2010/11. …
Do you know the score when you order takeaway?
The new Government will scrap the last Government’s plans for the imposition of bin taxes on family homes, Cabinet Ministers Eric Pickles and…
Plans to impose bin taxes have been scrapped by Cabinet ministers Eric Pickles and Caroline Spelman.
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