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£146m incentive for Councils to build more homes

Thursday, 8 April 2010
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Councils across the country will get a share of a £146million funding pot to plan and deliver new homes, Housing Minister John Healey has confirmed.

Healey adds Essex to the eco-town map

Wednesday, 7 April 2010
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Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has confirmed that a partnership of councils in Essex have expressed an interest using world-leading eco-town standards.

New power for parish councils to boost affordable rural housing

Wednesday, 7 April 2010
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Housing and Planning Minister John Healey will give a boost to rural communities with proposals to give a special planning power to parish councils to build new affordable homes.

Boost for councils to tackle the tenancy cheats

Tuesday, 30 March 2010
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Housing Minister John Healey has given councils and housing associations another 27,000 hot leads to potential tenancy cheats who fraudulently sublet the homes they have been allocated.

LGA and Government look at how councils can deliver new homes

Monday, 29 March 2010
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Housing Minister John Healey and the Local Government Association (LGA) today announced they are launching joint work to look at how councils can deliver new homes to tackle the shortage of affordable housing and help drive economic growth.

New housing deal for councils

Thursday, 25 March 2010
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Housing Minister John Healey today offered councils a far reaching new deal giving them the freedom to fund and run their council homes, without central Government subsidy.

Healey sets out ‘action plan’ to help pubs

Friday, 19 March 2010
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Pubs minister John Healey has called on local councils to use planning powers more flexibly to protect community pubs.

Cash for councils to help deliver homes

Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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Housing and Planning Minister John Healey today confirmed further reforms to the planning system, removing around 10,000 full applications to cut costs and red tape for businesses, saving up to £43 million a year. Healey also confirmed the final grant allocations for councils from the £135m fund to support councils in planning and building more homes.

Planners to get more grants

Tuesday, 16 March 2010
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More students will be able to take up careers in town planning and help bridge the skills gap after Planning Minister John Healey confirmed an additional £1.8million to fund student bursaries for post graduate training at 16 Universities.

Government boost for green councils

Tuesday, 9 March 2010
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Housing Minister John Healey has today announced a triple boost for councils tackling climate change by updating planning rules, granting nearly £10million to improve green skills and backing further progress by the "second wave" of eco-towns.

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