01 Mar 2012
| by George Eustice
and timely decisions. The US campaigner Eric Dezenhall has argued companies should be less defensive and go ...
29 Feb 2012
| by Alex Aiken
The new legislative framework for local government is supposed to rekindle a sense of community through devolved power and a community right to challenge government decisions. It s a potentially powerful piece of legislation as Eric Pickles showed when he rushed the new General Power of Competence ...
02 Feb 2012
| by Alex Aiken
Yet, at least seventeen authorities are planning to turn it down; from Green-run Brighton and Hove to Conservative-run Cambridgeshire. They defy Communities Secretary Eric Pickles who says any rise would be an almighty kick in the teeth for local residents.
Why they are thinking of doing this goes to the heart ...
20 Jul 2011
| by Luke Blair
and Eric Pickles needs to be sorted. We don t want to end up with a curate s egg, or even a Pickled Clegg ...
22 Jun 2011
| by Luke Blair
of Pickled council publications, this is surely the perfect cost-effective way of telling anyone who really ...
07 Apr 2011
| by Alex Aiken
advocates who will enhance the reputation of public service. If you are not doing this, Eric Pickles might ...
16 Mar 2011
| by Peter Holt
If there's one thing you can rely on Eric Pickles for, it's that he's always eminently quotable...s impression in sight, and plain English ruled out by statute too.
Seriously Mr Pickles, seriously ...
-quoted Mrs Pickles ever-so proud?
A hefty six figures sum in my Council area alone. Repeated across ...
and engage. So, again, let s be creative and innovate. The proposed Pickles Code of Recommended Practice ...
And that is a sentiment that is very much at the forefront of our minds with the launch this week of Eric Pickles consultation on the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity. The new government s agreement, Our Programme for Government surprised some with what can only be classed ...
11 Aug 2010
| by Helen Ashley
Last week, Eric Pickles, the new minister for Communities and Local Government said he wanted