Articles tagged with: david cameron
What it is: The government has set out its plan for growth in the UK regions in the absence of regional development agencies, which are due to be closed down by 2012.
When it came out: 28 October 2010
Why it is important: It sets out changes to the planning system, more …
The government has set out plans for an £850m programme of asset sales and efficiency savings in the Ministry of Defence’s Strategic Defence Review.
The long-awaited review of defence spending was unveiled by prime minister David Cameron this afternoon. It is set to cost up to 42,000 jobs, including 25,000 civilian …
New property vehicles to own and manage the government office estate should charge departments “market rent”, prime minister David Cameron has said.
In a letter to Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander and Cabinet secretary Francis Maude, seen by PublicPropertyUK.com, Cameron calls for departments to be “incentivised” to use their estates efficiently. …
Prime minister David Cameron has pledged to follow the property recommendations in Topshop founder Sir Philip Green’s efficiency review.
Speaking after the report was published yesterday afternoon, Cameron slated the “crazy decisions” made on property and IT by the government in the past decade.
Green’s three-month long review found that the government …
The government is failing to get value for money from its property and other contracts and could do better by centralising procurement, according to a review by Topshop founder Sir Philip Green (pictured).
The impact of cuts could be softened if central government departments drove a harder bargain on leases and …
Prime minister David Cameron has named four regions that will test drive the government’s proposed reforms to the planning system.
Today, during a speech in Liverpool to explain his ‘big society’ initiative, Cameron said the four regions that would pilot the proposed “open source planning” changes would be Liverpool, Windsor and …
Teachers, councillors and school pupils are lobbying at Westminster against the government’s axing of the £55bn schools re-building programme Building Schools for the Future.
Today, the Save Our Schools lobby – led by trade unions – is set to urge ministers to reconsider the move, which has led to 735 school …
Prime minister David Cameron has said that central government buildings will publish more energy data as they attempt to cut their emissions 10% over the next year.
Today, Cameron announced that cutting the emissions would make properties owned by central government departments cheaper to run. He also said that government department …
Over the last couple of days, prime minister David Cameron (pictured) has been announcing his new ministerial team for its coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.
Here are the most significant cabinet appointments for the public property sector:
Chancellor of the Exchequer:
George Osborne
Osborne has been MP for Tatton since 2001. …
