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Technical details on business rates relelased by Pickles

By Mark Conrad | 19 August 2011

Local government secretary Eric Pickles today (19 August) published technical papers supporting h...

Plymouth 'bans' Unison from crucial talks

By Mark Conrad | 18 August 2011

Plymouth City Council bans Unison from talks over sweeping changes to staff terms and conditions.

Pickles urges councils to use riots cash funds

By Mark Conrad | 18 August 2011

Emergency financial package details revealed in Eric Pickles letter to councils affected by riots

Exclusive: Pickles praises councils for riot response

By Mark Conrad | 18 August 2011

Communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has praised councils for their swift and decisive response t...

Cash quickly mobilised to help areas hit by riot

By Mark Conrad | 17 August 2011

Ministers and city leaders have been swift to offer financial packages to help riot-hit authoriti...

Rioters 'unlikely' to face eviction

By Mark Conrad | 17 August 2011

Senior lawyers have warned it is unlikely social housing tenants convicted of taking part in last...

The importance of community cohesion

By Mark Conrad | 17 August 2011

Mark Conrad considers what lessons can be learnt from the riots that took place around the countr...

Cameron pledges action in the wake of riots

By Mark Conrad | 15 August 2011

Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to put more police on the streets and declared ‘all out ...

Council tenants and staff receive riots warnings

By Mark Conrad | 12 August 2011

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has responded to doubts that councils have the power to make h...

Pickles finds £30m for riot-hit communities

By Mark Conrad | 11 August 2011

Local authorities and businesses affected by the riots will receive financial support from the Go...