Press Release: Prescott sets out European sustainable communities vision

A drive to develop a European approach to creating sustainable communities was launched on 1 February 2005 by the UK Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. In his keynote address to the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit, which took place in Manchester from 31 January to 2 February 2005, Mr Prescott said he wanted to use the UK Presidency of the European Union to set up a new, Europe-wide framework for creating places where people want to live.

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United Kingdom: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Speech, 1.2.05 http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_about/documents/pdf/odpm_about_pdf_034864.pdf

United Kingdom: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Speech, 1.2.05 http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_about/documents/page/odpm_about_034864.hcsp?s=1

United Kingdom: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Sustainable communities: Summit 2005: The Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit, 31 January - 2 February 2005 http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_communities/documents/divisionhomepage/029192.hcsp

United Kingdom: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Sustainable communities http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_communities/documents/sectionhomepage/odpm_communities_page.hcsp

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