Who is Secretary of State for the Depsrtment of Communities and Local Government?
"Local Government Act 2010 The Local Government Act 2010 (c. 35) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It revokes structural change orders that would have established Exeter and Norwich as unitary authorities and prevents the implementation of the Suffolk unitary proposals. The implementation orders were blocked by a High Court ruling, but Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said the ""zombie proposals"" still theoretically existed and had to be killed off. The Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 May 2010. The Bill's second reading was blocked following Lord"
"Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, or informally Communities Secretary is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, previously known as the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2006 to 2018. This department was created in 2006 by then British prime minister Tony Blair to replace the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The Secretary of State took over the responsibilities of the Minister of State for Communities and Local Government. This post, within the Office of the Deputy Prime"
"Minister of State for Communities and Local Government The position of Minister of State for Communities and Local Government was a cabinet-level position in the United Kingdom Government. It was created by Tony Blair in 2005 following his victory in the general election of that year. The minister held many responsibilities which were formally held by the Deputy Prime Minister, to whom he reported. David Miliband became the first holder of the post. His selection was not without controversy, as some speculated that Tony Blair had wanted to give David Blunkett the position as a Secretary of State, but this"
"Minister, was created in 2005, on the transfer of several of the functions of the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, or informally Communities Secretary is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, previously known as the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2006 to 2018. This department was created in 2006 by then British prime minister Tony Blair to replace the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The Secretary of State took over"
"Security and Older People. The current Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government is Aileen Campbell, who was appointed in June 2018. The responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government: Social justice, Tackling inequalities, measures against poverty (with CSSS), Community empowerment, devolution to communities and reform of local government, homelessness and regeneration,democratic renewal, Third sector and social economy, Advocacy and advice, Religious and faith organisations, Housing, Local government, Planning, Building standards, Business Improvement Districts, Community planning, fuel poverty. From 2007 to 2009 the Minister for Communities and Sport was a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government."
"was opposed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. On 5 May 2006, it was announced that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister would be losing its responsibility for local government and housing, and Ruth Kelly would be appointed Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Minister of State for Communities and Local Government The position of Minister of State for Communities and Local Government was a cabinet-level position in the United Kingdom Government. It was created by Tony Blair in 2005 following his victory in the general election of that year. The minister held many responsibilities which were"
"Department for Communities The Department for Communities is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Communities. The department was previously created in May 2016 following the Fresh Start Agreement and the dissolution of several departments, such as the Department for Social Development, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Department for Employment and Learning from which several functions have amalgamated. DfC's overall aim is ""tackling disadvantage and building sustainable communities"". The Department has been without a minister"
"Department for Communities The Department for Communities is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Communities. The department was previously created in May 2016 following the Fresh Start Agreement and the dissolution of several departments, such as the Department for Social Development, the Department of the Environment, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Department for Employment and Learning from which several functions have amalgamated. DfC's overall aim is ""tackling disadvantage and building sustainable communities"". The Department has been without a minister"
"Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary has overall responsibility for elections, local government, community planning, housing, welfare, the third sector, equality and human rights. The Cabinet Secretary is assisted by a junior Minister, the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning. The role also formerly had responsibility for social security, with the Minister for Social Security being a junior minister supporting the cabinet secretary, but in June 2018 this position was raised to cabinet, becoming the Cabinet Secretary for Social"
"Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Shadow Secretary of State for Communities, and Local Government is a position with the UK Opposition's Shadow Cabinet; if elected, the designated person is a likely choice to become the new Communities Secretary. The position has existed in many iterations, first as Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997 after the Government's reorganisation. The portfolio shifted among government departments for many years until resting on its current name in 2006. Under Michael Howard, the arrangement was slightly different. There was a Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs"
"and the Regions. The ODPM was criticised in some quarters for adding little value and the Environmental Audit Committee had reported negatively on the department in the past. During the 5 May 2006 reshuffle of Tony Blair's government, it was renamed and Ruth Kelly succeeded David Miliband to become the first Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). In January 2018, as part of Theresa May’s Cabinet Reshuffle, the department was renamed the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Ministry is responsible for UK Government policy in"
"government. He was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on 13 October 2018. Seán Canney Seán Canney (born 6 April 1960) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development since October 2018. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016. He previously served as Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief from 2016 to 2017. A native of Belclare, Tuam, County"
"across in re-shuffle to ""Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government"". Javid was appointed as the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in July 2016, by new Prime Minister, Theresa May. He has focused in particular on increasing housing supply in the role, including a new generation of affordable and council housing. He had previously described council homes as ""poor housing for the poor"", but helped secure funds for new local council building in the 2017 budget. In 2017, Javid threatened to cancel Europe's largest Palestine convention, Palestine Expo. Javid, whose department controlled the QEII Centre, had"
"Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) ""for services to the Civil Service in the field of Economic Policy"". Melanie Dawes Melanie Henrietta Dawes, CB (born 9 March 1966) is a British economist and civil servant. Since March 2015, she has been Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government. She was the first permanent secretary to be appointed under a new scheme in which the Prime Minister has the final say over selection. She previously worked at HM Treasury, at HM Revenue and Customs, and in the Cabinet Office. Dawes was born on 9 March 1966."
"Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet. The minister supports the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government, who has overall responsible for the portfolio. The current Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning is Kevin Stewart MSP, who was appointed on 18 May 2016. The minister is responsible for housing, local government, planning, building standards, Business Improvement Districts, community planning, homelessness, regeneration, and fuel poverty. In 2011, the position of Minister"
"Pensioners' Rights as a result of Nicola Sturgeon's first reshuffle after she became First Minister in November 2014, with Alex Neil being given the role. This was further rebranded in May 2016 as Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities in the second Sturgeon government. Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government is a position in the Scottish Government Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary has overall responsibility for elections, local government, community planning, housing, welfare, the third sector, equality and human rights. The Cabinet Secretary is assisted by a junior Minister, the"
"respective jurisdictions. The MHCLG's ministers are as follows: The Permanent Secretary is Melanie Dawes who took up her post on 1 March 2015. Henry Smith was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 26 May 2015. MHCLG was formed in July 2001 as part of the Cabinet Office with the title Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), headed by the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. In May 2002 the ODPM became a separate department after absorbing the local government and regions portfolios from the defunct Department for Transport, Local Government"
"ministers responsible for local government since 1964 have been known as the Minister for Local Government, apart from Caroline Hogg (1991-1992), whose title was Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs. Since November 2018, the Minister for Local Government has been Adem Somyurek, Minister in the Labor Andrews Ministry. Minister for Local Government (Victoria) The Minister for Local Government in the Government of the Australian state of Victoria is the Minister responsible for supervising the activities of local government councils in the state, recommending allocation of grants to local governments for projects, assessing processes for redistributing municipal boundaries according to"
"communities and homelands, government employee housing, homelessness services, housing, interpreting and translating services, local government, local government funding, local government elections and electoral matters, public housing, and remote communities and homelands. They are also responsible for the Jabiru Town Development Authority and the Northern Territory Grants Commission. The current minister is Gerry McCarthy (Labor). He was sworn in on 12 September 2016 following the Labor victory at the 2016 election. Minister for Housing and Community Development (Northern Territory) The Northern Territory Minister for Housing and Community Development is a Minister of the Crown in the Government of the Northern Territory."
"Local Government. It brought together functions which had existed in the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs between 2002 and 2010. Department of Rural and Community Development The Department of Rural and Community Development () is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Rural and Community Development who is assisted by one Minister of State. The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in 10–11 Leinster Street South, Dublin 2. The departmental team consists of the following: Agencies and Bodies under the Department's Aegis: Rural: Town and Village Renewal scheme, Rural"
"General Administration responsible for: The Ministry of Develoment employs the following Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of State: (1) Minister of Communications(2) Minister of Public Works(3) Minister of Public Works and Communications(4) Minister of Communications and the Merchant Navy(5) Minister of Communications, Transport and Public Works(6) Minister of Communications and Transport(7) Minister of Public Works and Urban Development(8) Minister of Public Works, Transport and the Environment(9) Minister of Development(10) Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Public Works(11) Minister of General Improvement of the Kingdom(12) Minister of Commerce, Education and Public Works(13) Minister of Inner Affairs(14) Royal Secretary of General Improvement of"
"Department of Rural and Community Development The Department of Rural and Community Development () is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Rural and Community Development who is assisted by one Minister of State. The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are in 10–11 Leinster Street South, Dublin 2. The departmental team consists of the following: Agencies and Bodies under the Department's Aegis: Rural: Town and Village Renewal scheme, Rural Recreation Infrastructure Scheme , Rural Walks Scheme, Rural Development Fund, CLÁR, LEADER programme, Tidy Towns competition, Dormant Accounts Fund (also supporting disadvantaged"
"Director General of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat in the Cabinet Office. In January 2015, Dawes was announced as the next Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government, succeeding Sir Bob Kerslake. She was the first permanent secretary to be appointed under a new scheme in which the Prime Minister has the final say in the recruitment process; the PM now chooses directly from a list created by the Civil Service Commissioners, rather than only having a veto over the Commissioners' preferred candidate. She took up the position on 1 March 2015. As of 2015, Dawes was"
