What really caused the council funding crisis?
Max Mosley, NIESR, explores the origins of the local government funding crisis and warns the next government will have to act quickly to address it.
Clampdown on gender neutral toilets launched
14/08/2023 All new public buildings will be required to have single-sex male and female toilets, the Government announced on Sunday. |
Time to talk toilets
08/08/2023 John McGeachy, senior campaign manager at Age UK London, outlines why public toilets are an important consideration for council teams. |
Council declares ‘pee-back time’
15/12/2022 Westminster City Council is cracking down on revellers who use Soho’s streets as a public urinal. |
Minister confirms over 500 new accessible toilets to be built
24/03/2022 Funding announced in yesterday’s Spring Statement will help provide over 500 new Changing Places Toilets in England, ministerial disability champion confirms. |
Councils urged to invest in public toilets
30/11/2021 The majority of UK adults want more investment from local councils to ensure that public toilets are clean and safe, a new survey has revealed. |
Closure of public toilets ‘threat to health’, warns report
23/05/2019 The decline in public toilets is a threat to health, mobility, and equality, according to a public health body. |
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Accessible toilets to be compulsory in new public buildings
13/05/2019 The Government has published proposals to make toilets that are accessible for disabled people compulsory in all new or refurbished public buildings. |
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Ensuring a hygienic washroom experience for women
13/02/2019 Sian Walkling outlines the considerations that councils should make when it comes to sanitary hygiene. |
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London mayor calls for more gender-neutral toilets
29/11/2017 The mayor of London has called for the provision of more gender-neutral toilets to help trans and non-binary people ‘feel more comfortable’. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
