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- = Key Development Friday 24th May
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06:52 Eric Pickles: Communities have not been divided by the Woolwich attack On air
On Air | Eric Pickles MP | Secretary of State for Communi... | Daybreak, ITV1
Eric Pickles refused to comment on whether counter-terrorism measures were inadequate, saying that he could not “speculate” while the Woolwich investigation was on going. “The Prime Minister’s promised an inquiry into this both in t... Continue to article
- = Key Development Monday 13th May
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08:21 Dot Commons: Save the Eton few! Dot Commons
While the “chumocracy” row over the Eton educated cabinet rages on, down to earth Eric Pickles seems to find his colleagues privileged education rather amusing. “Don’t look down your nose at someone who has the misfortune to have been ed...
- = Key Development Monday 22nd April
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12:08 Communities and Local Government Committee: Clive Betts seeks urgent clarifications on Government’s amended planning proposals Press Release
12:08| Press ReleaseCommunities and Local Government Committee Press Release Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, has today written to Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP seeking clarification on a number of points regarding th... Continue to article
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20:45 UKIP vote comes from Labour and Lib Dems - Farage PoliticsHome News
UKIP vote comes from Labour and Lib Dems - Farage
UKIP’s support is not just drawn from disaffected Tory voters, Nigel Farage warned this evening. The party leader said UKIP voters came from “across the board” and criticised the “lazy” media for reporting that his party’s sole effect wa... Continue to article
- = Key Development Saturday 20th April
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16:30 Hilary Benn: Planning system is back where it started On air
On Air | Hilary Benn MP | Shadow Communities and Local G... | Sky News
Hilary Benn said the Government’s U-turn on planning regulations meant the system was now “more or less where [it] started”. “The truth is 90% of these kind of planning applications already get permission, and what the system does is to ... Continue to article
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11:18 Goldsmith hits out over 'clumsy' planning reforms PoliticsHome News
Goldsmith hits out over 'clumsy' planning reforms
The Government’s proposal to ease planning restrictions on home extensions was ill-thought through, “clumsy” and “unintelligent”, Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has said. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles last night announced a U-turn over ... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 16th April
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16:49 Lobby:No 10: Govt wants consensus on planning laws Lobby Briefings
16:49 | Lobby Briefings | PoliticsHome
Downing Street said the Government wanted to establish a broad consensus around its proposals to relax planning laws following comments by Eric Pickles. "What the Secretary of State has rightly said is that we want to try and establish a... Continue to article
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15:13 Govt sees off rebellion on planning laws House of Commons
Govt sees off rebellion on planning laws
MPs have rejected a Lords amendment that would give local councils the right to opt out of rules that would relax planning laws. The Government won the vote rejecting Lord True’s amendment to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill by 286 vot... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 19th March
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19:00 Pickles: Tories must be ready to listen PoliticsHome News
Pickles: Tories must be ready to listen
The Conservatives must focus on building a relationship with voters rather than simply “rolling out the facts”, Eric Pickles has warned. Speaking at the Press Gallery lunch in Parliament, the Communities Secretary said the Tories mu... Continue to article
- = Key Development Friday 15th March
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16:22 In Brief Events
16:22 | Events | PoliticsHome
The Scottish Government announces the date for the referendum on Scottish independence Prime minister David Cameron attends the ceremony to inaugurate Justin Welby as the Archbishop of Canterbury (14.30) Communities and local governme... Continue to article
- = Key Development Tuesday 12th March
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12:46 Lobby:Number 10: Progress on cross-party Leveson talks Lobby Briefings
12:46 | Lobby Briefings | PoliticsHome
Progress has been made in cross-party negotiations on implementing the Leveson proposals, Downing Street revealed. The three main political parties are reportedly close to agreeing a deal on a new form of press regulation. David Ca... Continue to article
- = Key Development Saturday 9th March
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18:16 Transcript: Theresa May's speech to the ConservativeHome Victory 2015 conference Transcripts
Theresa May's speech to the ConservativeHome Victory 2015 conference
Thank you, Nadhim, for that kind introduction. And thank you, Tim, for inviting me to speak here today. I remember when Conservative Home was founded, eight years ago, and we both campaigned against the proposal to end the right of party me... Continue to article
- = Key Development Monday 4th March
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08:34 Eric Pickles: Troubled families scheme is doing remarkably well On air
On Air | Eric Pickles MP | Secretary of State for Communi... | Breakfast, BBC Radio 5live
Eric Pickles praised the progress of the Government's scheme to help troubled families. "We’re doing remarkably well. We’re way ahead of what we thought we would be but it’s a fairly straightforward thing. It’s about getting children int... Continue to article
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09:31 Story (1 links): Emergency £100m council tax fund
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Councils are to receive a £100m emergency fund to try to avert a crisis when new rules governing local authority funding are introduced next year. Some authorities have said changes to the way the Government distributes council tax receipts and local government grants means the working poor will be forced to pay council tax as money for exemptions dries up.
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13/10/2012 in Tax
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Emergency £100m council tax fund
Councils are to receive a £100m emergency fund to try to avert a crisis when new rules governing local authority funding are introduced next year. Some authorities have said changes to the way the Government distributes council tax receipts and local government grants means the working poor will be forced to pay council tax as money for exemptions dries up.
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27/06/2012 in Tax
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£2.3bn in council tax uncollected
Around £2.3bn worth of council tax is currently going unpaid, data released by local authorities has shown. In Liverpool almost £107m is owed in council tax, while Birmingham has arrears worth more than £96m, and Manchester nearly £49m. Several London Boroughs are also owed upwards of £30m.
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31/03/2012
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Pickles: PM is doing a 'fine job'
Eric Pickles has said David Cameron is doing a "fine job" as Prime Minister and is the "most successful leader" the Conservative Party has had since Margaret Thatcher.
However, he admitted the Coalition had gone through a "difficult time" in the last few days with the controversy over advice to motorists and the taxation of hot food such as pasties.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Telegraph, the Communities Secretary also defended the controversial 'granny tax' on pensioners, insisting that most "won't be affected" and that "pensioners are in a much stronger position now than they have ever been".
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24/09/2012 in British Business
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Sue councils who block planning - Pickles
Eric Pickles has urged residents to sue their local council if they block extensions in people's gardens. Local authorities have in some cases been resistant to the Coalition's plans to encourage house extensions as part of their construction stimulus package. Mr Pickles has intervened, saying he is "surprised" at this resistance, and that residents will be able to seek damages if their council does so.
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25/04/2012 in Local Government
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Pickles seizes on council 'rich list'
Eric Pickles says details of high wages at local authorities shows there is still room to crack down on "dodgy pay deals and boomerang bosses" at councils. The Communities Secretary was responding to research from the Taxpayers' Alliance which found that over 3,000 council staff were earning over £100,000 a year. Labour's Hilary Benn said the Conservative Party needed to "get their house in order" as the research showed nine out of ten of "top town hall earners" were employed by Tory councils.
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09/03/2012 in Employment
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Pickles warns of non-English 'sub-class'
Immigrants who are not taught to speak English "like a native" face life as members of an unemployable "sub-class", Eric Pickles has said.
In an exclusive interview with PoliticsHome's sister publication The House magazine, the Communities Secretary said the Government wanted people to speak adequate English, adding that there would be a £10m grant to help teach immigrants.
Labour have criticised Mr Pickles' language, with Hilary Benn saying he should be "thinking of practical ways to ensure that anyone settling in this country is able to speak English rather than talking about sub-classes".
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