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The Government today published wide-ranging legislation that will give local people new rights to shape local services and give greater responsibility to local authorities to promote economic development.
Communities Minister Baroness Andrews has today called on community leaders from across the country to look to the future and build on the success of the New Deal for Communities programme over the past decade.
The Government today introduced and published in Parliament a Bill which will provide new scope for councils and businesses to work together to invest in the long-term economic prosperity of their local communities.
Statement by John Healey MP, Minister for Local Government.
Speech by John Healey MP, at the Local Government Chronicle LAA conference.
Speech by Local Government Minister John Healey at the fourth annual LAA Conference.
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