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£2million boost for neighbourhood wardens
Published : 01 August 2004

The Government has allocated£2million extra for neighbourhood wardens and implementation of new powers against anti social behaviour as ... read more

£38 billion for sustainable communities
Published : 01 August 2004

Over the five years to 2008, ODPM will spend £38bn in its drive to tackle housing shortages in the South and boost the economic renaissance ... read more

Cases
Published : 01 August 2004

Memorial in churchyard In re St.. Peter's Limpsfield (Law Society's Gazette, 8 June 2004) The widow and children of a deceased parishioner applied ... read more

Customer satisfaction surveys highlight the need for councils to improve communications
Published : 01 August 2004

Surveys of local authority residents have highlighted the need for councils to improve their communications. Customer Satisfaction Surveys are ... read more

Further freedoms for high performing local authorities
Published : 01 August 2004

High performing councils will benefit from new trading powers under an Order recently laid before Parliament. The Order will allow local authorities ... read more

Government sets out capping decisions
Published : 01 August 2004

Five local authorities and one fire authority are having their budgets capped this year. Another local authority, four fire authorities and ... read more

Home Office publishes strategic plan
Published : 01 August 2004

Record numbers of police officers, hi-tech crime-fighting and historic reductions in crime have laid the foundations for intensive neighbourhood ... read more

House price index - May 2004
Published : 01 August 2004

The mix-adjusted average house price in the UK in May 2004 stood at £170,719, up from £168,600 in April (not seasonally adjusted). ... read more

Improved planning performance
Published : 01 August 2004

Applications for new homes, shops and even household extensions are being dealt with faster, according to figures published by the Office of ... read more

New Countryside Code launched
Published : 01 August 2004

Launched on 12 July 2004, this Code for England has been produced through a partnership between the Countryside Agency and Countryside Council ... read more

The Conduct of Members (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2004 (Welsh SI 2004
Published : 01 August 2004

Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 (the Act) established a new ethical framework for local government in Wales. Section 50(2) of the Act ... read more

The Government's rural strategy 2004
Published : 01 August 2004

The Government's Rural Strategy 2004, which builds on the review of rural delivery, commissioned by Defra and published by Lord Haskins last ... read more

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