Effectively managing micro-mobility systems
Giles K Bailey explains how local authorities can ensure micro-mobility systems delivering their full potential.
Councils taking ‘zero tolerance’ approach to community posters
25/11/2019 Nearly half of councils remove all posters put up by community groups, a new investigation has revealed. |
Liberty to bring legal challenge against Legal Aid Agency
23/10/2018 A civil liberties group will take the Government to court over its refusal to provide legal aid to those wishing to challenge councils over their use of anti-social behaviour legislation. |
Ealing Council is first to approve abortion clinic safe zone
11/04/2018 Ealing has become the first council in the UK to introduce a ‘safe zone’ around an abortion clinic. |
Nearly half of councils using powers to ban anti-social behaviour
31/07/2017 More than 100 councils have used new powers to curb a range of anti-social behaviour – from begging to swearing – in a 16-month time period, according to a new report. |
Council to use PSPOs to ‘crackdown’ on dog walkers
28/03/2017 A London borough is looking to crackdown on professional dog walkers after complaints dogs are spoiling the area’s parks. |
Somerset considers banning drones
22/08/2016 A council in the South West is considering introducing a PSPO in order to ban the use of drones in public places. |
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
