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• Housing and regeneration agreement launched

  A new agreement to support the delivery of more homes and the regeneration of communities has been launched today by Housing Minister Caroline Flint, LGA Chairman Sir Simon Milton and HCA Chief Executive Designate Sir Bob Kerslake.

  • Added: 3 July 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Citizenship Survey - Empowering communities

  People need more power to influence and control their local services Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said today, as new figures show that fewer than four in ten people feel their voices are being heard at local level.

  • Added: 26 June 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Managing the impacts of migration

  Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today (11 June 2008) set out the range of actions the Government is taking to manage migration, maximise the benefits for the whole of the UK and minimise the negative impacts.

  • Added: 10 June 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Minister moves to sustain regeneration of run down areas

  Local Government Minister John Healey has commissioned a study of the consequences of the current global credit crunch on regeneration.

  • Added: 27 May 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Additional Government funding and recognition for the third sector working to improve race equality and cohesion

  Community organisations committed to supporting and improving community relations and race equality will gain access to a new funding pot of up to £660,000 with the announcement today of the successful recipients of the third round ...

  • Added: 21 May 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Healey publishes update on flood-hit households

  Floods Recovery Minister John Healey today published an update of progress being made getting people affected by last summer's floods back in their homes.

  • Added: 20 May 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Housing and jobs boost for East of England

  A new twenty year vision to deliver badly needed housing, infrastructure and new jobs for the East of England was published today by Communities Minister, Parmjit Dhanda.

  • Added: 12 May 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Helping to create more prosperous places

  Ministers have today laid the foundations for sweeping reforms to bring about a renaissance in England's most deprived areas.

  • Added: 31 March 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Faith and community leaders graduate from first ever government recognised course in community leadership

  Cohesion Minister Parmjit Dhanda and Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education Bill Rammell today attended a graduation event for the first group of community faith leaders and youth workers...

  • Added: 19 March 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Ministerial Group on regeneration of East Manchester

  Communities Secretary Hazel Blears chaired the first meeting of the Regeneration of East Manchester Ministerial Group today to help Manchester City Council and its partners identify and develop a range of regeneration alternatives...

  • Added: 17 March 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Putting communities in control - Blears

  Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has today announced radical plans to unlock talent in local communities and give people a real say on improving local services and promoting active citizenship.

  • Added: 5 March 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Blears announces new regeneration drive for Manchester

  Manchester's regeneration has been given a multi-million pound boost today alongside the creation of a new ministerial group to support city leaders in bidding for further projects, Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said.

  • Added: 26 February 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Government publishes alternatives to casino-led regeneration

  The Government has today published a new report, which shows that the benefits of regional casinos can be delivered through alternative, but equally effective, projects.

  • Added: 26 February 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Hull to benefit from major European regeneration drive

  Floods Recovery Minister John Healey MP, and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hübner visited Hull today to see how the city will put to good use its share of £394m of European Regional Development Funding...

  • Added: 15 February 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Healey announces further compensation for flood-affected communities

  Floods Recovery Minister John Healey today confirmed nearly £1.6million funding to six authorities across the country, to help get communities back to normal following last summer's floods.

  • Added: 12 February 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• New partnership to help deliver London homes

  A new partnership to help speed up the delivery of the Capital's £3 billion house building programme was announced today by Housing Minister Caroline Flint and the London Mayor Ken Livingstone.

  • Added: 7 February 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Launch of the Centre for Spatial Economic Research

  Communities and Local Government - with BERR and the Welsh Assembly Government - have entered into a partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to launch a new Centre for Spatial Economic Research.

  • Added: 14 January 2008
  • Site: Cities and regions

• From the street to the boardroom

  Junior Housing Minister Iain Wright unveiled a major refocusing of Government's homelessness strategy today, challenging hostels and charities to promote greater entrepreneurial spirit and create more training and employment opportunities…

  • Added: 18 December 2007
  • Site: Cities and regions

• Kerslake: first head for Homes and Communities Agency

  Sir Bob Kerslake will be the first Chief Executive of the new Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the Government announced today.

  • Added: 18 December 2007
  • Site: Cities and regions

• £4.9bn to support independent living

  Supporting People is a major part of the Government's drive to tackle social exclusion, deliver social justice and support the third sector in delivering vital services.

  • Added: 6 December 2007
  • Site: Cities and regions