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From The Rt Hon Lord Pickles
  • Councils should use valuable housing stock to build more homes

    Councils should sell vacant buildings and reinvest the money to get the country building.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ministers welcome public services improvement report

    Ministers have welcomed a new independent report into how local public services can improve to put people first and keep Council Tax down.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Online guide to help communities learn about their shared WW1 history

    New online guide to help communities learn about their shared First World War history.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government action to help eliminate violence against women and girls

    The government today (25 November 2014) announced a £10 million fund to support women’s refuges in 100 areas across England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • First World War hero honoured at Whitehall

    Tributes for Lieutenant Frank de Pass, the first person of the Jewish faith and the first Indian Army Officer to receive the Victoria Cross.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Secretary of State welcomes launch of interfaith website

    Eric Pickles welcomes launch of new website dedicated to promoting tolerance and understanding of faith and the work of interfaith organisations.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Enterprise zones pass 12,000 jobs mark

    Enterprise zones are playing a vital role in driving forward the country’s economy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets council inspection

    Eric Pickles' oral statement to the House of Commons on the inspection report into the governance of Tower Hamlets council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Doncaster Metropolitan borough council: corporate governance intervention

    Eric Pickles announces the end of statutory corporate governance intervention in Doncaster Metropolitan borough council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Doncaster Metropolitan borough council: letter and direction

    The direction accompanying this letter to Doncaster Metropolitan borough council ends the government’s corporate governance intervention in the council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Multi-faith groups remember the fallen of World War One

    Volunteers from Sikh, Muslim and Hindu communities come together to commemorate the fallen of World War One.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Importance of removing, reporting and recording 'pernicious' anti-semitic graffiti

    Eric Pickles writes to council leaders to stress the importance of removing racist graffiti quickly, and recording it with police.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reporting and removing racist graffiti

    Letter to local authorities stressing the importance of removing racist graffiti quickly and reporting it to the police.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Town halls to come clean on taxpayer funded union work

    Town halls will have to come clean on how much they spend subsidising staff working on union business.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Community events sound Last Post to remember First World War

    The Last Post, a mass participation music project for 200 communities to mark the Centenary of the First World War, starts this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets council: written statement

    Secretary of State announces the publication of an independent inspection report of the governance of Tower Hamlets council.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Launch of Better Care Fund

    Eric Pickles' speech to the National Children and Adult Services Conference 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government response to the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance

    Eric Pickles responds to the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Troubled Families programme turning 117,000 lives around

    Eric Pickles welcomes latest success of the Troubled Families programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Essex flag flies in the heart of government

    The flag of Essex will fly this week in the heart of government to celebrate the important role counties play in the nation’s cultural heritage.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government