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17 Jun 19
Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
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10 Sep 18
Councils may be urged to take action against the owners of buildings who do not remove Grenfell-style cladding from their properties.
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10 May 18
Councils own a huge number and variety of buildings. Their condition should be surveyed regularly to ensure they remain fit for purpose, says CIPFA’s David Brindley.
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8 Nov 16
Community action charity Locality has called for a £1bn fund to safeguard public buildings and spaces under threat of sale.
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11 Apr 16
Councils have been invited to apply for the next phase of a public sector scheme intended to cut property costs across local and central government.
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4 Feb 16
Councils will have to publish property rationalisation plans as part of a drive to cut the size of the public sector estate, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced.
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4 Dec 15
Over 100 councils are to join a flagship public sector efficiency scheme that is intended to cut costs by sharing offices and rationalising the public estate.
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24 Sep 15
The ongoing fiscal squeeze is encouraging public bodies of all shapes and sizes to reassess how they use, and might benefit from, the properties on their books
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16 Mar 15
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has launched a review of the business rates system in England, which will consider how to use local retention of revenue to incentivise councils to...
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9 Jan 15
MPs favour the creation of extra council tax bands as part of revaluation of property rates over a mansion tax, a poll has found.
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5 Jan 15
Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
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2 Dec 14
Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
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24 Nov 14
Housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis today called on councils to prioritise development of brownfield land so that more homes can be built while protecting the countryside.
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24 Nov 14
The next Labour government would look to raise as much as £100m by selling off state-owned property in London, including restaurants and the QE2 Conference Centre, the party has announced.
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17 Oct 14
Councils are increasing the commercial use of assets such as property in response to the spending squeeze, a survey of senior managers has found.
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6 Oct 14
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has revealed the coalition is on track to reduce the number of government buildings in central London to just 23 by 2020, by moving offices to the suburbs.
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23 Sep 14
Labour has been accused of ‘abdicating its responsibility’ to reform council tax by proposing a mansion tax on properties worth more than £2m without setting out plans for a wider revaluation.
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17 Sep 14
Councils across England will redevelop £13.5bn worth of land and assets over the next five years as part of local plans to turn underused land into a source of revenue, an examination by Localis has...
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12 Aug 14
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has confirmed that new limits will be placed on how much councils and housing associations can charge leaseholders for repair work.
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5 Aug 14
Twenty councils from across England have been selected for the expansion of a Whitehall programme to help central and local government cut costs by sharing offices and other property.
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1 Aug 14
Planning minister Brandon Lewis has set out proposals to quicken the development of neighbourhood plans as part of further government reforms to encourage housebuilding.
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12 Jun 14
The government has saved more than £1.2bn since 2010 by reducing the size of the public sector estate, according to Cabinet Office figures published today.
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4 Jun 14
The Audit Commission has urged councils to ensure they implement a strategic approach to asset and property management after finding £2.5bn of the local government estate could be put to better use.
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1 May 14
Schools minister David Laws has announced the government will spend £2bn on a second phase of its Priority School Building Programme in the six years from 2015.
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24 Apr 14
A Whitehall programme to help central and local government share offices and other property is to be extended to 15 new authorities across the country.
17 Jun 19Thousands of homes are to be built in rapidly expanding communities following a £142m injection of cash in infrastructure improvements.
10 Sep 18Councils may be urged to take action against the owners of buildings who do not remove Grenfell-style cladding from their properties.
10 May 18Councils own a huge number and variety of buildings. Their condition should be surveyed regularly to ensure they remain fit for purpose, says CIPFA’s David Brindley.
8 Nov 16Community action charity Locality has called for a £1bn fund to safeguard public buildings and spaces under threat of sale.
11 Apr 16Councils have been invited to apply for the next phase of a public sector scheme intended to cut property costs across local and central government.
4 Feb 16Councils will have to publish property rationalisation plans as part of a drive to cut the size of the public sector estate, Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced.
4 Dec 15Over 100 councils are to join a flagship public sector efficiency scheme that is intended to cut costs by sharing offices and rationalising the public estate.
24 Sep 15The ongoing fiscal squeeze is encouraging public bodies of all shapes and sizes to reassess how they use, and might benefit from, the properties on their books
16 Mar 15Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has launched a review of the business rates system in England, which will consider how to use local retention of revenue to incentivise councils to...
9 Jan 15MPs favour the creation of extra council tax bands as part of revaluation of property rates over a mansion tax, a poll has found.
5 Jan 15Tougher regulation of the private-rented sector is needed in order to stop landlords from exploiting the housing crisis at the expense of taxpayers and tenants, according to the Civitas think-tank.
2 Dec 14Central government is to be involved in the development and sale of homes on public land for the first time in a generation under plans announced by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander as...
24 Nov 14The next Labour government would look to raise as much as £100m by selling off state-owned property in London, including restaurants and the QE2 Conference Centre, the party has announced.
5 Aug 14Twenty councils from across England have been selected for the expansion of a Whitehall programme to help central and local government cut costs by sharing offices and other property.
4 Jun 14The Audit Commission has urged councils to ensure they implement a strategic approach to asset and property management after finding £2.5bn of the local government estate could be put to better use.
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