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Plans to tackle troubled families

Friday, 23 December 2011
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Plans to radically transform the lives of the country's most troubled families have been announced by the Prime Minister David Cameron and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.

£450 million for tackling troubled families

Thursday, 15 December 2011
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Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that almost £450 million will be made available for tackling the country’s most troubled families.

LGA welcomes plan to tackle family problems

Monday, 17 October 2011
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Responding to the announcement by the Prime Minister that a new unit is being set up in Government to boost local initiatives on tackling troubled families, the Local Government Association ( LGA) has welcomed this recognition for the importance of work councils have been leading.

Youth workers to strike over job cuts

Monday, 15 August 2011
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Unite the union has announced that youth workers employed by Oxfordshire County Council will begin a series of one day walkouts from Tuesday 23 August over job cuts and service closures.

Report shows government departments ripped off by "cartel" of large IT firms

Thursday, 28 July 2011
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A damning report by a committee of MPs has found that government departments have been ripped off by a "cartel" of large IT firms.

Four new Enterprise Zones set up to boost local growth

Thursday, 28 July 2011
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The locations of four more Enterprise Zones and a progress report showing that the Government has already met or reached significant milestones on 124 of the 137 reforms unveiled in the Plan for Growth in March 2011 were announced today by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.

Communities get support to instigate social change

Tuesday, 19 July 2011
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Minister for Decentralisation, Greg Clark, has announced that any citizen who wants to take social action and find community-led solutions to local needs will receive full support from Whitehall in the form of a dedicated barrier busting service.

Cameron vows to end "take-what-you're-given" public services

Monday, 11 July 2011
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Control over public services will be thrown open to competition and "decentralised to the lowest possible level" under new Government proposals.

David Cameron tells councils 'don't interfere' with royal wedding street parties

Monday, 11 April 2011
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The Prime Minister David Cameron has said today that people planning a Royal Wedding street party should be able to organise their celebrations without any red tape or legislation getting in the way and urged people to get planning.

LGA calls for central government to be as transparent as councils

Monday, 28 February 2011
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Central government must open itself up to the same level of public scrutiny as local authorities, council leaders have said.

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