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A fund of up to quarter of a billion pounds to help support councils to deliver better, more environmentally friendly weekly bin collections for residents is now open.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has highlighted how the Government's action to get Britain building again will play a vital and central role in getting the country's economy on the road to recovery.
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has praised councils that have already signalled they intend to help hard pressed families cope with the cost of living by signing up to the Government's council tax freeze offer.
Markets across the country are seizing the initiative and leading the drive to revitalise the nation's town centres, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today (26 January 2012).
The Government's commitment to people power and local democracy took another step forward today (25 January 2012) as Cities Minister Greg Clark announced the date for mayoral elections.
More cities in England will be offered the chance to agree a bespoke deal with Government to unlock their potential to drive economic growth, Cities Minister Greg Clark announced today in a major speech to the Centre for Cities.
A host of new powers to put communities back in charge of their own affairs has become a reality as the Coalition Government's localism agenda takes another major step forward.
Elected city mayors will have their own bespoke powers tailored to local needs, Minister for Cities Greg Clark has announced.
Communities Minister Bob Neill has given more councils the go-ahead to tackle historic pay inequalities.
Eric Pickles has announced proposals to make it easier for people to fly flags of their choice without facing costly restrictions and red tape.
Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has published the next steps on the road to a more efficient and accountable local audit system that will replace the Audit Commission's centralised inspection regime.
One year into the Spending Review period, the latest figures show that due to good budget management the majority of councils have healthy reserves for 2012-13.
Fourteen areas are to pioneer a public service revolution that will slash financial red tape and duplication so they respond to local need and save taxpayers' millions, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced.
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles confirmed that Government will introduce major reforms enabling councils to keep a share of business rates they collect rather than paying them back to Whitehall.
A new 'local tax lock' that allows people a vote to stop council tax going up if their local authority refuse to freeze bills and hike the tax by more than 3.5 per cent was hailed by Eric Pickles today as a radical extension of direct democracy.
England's largest cities have moved closer to deciding on directly elected mayors after Cities Minister Greg Clark set the date for local referendums.
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced the latest instalment of powerful cash bonuses for communities who have built new homes.
Local authority pay policies must be open to public scrutiny with senior pay packets put to a full council vote, Local Government Minister Bob Neill has said.
An era of Whitehall control ends with a historic shift in power back to local people, as the Localism Bill becomes law.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles have announced £1.5m of additional Government funding to support retired Gurkha soldiers and their dependants, who wish to settle in the UK.