"in Shadow Cabinet who supervised a Shadow Local Government Secretary and a Shadow Regions Secretary outside of it. The current Shadow Communities Secretary, as of June 2017, is Andrew Gwynne. Following the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle, Theresa May added Housing in England to the portfolio. However, the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn, has a Shadow Communities Secretary, along with a separate Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, as Corbyn has indicated that if Labour form the next government, they will create a separate government department for housing. Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Shadow Secretary of State"
"Minister for Local Government (Western Australia) The Minister for Local Government is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1949 during the McLarty–Watts Ministry. The minister, who may also hold other portfolios, is responsible for the relationships between the state government and the local government areas of Western Australia, often facilitated through the WA Local Government Association (WALGA). The current Minister for Local Government is David Templeman of the Labor Party, who holds the position as a member of the McGowan Ministry. 22 people have been appointed as Minister for Local Government in Western Australia, with"
"secretary is H. T. Kamal Pathmasiri. The ministry has had oversight of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution. Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government The Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government (Sinhala: පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය ""Palāth Sabha hā Palāth Pālana Amathyanshaya""; Tamil: மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of"
"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is the UK Government department for housing, communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001. Its headquarters is located at 2 Marsham Street, London. It was renamed to add Housing to its title and changed to a ministry in January 2018. There are corresponding departments in the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, responsible for communities and local government in their"
"Minister of Local Government and Modernisation (Norway) The Minister of Local Government and Modernisation () is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Since 16 October 2013 the position has been held by Jan Tore Sanner of the Conservative Party. The ministry is responsible for local administration, including municipalities and county municipalities, rural and regional policy, information technology, elections and government administration, including management of state real estate and government employment. Major subordinate agencies include the Government Administration Services, Statsbygg, the Competition Authority, the National Office of Building Technology and Administration,"
"Catherine Byrne (Irish politician) Catherine Byrne (born 26 February 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Health Promotion since June 2017 and Minister of State for Communities and the National Drugs Strategy since May 2016. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency since 2007. She previously served as Deputy Chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from 2014 to 2016 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 2005 to 2006. Byrne stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 2002 general election, she was elected on her next attempt"
"Minister for Community Services (Western Australia) Minister for Community Services is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Simone McGurk of the Labor Party. The position was first created after the 1943 state election, for the government of John Willcock. It was abolished in 1947 and not recreated until 1971, but has existed in most governments since then. The minister is one of the ministers responsible for the state government's Department of Local Government and Communities. Between 1986 and 2001 there was a separate minister titled either Minister for the Family or Minister for Family and"
"Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government The Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government (Sinhala: පළාත් සභා හා පළාත් පාලන අමාත්‍යාංශය ""Palāth Sabha hā Palāth Pālana Amathyanshaya""; Tamil: மாகாண சபைகள் மற்றும் உள்ளூராட்சி அமைச்சு) is a cabinet ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka responsible for provincial councils and local government. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on provincial councils and Local Government and other subjects which come under its purview. The current Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government is Faiszer Musthapha. The State Minister for the ministry, Piyankara Jayaratne, resigned in 2016. The ministry's"
"of Urban Development, through the Directorate of Local Bodies, is also responsible for proper functioning of local bodies, especially the Municipal Corporations, by providing financial assistance and other type of grants to local bodies. In addition the department is also responsible for providing cities with proper sanitation, infrastructure and other civic amenities. Suresh Kumar Khanna, is the Cabinet Minister responsible for Department of Urban Development while Girish Kumar Yadav is Minister of State in Department of Urban Development. The department's administration is headed by the Principal Secretary, who is an IAS officer, who is assisted by six Special Secretaries, two"
"Seán Canney Seán Canney (born 6 April 1960) is an Irish Independent politician who has served as Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development since October 2018. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway East constituency since 2016. He previously served as Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief from 2016 to 2017. A native of Belclare, Tuam, County Galway. Canney was campaign manager for his brother-in-law, Paddy McHugh, in the 2002 general election, in which McHugh successfully gained a seat in the Galway East constituency. As an"