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New Environmental Stewardship guidance for common land (not Wales)
Published : 01 December 2011

Natural England has published new guidance for prospective Environmental Stewardship (ES) applicants. Common Land and Shared Grazing is produced ... read more

New guidance on the design of shared space streets
Published : 01 December 2011

New guidance to help local authorities design high-quality shared space schemes has been published by Transport Minister Norman Baker. In conventional ... read more

Open Space Award
Published : 01 December 2011

The Open Spaces Society is inviting applications for its Open Space Award by those who can demonstrate an activity that protects, increases, ... read more

Parish power can save struggling village shops & pubs (not Wales)
Published : 01 December 2011

The Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has issued a new rallying cry to parish councils, to safeguard struggling village shops and pubs for ... read more

Plans for a second year's council tax freeze set out (not Wales)
Published : 01 December 2011

Estimates of the Government grant boost that every council in England would receive if they commit to holding or reducing average Band D council ... read more

Protecting the public purse 2011 - Fighting fraud against local government (not Wales)
Published : 01 December 2011

England's councils have succeeded in detecting £185 million worth of fraud in 2010/11, an improvement of 37 per cent on last year's figure ... read more

Review of charity law
Published : 01 December 2011

Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, has announced that Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts will lead a full review of the law relating to charities ... read more

Shaws & NALC join forces
Published : 01 December 2011

From 1st December 2011, Shaw & Sons Limited will be offering considerable discounts to members of the National Association of Local Councils ... read more

Well-run referendum shows elections can be better for voters
Published : 01 December 2011

A report published by the Electoral Commission shows that co-ordination of the management of May's referendum on the Parliamentary voting system ... read more

Your parks & green spaces need you (not Wales)
Published : 01 December 2011

Communities and neighbourhoods minister Andrew Stunell has announced that next year's Green Flag Award application round is open, and urged groups ... read more

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