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Newbuy guarantee gathers pace as Santander signs up

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed Santander's decision to start offering mortgages under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme.
14 May 2012 Read full story

This section contains the latest news stories from the Department for Communities and Local Government.

• Eric Pickles pays tribute to 'best of British' pubs

  

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has paid tribute to the 'Great British pub' in a speech that highlighted the Government's continued support to the sector.

  • Added: 17 May 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• £10m investment to connect Northampton Enterprise Zone

  

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Transport Secretary Justine Greening have announced a £10 million boost for transport infrastructure in Northampton's Enterprise Zone.

  • Added: 14 May 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Newbuy guarantee gathers pace as Santander signs up

  

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed Santander's decision to start offering mortgages under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme.

  • Added: 14 May 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Minister experiences the skills and jobs legacy that will benefit Stratford

  

  Local Government Minister Bob Neill saw first hand how a specialist training centre that has helped more than 3,000 people into work, continues to provide opportunities for local people.

  • Added: 9 May 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Halifax becomes fourth lender offering the NewBuy guarantee

  

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has welcomed the announcement by Halifax that it will be offering mortgages under the NewBuy Guarantee scheme.

  • Added: 16 April 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Communities Minister Andrew Stunell wishes British Sikhs a Happy Vaisakhi

  

  Communities Minister Andrew Stunell wishes Happy Vaisakhi to all British Sikh communities celebrating the start of the New Year.

  • Added: 12 April 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Communities Minister Andrew Stunell wishes Christians a Happy Easter

  

  Communities Minister Andrew Stunell reflects on new beginnings and the spirit of helping others as he wishes Christians across the nation a very happy Easter.

  • Added: 5 April 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Downing Street launch for Troubled Families Scheme

  

  Local Authority leaders and frontline community workers were this week invited to a reception in Downing Street to mark the start of the Government's groundbreaking initiative to turn around the lives of troubled families.

  • Added: 30 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Eric Pickles welcomes Asian cuisine apprenticeships

  

  Eric Pickles has welcomed the launched of five Centres of Excellence for Asian and Oriental Cuisine.

  • Added: 30 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Budget 2012

  

  An additional £420m to stimulate local economic growth was announced by the Chancellor in his Budget.

  • Added: 22 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Andrew Stunell meets young business champions

  

  Communities Minister Andrew Stunell was honoured to announce the winners of the Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Grand Final which celebrates small business ideas from young people from ethnic minorities.

  • Added: 16 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Eric Pickles sees the future of the Olympic Village

  

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has seen the vision of the future Olympic Park which will provide thousands of much-needed new homes for residents in the capital after the 2012 Games.

  • Added: 13 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Industry support grows for NewBuy Guarantee

  

  Housing industry movers and shakers have hailed today's launch of the NewBuy Guarantee scheme as a vital kick-start for house builders across the country.

  • Added: 12 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Bob Neill: Opening the doors to a innovative new visitors centre in the Thames Gateway

  

  Thames Gateway Minister Bob Neill opened the doors to a brand new visitors centre in Basildon, showcasing the innovative ideas and technologies being developed in Thames Gateway South Essex.

  • Added: 1 March 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Ministers see riot-recovery underway in Greenwich, Manchester and Salford

  

  Ministers have visited more towns that were badly affected by the riots, to see progress six months on and meet the local people, traders and council workers getting their communities back on track.

  • Added: 24 February 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Homelessness experts back 'Before You Go' information campaign

  

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps has backed a new pilot to tackle the increase of people from Central and Eastern Europe becoming homeless on England's streets.

  • Added: 23 February 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Eric Pickles visits Tottenham six months on to see riot-recovery in local community

  

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles visited Tottenham, an area badly affected by the riots, to meet local traders and member of the community to hear first hand the progress they have made to get their area back on track.

  • Added: 16 February 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Grant Shapps: Setting the benchmark for transparency in social housing

  

  Housing Minister Grant Shapps today (14 February 2012) praised the latest social landlord to open its books and become more transparent to tenants.

  • Added: 14 February 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Baroness Newlove meets young advisors in Sefton

  

  Baroness Newlove has this week congratulated young people making a real difference by influencing the key decisions that affect their local communities.

  • Added: 27 January 2012
  • Site: Newsroom

• Speak up, Speak out: Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

  

  Communities Secretary Eric Pickles paid tribute to those affected by genocide past and present, at an event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

  • Added: 27 January 2012
  • Site: Newsroom