Eric Pickles praises the Daily Telegraph's campaign to bring back weekly bin collections.

Councillors have a "moral duty" to sign up to the government's council tax freeze, according to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.

Councillors have a "moral duty" to sign up to the government's council tax freeze, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says.

Civil servants have started to dine out at McDonald's and Burger King after a spending purge at a department run by Eric Pickles.

The Local Government and Communities Secretary visits Essex's Olympic mountain biking course in Essex.

A group of city councils has warned that the gap between more prosperous and less well-off authorities will widen as a result of Eric Pickles’ policy

The government’s incompetence was further demonstrated by Eric Pickles’ stupid statement earlier this week that jeopardised the heads of agreement achieved by UNITE, UNISON and GMB with the Local Government Association on behalf of all the unions involved with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Fortunately that ripple in the process has now been overcome

The government’s incompetence was further demonstrated by Eric Pickles’ stupid statement earlier this week that jeopardised the heads of agreement achieved by UNITE, UNISON and GMB with the Local Government Association on behalf of all the unions involved with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Fortunately that ripple in the process has now been overcome by

Hopes of a quick settlement to the public sector pensions dispute have been dashed as trade unions accus Eric Pickles, the Local Government Secretary, of "undermining" an agreement.

Strange: Clegg’s announcement, ironically, came shortly after local government secretary Eric Pickles made clear that, after two years of a council tax freeze in England, he will intervene if authorities approve rises above 3.5% next year. Using new legislation, he will order local referendums to get approval from electors for any increase above this level.