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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.
Councils should be given greater responsibility for coordinating efforts to tackle rising unemployment in their local areas, an independent review has proposed.
Communities Minister Baroness Andrews has today confirmed that councils in England are to receive £1.66bn Supporting People Programme Grant funding - as an unringfenced named grant.
Local Government Minister John Healey today confirmed a 4.2 per cent funding increase for English councils next year.
The Government today announced new powers to tackle the local impacts of the credit crunch.
Local Government Minister John Healey today welcomed the Chancellor's announcement in yesterday's Pre Budget Report to give businesses more time to pay certain backdated business rates bills.
A new Strategy to tackle problems from traffic management to flooding, improved policy formulation and decision making by using better geographical information, was launched by Baroness Andrews today in a report.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today outlined plans to encourage new town and parish councils to be set up so that more decision-making powers are devolved to local people, and said she particularly wanted to see more set up in urban areas.
Councils have not used a legal power that could help their area ride out tough economic times, the Government warned today.
Floods Recovery Minister John Healey today announced that 25 councils helping over 1,500 flood-hit families pay their council tax bills will share over £1.2million Government funding.
Last night the Government, with the approval of Parliament, took action to make next year's elections more convenient for English voters and electoral administrators by holding the 2009 local and European polls on the same day.
The Government today announced proposals to tighten up part of the formula used to allocate the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF) - a three-year, £1.5bn Fund to turn around long term unemployment in the most disadvantaged communities.
The Government has announced the reappointments of Anne Galbraith OBE as Chairman and Professor Ronald Barham SBStJ as member of the Valuation Tribunal Service (VTS).
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today published streamlined guidance that will help ensure new recruits to local authority contracts continue to be offered fair and reasonable terms and conditions.
Statement issued jointly by Government and the LGA following their follow up meeting to discuss councils' investments in Icelandic banks.
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today called on councils to work closely with their residents to unearth new and innovative ideas to improve their local area and make places in which people want to live, work and raise a family.
A new joint rapid response unit has been set up and is in operation, ready to deploy finance experts to local authorities who need assistance following the failures of Icelandic banks.
Statement issued jointly by Government and the LGA following their meeting to discuss councils' investments in Icelandic banks.
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