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A cross-party group of MPs has called on George Osborne to change the funding mechanism for English regions. In a letter sent to the Chancellor, 18 members called for a single funding pot for the £70bn of regional funding that currently goes through a number of local bodies. The proposals were first outlined in Lord Hes...
A Communities and Local Government minister has stressed that there are no plans to privatise emergency fire services. Speaking at Communities and Local Governmen...
CML press release Responding to research released today by Which? into confusion over the cost of mortgages, Head of member and external relations, Sue Anderson h...
Brandon Lewis said councils needed to do more to crack down on inefficient spending. “What we’re saying is local government has to look very carefully at what it ...
Catherine McKinnell MP, Labour's Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, responding to reports that Conservatives on the Greater London Assembly have called for ...
David Cameron has hailed the opening of talks on a major EU-US trade deal. Speaking alongside world leaders in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister ca...
Campaign for National Parks press release The Campaign for National Parks is so concerned about plans to build Europe’s largest potash mine in the North York Moor...
SNP press release Commenting on UK Foreign Secretary William Hague’s speech in Edinburgh today (Thursday), SNP Westminster Leader and spokesperson for Foreign Aff...
Welsh Government press release The Welsh Government's deep concerns about the impact of welfare changes such as the 'bedroom tax' on Wales will be raised in White...
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