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17 Oct 16
Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
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13 Aug 15
Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has launched a government investigation into electoral fraud in Britain in order to tackle what he called “modern-day rotten boroughs”.
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26 May 15
Former communities secretary Eric Pickles is to be knighted in recognition of his public service as an MP and in local government, it has been announced.
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11 May 15
Greg Clark has been appointed local government secretary by Prime Minister David Cameron in his post-election reshuffle, replacing Eric Pickles at the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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30 Apr 15
Eric Pickles has proposed extending the government’s intervention in Tower Hamlets to cover all of the council’s executive functions, following a court judgement that removed elected...
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28 Apr 15
The commissioners appointed to take over the executive functions of Rotherham council have set out the decision-making process that will apply during the intervention at the authority.
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4 Mar 15
The government’s council tax freeze has saved households in England £168 a year, but cost public services around £2.8bn, CIPFA’s annual survey and analysis has found.
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27 Feb 15
More than two-thirds of businesses agree that councils should be able to set business rates locally, according to a poll.
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9 Feb 15
Town halls have been urged to review their governance arrangements in light of the damning report into failures at Rotherham Borough Council.