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Direct contact 020 7944 4400£73.1bn for English councils next year guaranteeing a 4.2 per cent funding increase, despite the economic downturn, demonstrates the Government’s commitment to vital council services Local Government Minister John Healey announced to today.
Updated: 21 January 2009
Councils may soon have greater freedom to build more homes under plans going out to consultation today.
Updated: 21 January 2009
These changes would exempt specified new properties from the redistributive effects of the HRA subsidy system and from pooling of capital receipts
Updated: 21 January 2009
This guidance is aimed at social landlords and their use of Family Intervention Tenancies.
Updated: 19 January 2009
Communities and Local Government is looking for a non-executive member for its Management Board and to Chair the Department's Audit and Risk Committee.
Updated: 19 January 2009
The Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has today written a letter to all communities regarding the current situation in Gaza.
Updated: 16 January 2009
This circular notifies of two seminars, on 29 January and 4 February 2009, to present findings of the Integrated Risk Management Planning Returns review AND monitoring equalities and diversity in service delivery.
Updated: 16 January 2009
This circular is in support of the recently produced guidance for Fire and Rescue Response to CBRN events.
Updated: 16 January 2009
A mortgage rescue scheme to help vulnerable families at risk of repossession to stay in their homes is being rolled out across England today.
Updated: 16 January 2009
Speech by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears at the launch of the Councillors Commission Exemplar Programme.
Updated: 15 January 2009
This report summarises the results of a project to explore the discrepancies in non-decent social sector dwelling estimates reported in a national survey and local statistical returns
Updated: 15 January 2009
Speech by Iain Wright MP at the launch of the North London Strategic Alliance report, 'North London Development and Investment Framework - One Year On'.
Updated: 14 January 2009
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has today unveiled measures that will see young people from some of the nation's most deprived areas getting involved in activities that will introduce them to a world beyond their immediate neighbourhoods.
Updated: 13 January 2009
This release provides information on house prices based on mortgage completion information during the month of November 2008.
Updated: 13 January 2009
Merseyside, Leicestershire and the Pennines will be devolved more local autonomy to deliver home-grown economic resilience, jobs and skills plans, following the signing of three historic council partnership contracts...
Updated: 12 January 2009
The Government's response to the findings of the Select Committees inquiry into public access to toilets.
Updated: 12 January 2009
A study investigating the thermal and cardiovascular responses of firefighters to deployment, varied recovery periods, and a re-deployment, during a conventional firefighting, search and rescue scenario.
Updated: 9 January 2009
Part 2 of Communities and Local Government's Full Business Case for the FiReControl project, the National Case for Government investment in networked Regional Control Centres.
Updated: 9 January 2009
This guidance provides important information on stock characteristics, condition and associated spend to inform policy development, monitoring and Government Office assessments
Updated: 9 January 2009
This report summarises qualitative research undertaken in four areas by the National Community Forum.
Updated: 9 January 2009
The smoke alarm is marking its 40th anniversary of saving lives this month. In 1969 the first battery-operated home smoke alarm was patented by two Americans - Randolph Smith and Kenneth House.
Updated: 8 January 2009
To disseminate the findings from research. This circular announces the publication of five research reports.
Updated: 8 January 2009
This circular advises FRAs about the introduction of the ESA as a replacement for Incapacity Benefit and Income Support from 27 October 2008.
Updated: 8 January 2009
This report is about how equality can make a real difference to disabled people's lives.
Updated: 8 January 2009
This guidance is Communities and Local Government's first attempt to set out what we know about meaningful interaction, based on research findings and the views of expert practitioners.
Updated: 7 January 2009
This guidance suggests ways in which councils, voluntary groups and other organisations can encourage a sense of belonging.
Updated: 7 January 2009
Funding to enable each of England's 46 Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) to be capable of rescuing people from collapsed buildings and undertaking mass decontamination of the public was confirmed by Fire Minister Sadiq Khan today.
Updated: 7 January 2009
This circular provides information on grant funding totalling £19.49m awarded to FRAs in relation to the New Dimension programme.
Updated: 7 January 2009
An £18 million deal to provide more affordable housing and help support industry is being announced today, as part of the Government's programme of action to tackle current difficulties in the housing market.
Updated: 7 January 2009
This circular advises FRAs that IDRP arrangements have been reviewed and changes introduced with the agreement of the Firefighters’ Pension Committee to ensure that they continue to meet the requirements of the Pensions Act 1995, as amended.
Updated: 7 January 2009
This publication supersedes the previous Cohesion Delivery Framework of 21 July 2008 and includes updated information on guidance and the good practice web portal.
Updated: 7 January 2009
Statistics on local authorities’ activities under homelessness legislation, including number of households accepted as owed the main homelessness duty and the number in temporary accommodation.
Updated: 6 January 2009
This research provides an understanding of current support activities for local partners in using local information and research in decision-making.
Updated: 2 January 2009
You can see the classes of information contained in our Scheme and access the guide to information available in each class.
Updated: 1 January 2009
A guide to the information Communities and Local Government publishes.
Updated: 1 January 2009
This Review presents case studies of twelve funded projects, together with a simple analysis of the lessons learned from these experiences. The report represents valuable learning for practitioners and policy makers.
Updated: 31 December 2008
Impact assessment on the definition of zero carbon new homes that will apply from 2016.
Updated: 29 December 2008
Statement by Sadiq Khan, Minister for Community Cohesion.
Updated: 24 December 2008
Statement by Sadiq Khan, Minister for Community Cohesion.
Updated: 24 December 2008
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service is the first FRS in Great Britain to complete installing new digital radio communications equipment - Firelink - helping to save lives.
Updated: 23 December 2008
This calibration study focuses on the key parameters that will have a significant effect on design wind loads on structures. Report finalised 13 December 2007.
Updated: 23 December 2008
A study investigating the thermal and cardiovascular responses of firefighters to deployment, varied recovery periods, and a re-deployment, during a conventional firefighting, search and rescue scenario.
Updated: 23 December 2008
A study of the current provision of fire and rescue service incident ground communications equipment and a consideration of potential future provision.
Updated: 23 December 2008
A study of the current provision of fire and rescue service incident ground communications equipment and a consideration of potential future provision.
Updated: 23 December 2008
A study of the current provision of fire and rescue service incident ground communications equipment and a consideration of potential future provision.
Updated: 23 December 2008
This circular provides briefing for FRAs on a Ministerial statement about GMP overpayments in some public service pension schemes.
Updated: 23 December 2008
This circular provides FRAs with an update on the grievances that have been submitted by firefighters following the decision to apply the revised commutation factors in the FPS 1992 retrospectively to 1 October 2007.
Updated: 23 December 2008
A review of the work and impact of the Race Equality Advisory Group with recommendations for the future.
Updated: 23 December 2008
Older people are to get more 'handyman' help to carry out repairs to their homes following a £33 million allocation announced today by Communities Minister Baroness Andrews.
Updated: 23 December 2008
Statement by Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Updated: 22 December 2008
