A pilot that will involve using an innovative funding mechanism to fund a Government project aimed at reducing reoffending rates has received £6 million from the Big Lottery Fund.

Grassroots community groups are an "easy target" for government budget cuts, a think-tank has warned.

Voluntary and community sector organisations are 'welcome' to get involved in the negotiations to establish LEPs which are set to regional development agencies (RDAs).

Developer Peel Holdings has independently submitted a bid to ministers to create a local enterprise partnership in the North-West.

 Proposals to regenerate part of Rochdale's town centre have taken a step forward after the council's development partner Genr8 agreed a funding deal with real estate investor Kajima.

The Government’s Regional Growth Fund to provide support for projects that offer potential for sustainable economic growth and new private sector employment was launched on 30th June

An inquiry into new Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) was launched by a committee of MPs in July.

Regeneration projects in the North West could receive an investment boost after the selection of a preferred bidder to establish a major new fund.

The new public-private partnerships LEPs are to be handed a "lead role" in coordinating funding through the coalition's planned £1 billion Regional Growth Fund.

More than 100 projects that approached the NWDA for funding in the current financial year will not receive the cash following £52 million of cuts to the agency's budget in 2010/11.

The Big Lottery Fund  has launched a £200m  fund to help regenerate up to 150 neighbourhoods across England that have previously found it difficult to access renewal funding.

Development trusts and community groups could lose their ability to innovate if more start delivering statutory public services under the Government's 'Big Society' plans.

Contracts worth £1.64 million are cancelled by Government as Right to Bid initiative is shut down in system overhaul.

Four Communities in England will be eligible to apply for funding from a new Big Society Bank under plans outlined today by the Prime Minister to create a generation of volunteers. <

The housing minister has signalled his intention to scrap a nationwide survey that gauges residents' perceptions of their areas and local services.

Funding for the LEPs with which the coalition government intends to replace RDAs could come from local authorities pooling their resources in addition to coming from the budgets of RDAs.

The coalition Government today announced plans to allow communities in rural areas to build homes, shops and other facilities without requiring planning permission.

The gap in life expectancy between those living in the richest and poorest areas is at its highest level since records began, according to a new study.

Greater Manchester is likely to form a local enterprise partnership (LEP) following the abolition of the North West Regional Development Agency.

New communities secretary Eric Pickles will make devolving power from Whitehall to local councils his number one priority, he told an audience at the House of Commons last night.