A selection of images representing communities.
Direct contact 0303 444 0000Shahid Malik is visiting Harrow on Monday 1st February to see first hand how an Internet safety training course is empowering Muslim mothers to tackle extremism in their communities.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Guidance on how applications for development consent for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) are to be examined by the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).
Updated: 1 February 2010
A summary of responses made to public consultation on the draft examination procedures and fees. This also sets out the Government's response to the points raised during consultation and any changes made to the secondary legislation and guidance.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Non-statutory guidance to aid interpretation of the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 and also to provide worked examples of how the fees work in practice.
Updated: 1 February 2010
The guidance aims to help promoters and the IPC understand the powers contained in the Planning Act 2008 and advise on the application on the correct procedures and statutory or administrative requirements.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Connecting Communities seeks to reinvigorate and connect with those communities that feel the pressure from the recession most acutely.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Councils are being given more support to help them bring empty homes back in to use in the current economic climate, announced Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today.
Updated: 1 February 2010
A new Government-funded report into levels of racism experienced by members of the UK Chinese community should start a national debate on how best to tackle the problem, Cohesion Minister Sadiq Khan said today.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Communities are being given a powerful new way to fix local problems under new proposals to strengthen the ability of councils to scrutinise all local public services, announced Communities Secretary John Denham today.
Updated: 1 February 2010
This document sets out the renewed strategy to tackle race inequalities.
Updated: 1 February 2010
Speech by Communities Secretary John Denham to the LGA, IDeA and Energy Saving Trust climate change conference and exhibition 2010.
Updated: 30 January 2010
Generic Risk Assessment 4.3 examines the hazards, risk and control measures relating to incidents attended by the Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) involving Aircraft.
Updated: 30 January 2010
Generic Risk Assessment 2.1.3 deals with specific activities of rescues from confined spaces that are trenches and pits.
Updated: 30 January 2010
Speech by Iain Wright MP to the Sustainable Development 08 conference.
Updated: 29 January 2010
The Government has today given its formal backing to a backbench bill aimed at giving tenants greater protection when their landlords face repossession action.
Updated: 29 January 2010
A feasibility study on replacing data within the State of the Cities Database.
Updated: 29 January 2010
Recommendations on how the State of the Cities Database might be made more useful to users.
Updated: 29 January 2010
Speech by Communities Secretary John Denham at an event hosted by Unlock Democracy.
Updated: 28 January 2010
This business rates information letter covers amendments to 'The Council Tax and Non-domestic Rate (Demand Notices) (England) Regulations 2003'.
Updated: 28 January 2010
Radical action by councils on driving down carbon emissions will help cut fuel bills and reduce global warming Communities Secretary John Denham said today.
Updated: 28 January 2010
Markets Minister Rosie Winterton congratulated the nation's favourite markets who were recognised at a prestigious awards ceremony today.
Updated: 28 January 2010
This report provides evidence for local partnerships on the costs, savings and other benefits of establishing a local information system.
Updated: 28 January 2010
Statistics in this release present provisional figures on Land Use Change in England, including dwellings built on previously-developed ('brownfield') land.
Updated: 28 January 2010
This release provides headline findings from the first two quarters of the 2009-10 Citizenship Survey, covering April to September 2009.
Updated: 28 January 2010
Council taxpayers will be intolerant if told front lines services are being cut back when their local authority hasn't made every effort to be as efficient as possible, Communities Secretary John Denham warned today (27 January 2010).
Updated: 27 January 2010
Speech by Communities Secretary John Denham to the New Local Government Network (NLGN) Annual Conference 2010.
Updated: 27 January 2010
This paper seeks views on the introduction of a general consent to enable local authorities to introduce additional HMO and selective licensing schemes without seeking approval from the Secretary of State.
Updated: 27 January 2010
This draft document provides a guide to the HMO licensing provisions contained in the Housing Act 2004.
Updated: 27 January 2010
Research report on the Evaluation of the Impact of HMO Licensing and Selective Licensing.
Updated: 27 January 2010
Housing and Planning Minister John Healey today announced new local powers to control the spread of high concentrations of shared rented homes and to tackle pockets of unsafe and substandard accommodation run by bad landlords.
Updated: 27 January 2010
Councils should consider the unique skills and benefits the third sector has to offer when improving local public services, Communities Secretary John Denham said today (27 January 2010).
Updated: 27 January 2010
This document comprises a summary of responses to the recent Government consultation on three options for addressing the impact of high concentrations of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs).
Updated: 27 January 2010
This section contains forms relating to medical appeals.
Updated: 26 January 2010
The Local Public Data Panel will champion the release of local public data and information sharing, accelerate progress on common standards for data released into the public sphere, and making local public services better understood and more accessible.
Updated: 26 January 2010
This section provides easy access to data sets published by Communities and Local Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs).
Updated: 26 January 2010
Communities Secretary John Denham welcomed today's decision by the Audit Commission to carry out a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.
Updated: 25 January 2010
Housing Minister John Healey has today extended the Government's campaign to help struggling homeowners get a grip on their finances and avoid repossession.
Updated: 25 January 2010
This document comprises a summary of responses to the recent Government consultation on allowing greater flexibility for planning applications. It sets out the Government's formal response to the issues raised in the consultation.
Updated: 22 January 2010
Communities Secretary John Denham has today extended a major drive to address the concerns of traditional working class communities - naming a further 49 neighbourhoods to be involved in the programme and announcing £20m extra funding for next year.
Updated: 22 January 2010
Young people from fifteen deprived neighbourhoods have started working on local community projects designed to help them raise their ambitions, broaden their horizons, and unlock their talents, Local Government Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
Updated: 22 January 2010
A summary of key findings from research into the negotiation of multi-area agreements, as part of the long-term evaluation of local area agreements and local strategic partnerships.
Updated: 22 January 2010
Research into the negotiation of multi-area agreements, as part of the long-term evaluation of local area agreements and local strategic partnerships.
Updated: 22 January 2010
FPSC 1 2010 - Appeals to the Board of Medical Referees: Processing of Medical Appeals
Updated: 21 January 2010
Planning Minister John Healey today pledged to freeze planning fees on applications to help developers through the economic recovery and keep builders on construction sites by saving them up to £23m a year.
Updated: 20 January 2010
More tenants across the country will have a greater say over where they want to live and what housing options are available to them after Housing Minister John Healey today announced extra funding to create more choice based lettings schemes.
Updated: 20 January 2010
Final confirmation that English councils will receive a 4 per cent cash increase moves councils one step closer to setting low council tax increases for next year, Local Government Minister Barbara Follett announced today.
Updated: 20 January 2010
This report sets out the amount of Revenue Support Grant and National Non Domestic Rates for 2010-11 for local authorities in England.
Updated: 20 January 2010
This is a guide for local authority landlords who are operating, or are considering operating, the Social Homebuy scheme.
Updated: 20 January 2010
Letter to local authorities advising them on how specific garden policies may be considered.
Updated: 20 January 2010
During the passage of the Planning Act in November 2008, the Government committed to carry out a review establishing the extent of development on back gardens.
Updated: 20 January 2010
