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£180 million helps vulnerable stay at home
Published : 25 April 2013

Councils across England will receive a share of the £180 million Disabled Facilities Grant to help councils to fund the adaptations disabled ... read more

Lifting restrictions on use of Temporary Stop Notices
Published : 25 April 2013

Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, has pledged to “stop caravans in their tracks” with changes to ‘stop notices’, ... read more

Community Right to Bid buys pub
Published : 25 April 2013

As the Ivy House pub in Nunhead, South East London, becomes the first Community Right to Bid pub, Brandon Lewis, Community Pubs Minister, is ... read more

Grants from Coastal Communities Fund
Published : 25 April 2013

The Big Lottery has launched a second year of the Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) to encourage the economic development of UK coastal communities ... read more

Office share
Published : 25 April 2013

The Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government will move into one building in 2014 as part of continuing work to reduce ... read more

Grand Designs comes to town
Published : 25 April 2013

New measures could make it cheaper for aspiring self-builders to get their ‘grand design’ off the ground Proposed changes could ... read more

Council views on Localism Act (England) sought
Published : 25 April 2013

Council views on Localism Act (England) sought The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is conducting an informal survey of ... read more

Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis, Local Government Minister, on moving the date of the English local elections in 2014
Published : 25 April 2013

Elections to the European Parliament will be held in the spring of 2014 and are currently scheduled to be held on 5-8 June, unless the Council ... read more

Michael Fallon appointed as new energy minister
Published : 25 April 2013

Michael Fallon is to join the DECC as Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, as John Hayes leaves to take up the role of Minister of ... read more

Ed Lester New Land Registry chief executive
Published : 25 April 2013

Ed Lester has been appointed new Chief Executive of the Land Registry, succeeding Malcolm Dawson OBE. Mr Lester’s previous role was Chief ... read more

National Parks posts
Published : 25 April 2013

New appointments to England’s National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority have been made by Secretary of State for Environment, ... read more

National Forest Company
Published : 25 April 2013

David Heath, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, has announced the re-appointment of Anthony Hams OBE to the National Forest Company ... read more

Meetings and procedures
Published : 16 April 2013

The council’s powers A local council is not a living person in the same way as a human being. It is a corporate body, without physical ... read more

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