Prescott's demolition plan 'losing votes'
Press Review 28 April 2005
John Prescott's urban regeneration plans threaten 400,000 homes across the North and the Midlands, and up to 25 Labour candidates think the party will lose votes as a result.
FBU blasts 'burying' of fire safety report
News Article 4 April 2005
Firefighters' lives are being put at risk because the government has swept a groundbreaking safety report under the carpet, according to union leaders.
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Go easy on Gypsies, Prescott tells councils
Press Review 8 March 2005
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has urged councils to go easy on gypsies who set up camps in contravention of planning rules.
ODPM 'should be downsized'
News Article 26 January 2005
The Conservatives have pointed to a new select committee report as proof that John Prescott's government department is "badly structured and inefficient".
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Conservatives plan to axe ODPM
News Article 10 January 2005
The Tories have detailed plans to save £2.3 billion by scrapping John Prescott's department
Tories to scrap Prescott's fiefdom
Press Review 10 January 2005
The Conservatives would axe the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister as part of the James review of government efficiency.
Prescott plans new cheap housing
Press Review 4 January 2005
Young couples and single people priced out of the housing market could get subsidised loans underpinned by the government under plans to extend home ownership and increase social mobility.
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Housing and councils benefit from rising funds
News Article 12 July 2004
The government has promised more cash for house building to overcome Britain's property price crisis.
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Prescott's Kitchen opens
Press Review 19 May 2004
The Times reports on a visit by John Prescott yesterday to the "Hoxton Experience", part of a charitable project into which the deputy prime minister’s office has put £500,000, which will see homeless or disadvantaged people trained to cook.
Ministers under fire over housing policy
Press Review 16 April 2004
Housing charity Shelter has claimed that more than a million children are suffering from poor health and education because of overcrowding resulting from the government's property policy.
