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Bristol hailed as the street party capital

Monday, 6 September 2010
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Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has hailed Bristol the street party capital of England as a host of community events are held throughout the city.

Plans to give councils power to scrap outdated byelaws

Tuesday, 31 August 2010
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Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today outlined plans to give councils a new power to review and revoke outdated byelaws.

Power for councils to decide how best to support service improvements

Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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A major new 'localism' proposal to cut red tape and hand over financial control of council service improvements and training to local government leaders was announced today by Communities and Local Government Minister Bob Neill.

Minister praises Dartford Council for scrapping fortnightly bin collections

Monday, 23 August 2010
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Local Government Minister Bob Neill has praised Dartford Council for listening to the public on keeping weekly bin collections alive on a visit to the area today.

Place Survey axed

Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has scrapped the Place Survey, one of the largest surveys in Europe that was due to be conducted by local authorities this autumn.

Grant Shapps announces extra funding for councils who go for growth

Monday, 9 August 2010
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Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today told councils that local communities who go for growth now and in the future will receive direct and substantial extra funding to spend as they wish - whether council tax discounts for local residents, boosting frontline services like rubbish collection or improving local facilities like playgrounds.

Garden grabbing concerns raised by new figures

Friday, 6 August 2010
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New figures have laid bare concerns over the dramatic increase in the number of 'gardens grabbed' for development in the last 12 years.

Government to end regionalisation of fire services

Wednesday, 28 July 2010
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Action that will stop the forced regionalisation of fires services and hand more control back to local services will be announced by Fire Minister Bob Neill today as part of the Government's plan to abolish regional government and give stronger powers and responsibilities to communities.

Councils and developers to be given more flexibility to make new homes zero-carbon

Tuesday, 27 July 2010
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Housing Minster Grant Shapps has today set out further steps for all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016. The plans outlined aim to give councils and developers much more flexibility to decide how to meet the ambitious eco-standards.

Communities are ready for the Big Society

Friday, 23 July 2010
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Only a minority of people feel that they can influence local decisions or have engaged in some form of civic participation in the last year, according to new survey findings published this week.

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