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Government response: Response to a Daily Mail report that weekly rubbish collections will need to be scrapped to meet EU regulations 27 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm
Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis said in a letter to the Daily Mail, on 20 August 2013: Contrary to your report (Daily Mail, 17 August 2013), it is not the case that weekly rubbish collections...
Press release: Eric Pickles calls for more town centre parking spaces 26 Aug 2013 | 02:17 pm
New planning guidance to be published this week will push for more town centre parking spaces and tackle the blight of ugly street clutter and aggressive ‘anti-car’ traffic calming measures like road ...
Press release: New Council Tax cut for families staying together 25 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today (25 August 2013) announced new government plans to remove an unfair Council Tax surcharge on family annexes and home improvements, to help support extende...
Open consultation: Council Tax: national discount for annexes 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
This consultation paper invites views on the level of Council Tax discount that should apply to annexes. The government is helping local councils and developers work with communities to plan and buil...
News story: Seaside towns to be given £29 million to boost growth 23 Aug 2013 | 11:50 am
Updated: added scotland pdf Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander has today (23 August 2013) announced that next year’s Coastal Communities Fund will be worth £29 million, an increase of 5...
Press release: More tenants take up the Right to Buy 22 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm
New published figures show a total of 2,149 properties were sold between April and June this year, nearly 5 times the 443 sold during the same period in 2012, and bringing the total number of council ...
Statistics: Fire incidents response times: England 2012 to 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
This publication and accompanying data tables were released on Thursday 22 August 2013 by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The publication focuses on trends in average response tim...
Statistics: Right to Buy sales in England: April to June 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
This statistical release presents official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme, as well as providing statistics on receipts resulting from those sales, and sta...
Statistics: Parishes and other local precepting authorities in England: 2013 to 2014 22 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
This is the first year that the Department for Communities and Local Government has collected Council Tax data on individual parishes, charter trustees and Temples. In previous releases this data was ...
Press release: New guide for communities to design their own flags 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has today (22 August 2013) praised the Flag Institute for their new guide for communities to design their own flags and the Department for Communities and Local...
