Eric Pickles appointed to the Public Expenditure Committee

The Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to the Public Expenditure Committee, the Treasury has announced.

The announcement follows confirmation that the Department for Communities and Local Government, along with the Treasury, the Cabinet Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has reached a provisional resource settlement with Chancellor George Osborne.

Details of the Department's settlement will be published on 20 October.