Communities News

In an historic settlement for Londoners, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles has announced £3 billion of funding for the Greater London Authority for housing and regeneration in London. (continues...)

Struggling towns and cities across England are being handed the chance to breathe new life into their ailing high streets, Grant Shapps has announced. (continues...)

A fund of up to quarter of a billion pounds to help support councils to deliver better, more environmentally friendly weekly bin collections for residents is now open. (continues...)

A £10 million cash boost to train thousands of new volunteer leaders for national youth groups like the Scouts, Guiding and Police Cadets will give young people valuable skills and opportunities, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has announced. (continues...)

Communities with ambitions for economic growth have today been rewarded with a cash boost of nearly £1billion to get their projects off the ground and improve their local areas. (continues...)

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has highlighted how the Government's action to get Britain building again will play a vital and central role in getting the country's economy on the road to recovery. (continues...)

Zero-Carbon Homes are a step closer after new proposals were announced to cut carbon emissions in new and existing buildings by Communities Minister Andrew Stunell. (continues...)

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has praised councils that have already signalled they intend to help hard pressed families cope with the cost of living by signing up to the Government's council tax freeze offer. (continues...)

Communities Minister Bob Neill has confirmed a further £22 million to help former coalfield communities get back on their feet and secure economic growth for years to come. (continues...)

Markets across the country are seizing the initiative and leading the drive to revitalise the nation's town centres, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today (26 January 2012). (continues...)

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has hailed a new partnership between Government and the National House Building Council (NHBC) to gain greater insight into how efforts to get Britain building again are making a difference in communities across the country. (continues...)

The Government's commitment to people power and local democracy took another step forward today (25 January 2012) as Cities Minister Greg Clark announced the date for mayoral elections. (continues...)

Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has invited community and voluntary organisations to apply for a share of £100 million that will help revitalise communities and bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use. (continues...)

More cities in England will be offered the chance to agree a bespoke deal with Government to unlock their potential to drive economic growth, Cities Minister Greg Clark announced today in a major speech to the Centre for Cities. (continues...)

The Fire Kills campaign is highlighting a smartphone app from the Electrical Safety Council which will help people defuse the danger in their homes. (continues...)

The Department for Communities and Local Government has appointed Stewart Gilliland as a Non-Executive Director to the Department's Board. (continues...)

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles saw efforts to turn around troubled families when he visited two Family Intervention Projects in Devon, alongside the head of the new Troubled Families Team, Louise Casey. (continues...)

A host of new powers to put communities back in charge of their own affairs has become a reality as the Coalition Government's localism agenda takes another major step forward. (continues...)

Ministers today called on councils to use every opportunity under the New Deal for Older People to give elderly people more choice and control over where they live, so they are not pressured to sell their home or move into residential care. (continues...)

Elected city mayors will have their own bespoke powers tailored to local needs, Minister for Cities Greg Clark has announced. (continues...)