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A spokesman for the EU said that the Local Government Secretary's claims were «plain wrong» because the changes were not mandatory.

Communities and Local Government Secretary - Eric Pickles (Con) Age: 58 School: Greenhead Grammar (now high school, comprehensive) University: Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Met)

Communities and Local Government secretary Eric Pickles praised the work of all 152 local authorities in England who were taking part in the scheme.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said:

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has appeared to suggest that the Government and authorities may have been slow to react to the problem of the flooding.

Shadow Local Government Secretary Andrew Gwynne said he believed the anti-Semitism row had had an impact on the result in Barnet, north London, which the Tories took back from no overall control.

The troubled families scheme is about «trying to break a cycle of depravation that has crossed generations», according to the Communities and Local Government Secretary.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary said there should be no rewards for failure in the public or the private sector.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said he will change the restrictions on access to emergency funds for local authorities to allow them to access an extra # 15 million to cover immediate flood - related costs:

English councils are «cheating their taxpayers» by increasing local taxes in defiance of a national council tax freeze, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he had seen «longer chip shop queues» than the number of staff protesting on the picket line today:

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he «entirely agreed» with Prince Charles's criticism about authorities» response to the floods.

COMMUNITIES and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid is in the firing line over business rates, with even No10 sources expressing irritation with him.

But the former banker appears to have been rewarded for backing May after initially supporting Stephen Crabb to be leader, getting the job of communities and local government secretary.

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the newly - promoted defence secretary, David Gauk, the work and pensions secretary, Sajid Javid, the communities and local government secretary, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons, and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, have all used official expenses claims to pay for «ERG subscriptions» over the last 12 months.

Okay it doesn't have the same ring to it but that is how the current Local Government Secretary Alun Davies is portraying himself with the latest proposals for re-organisation.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has been having a busy August - including announcements to help motorists, to make it easier to fly the flag, to diminsh wheelie bin blight on our pavements and to encourage more bungalows.

The abolition of the Audit Commission was one of Eric Pickles» earlier announcements as Local Government Secretary.

A letter from communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles» office, published by the Observer last July, warned that the savings do not take into account the additional costs to local authorities through homelessness and temporary accommodation.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is helping councils clamp down faster on illegal encampments and unauthorised traveller sites.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said: «The Troubled Families programme is on track, changing families for the better and reducing their impact on the communities around them.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has offered the following update to Parliament to cover his Department's work over recess:

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has sent the following letter to all Conservative MPs.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, has started a scheme of offering modest rewards - such as shopping vouchers - for DCLG civil servants who come up with innovative, thrifty ideas that saves taxpayers» money.

It is reported that the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles, is proposing changing the guidance so that motorists should be allowed to park on a double yellow line (or single yellow line when the restrictions apply) for 15 minutes before getting a ticket.

The Communities and local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is bringing in a further changes to boost Town Hall transparency.

Eric Pickles, the local government secretary, has enthusiastically trimmed many areas of his department's budget - so much so that he is allowed to sit on the «star chamber» finalising the spending review.

In January 2012, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced that 152 councils had already signalled their intention to freeze council tax for 2012 - 13 and he fully expected that number to increase.

Eric Pickles, local government secretary, comments on multiculturalism in advance of a new counter-extremism strategy:

Communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles said there would be «no excuse» for councils not to return to weekly collections after the shift takes place next April.

One option for the Chancellor, supported by senior Conservatives such as Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, would be to expand the role of the state in supplying new housing.

«Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, promised to «give local communities a greater say» on where wind farms are built, but new guidance from his department warns councils not to create «inflexible» turbine - free zones.

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

Communities and Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears was forced to defend accusations, during Commons clashes today, that town halls were being forced to foot the bill for central government policies.»

Two very high profile ministers resigned, criticising the government, one - the local government secretary - the day before an election.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has written the following letter to Cllr Eleanor Jackson about it.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles will today set out plans to make councils get approval from the public every time they want to impose «excessive» increases in bills.

The announcement comes a week before shadow communities and local government secretary Caroline Spelman faces a verdict from the same committee over a complaint made against her.

The problem is summed up by communities and local government secretary Eric Pickles» decision to intervene over two - week bin deliveries - which are now banned outright.

Also returning to Theresa May's Cabinet alongside Transport Secretary Chris Grayling are Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, Communities & Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Greg Clark.

Caroline Flint MP, shadow communities and local government secretary, said in response to the letter

Shadow communities and local government secretary Caroline Flint comments on a report doubting councils» ability to make substantial back - office savings:

Prime minister: David Cameron Deputy prime minister: Nick Clegg (LD) First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne Home secretary: Theresa May Defence secretary: Philip Hammond Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD) Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Energy and climate change secretary: Ed Davey (LD) Education secretary: Michael Gove Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles Scotland secretary: Michael Moore (LD) Chief secretary to the Treasury: Danny Alexander (LD) Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde Attorney general: Dominic Grieve

Tory shadow local government secretary Eric Pickles said: «Bin taxes are so expensive to introduce that taxes on families will have to rise as result.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles gave a speech recently on Britishness.

The Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is reviewing the rules on councillors» declarations of interest - at present they only have to declare sponsorship from a trade union.

Hilary Benn, shadow communities and local government secretary, told the Ipsos MORI event at the Labour party conference last year that the coalition has made it difficult for Labour to be heard as the media focussed on coalition differences rather than what Labour's view is.

Speaking to a Freedom Association fringe meeting during the Conservative Conference in Birmingham, the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said:

The protest is prompted by the Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles ending the arrangement where the DCLG collects trade union subscriptions via the «check off» system.

He did that for a year before moving to business secretary for a year and then moving on to be communities and local government secretary.