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£16 million fund for 120 coastal communities
Twenty seaside projects will receive a combined £16m from the Coastal Communities Fund to support job creation and business growth, communities secretary Eric Pickles…
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New £9.2 million shared services fund launched
Leading a Commons debate on local government finance, local government minister Brandon Lewis said the new Transition Challenge Award was inspired by the success…
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right to light consultation paper
Laws which guarantee households the right to light through their windows could be scrapped by the government to make development easier.The right to light…
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Parliamentary update of the week
Here is the lastest briefing from the Guardian This week, politicians faced the reality of welfare reform in action as Camden council admitted it…
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Parliamentary update 7th February 2013
This update from the guardian includes the full transcript of the clash between Miliband and Cameron, oral answers about under-occupation from Don Foster, as…
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Cuts to DCLG budget?
The DCLG would be the biggest casualty of ‘same trajectory’ spending review plans among unprotected Whitehall departments, leading public finance experts have calculated. Economics…
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Parliamentary briefing – weekly news round up
Political debate on housing last week centered on the impact of the bedroom tax. The Guardian heard from families struggling on low incomes or…
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Parilamentary round up
Here is the latest round up from the guardian and their notes from parliamentary debate on the private rented sector. Yesterday ministers and MPs…
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Latest Parliamentary briefing
The latest round up from the guardian on line: parliamentarybriefingjan17 Catch up with David Cameron’s comments on the urgent need to develop new homes…
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£6 million Government pot to learn english
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has launched a £6m language fund to reach out to groups with the lowest command of spoken English. In a…