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• New Olympic land deal will ensure a lasting legacy

  A new land deal that will help provide thousands of homes and jobs was today agreed between the Government and the Mayor of London.

  • Added: 17 March 2010
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• Olympic deal to get local people working and training for 2012

  A landmark agreement between London's five Olympic Boroughs and central Government will lock in the benefits of the £9bn investment in the 2012 Olympics for local people, Communities Secretary John Denham announced today.

  • Added: 17 March 2010
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• Strengthened delivery arrangements will drive regeneration in London, Thurrock and West Northamptonshire

  Strengthened delivery arrangements and more local planning responsibility will drive regeneration in London and Thurrock Thames Gateways and West Northamptonshire following a review of Urban Development Corporations (UDC).

  • Added: 14 January 2010
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• John Denham fires starting gun for new heart of Purfleet

  A multi-million pound proposal for a regeneration scheme to transform the heart of Purfleet in the Thames Gateway was set out today.

  • Added: 3 November 2009
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• Residents and businesses help shape the Thames Gateway eco-quarter

  New technologies and initiatives for homes and businesses in the Thames Gateway to tackle climate change will be tried out in the country's first eco-quarter, Thames Gateway Minister Shahid Malik announced today.

  • Added: 15 October 2009
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• Thames Gateway is able to weather the current economic conditions - Minister

  The Thames Gateway is in a strong position to weather the current economic storm and grow in the long term, Thames Gateway Minister Margaret Beckett announced in a major speech today.

  • Added: 26 November 2008
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• New youth panel gives young people and their communities a stronger voice in Whitehall

  A new team of 'youth advisors' was unveiled today by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears today.

  • Added: 15 October 2008
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• Green and outdoor space to be integral to the economic success of the Thames Gateway

  Urban parks, marshlands, waterways and green spaces will be as integral as housing, jobs and commerce in the Thames Gateway of the future, Housing Minister Iain Wright has announced.

  • Added: 10 October 2008
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• New drive to boost skills in Thames Gateway

  A major new package of measures to improve skills and education in the Thames Gateway was unveiled today by Housing Minister Caroline Flint and Further Education Minister Bill Rammell.

  • Added: 21 July 2008
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• Parks and public gardens to be at the heart of the Thames Gateway

  An £35 million funding pot is today being made available for new schemes that will create parklands, town squares and riverside pathways in the Thames Gateway, announced Housing and Planning Minister Caroline Flint.

  • Added: 15 May 2008
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• Gateway to jobs and homes for thousands of east enders

  A major new package of investment in housing, jobs, infrastructure, community facilities and green spaces is set to rejuvenate areas of east London and transform the lives of people living there.

  • Added: 7 May 2008
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• New agency will have key regeneration role

  The Government today set out more details of the work of the Agency which will play a key role in delivering the 3m new homes by 2020 pledged by the Prime Minister - the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).

  • Added: 10 January 2008
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• New funding for community infrastructure

  Councils and communities which back new homes will get extra help with infrastructure, Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper announced today.

  • Added: 4 December 2007
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• Government sets out Gateway Plans

  The Prime Minister and Housing Minister Yvette Cooper today published the Thames Gateway Delivery Plan, setting out for the first time how cross-Government investment of more than £9 billion will be spent to deliver Europe's largest regeneration project.

  • Added: 29 November 2007
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• Blears gives green light to sub-regional jobs boost

  Communities Secretary Hazel Blears unveiled thirteen sub-regions that are drawing up proposals to boost jobs, transport, investment and housing through greater co-operation today.

  • Added: 7 November 2007
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• Minister picks priority places

  Iain Wright today announced five priority places - the Thames Gateway, the South West region, Corby, Portsmouth Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) and ELEVATE East Lancashire - to work with the Government in creating the places we all want to live and work.

  • Added: 25 October 2007
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• £500m cash boost for housebuilding councils

  Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper today unveiled a major 500m package of proposals to accelerate the building of the homes families and first-time buyers desperately need.

  • Added: 14 September 2007
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• Red tape slashed to help businesses go green

  Many shops, offices, pubs and clubs could soon be powered by renewable energy, under changes to planning rules that will make it easier for businesses to install 'green' technologies like solar panels and wind turbines.

  • Added: 13 August 2007
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• Appointment to London Thames Gateway Development Corporation Board

  Minister for Housing and Planning Yvette Cooper, has appointed Stan Hornagold to the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) Board.

  • Added: 8 August 2007
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• £8 Billion investment and reforms announced to tackle housing shortages

  Families and first-time buyers will benefit from major investment of £8 billion for affordable housing and ambitious new reforms to drive up the supply of both low cost and social homes, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has announced today.

  • Added: 23 July 2007
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