Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has today insisted that communities will be kept firmly in the driving seat and able to determine the future of their local areas

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt unveils £1 billion strategy to deliver on 2012 Games promise to inspire a generation to get involved in sport

Responding to the Government's statement on the Fire Service College, David Cartwright, member of the LGA's Fire Commission and Chairman of its Fire Service College Working Group, said

Unite the union announced today (Friday 12 August) that youth workers employed by Oxfordshire county council will begin a series of one day walkouts from Tuesday 23 August over job cuts and service closures

Residents of South Bank, who have seen hundreds of houses demolished in recent times, are celebrating the first new home in the area for 20 years

Markets across the country are seizing the initiative and leading the drive to revitalise the nation's town centres, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said today

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on borough leaders to follow his lead and freeze their portion of the council tax

Prime Minister David Cameron today presented Waitrose with the latest Big Society Award for its Community Matters Scheme which has now donated £10m to charity

Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced the allocation of more than £71 million to help families trapped in half-empty and abandoned streets, as a consequence of a controversial regeneration scheme introduced in 2002

In a statement published today Fire Minister Bob Neill has asked for views on the future of the Fire Service College. He announced that the Government wants to explore options for a new ownership, operational and governance model for the College through greater involvement from other sectors, including voluntary organisations and the private sector