Nine ways to create a good design code
Jane Dann outlines the nine steps that local authorities can take to get a good code in place.
London boroughs start record number of council homes last year
27/05/2022 A record number of council homes were started last year in London, according to official figures. |
New app brings historic tales to life in Leicester
26/05/2022 A new app to bring historic stories connected with Leicester Market to life has been launched. |
District declares a 'cost of living emergency'
25/05/2022 Mendip has become the latest council to declare a cost of living emergency. |
Councils warn illicit tobacco could undermine smoking cessation efforts
23/05/2022 Council leaders have warned the cost of living crisis could cause more people to use cheap counterfeit tobacco, widening health disparities. |
Call to deploy legal advisers in council spaces
23/05/2022 Legal advisers should be deployed in council offices and other public locations to provide access to civil justice, a think tank has argued. |
Eight places given city status to mark Platinum Jubilee
20/05/2022 Eight locations have been awarded city status as part of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebrations. |
Eight more projects benefit from Community Ownership Fund
19/05/2022 Community groups have been given more than £2.2m of government funding to take control of eight venues at risk of being lost forever. |
Councillors back move to hybrid model of council meetings
19/05/2022 Over two-thirds of councillors believe a permanent move to a hybrid model of both online and in-person council meetings would improve the diversity of local councils, according to a new survey. |
First Welsh council joins digital Local Land Charges register
19/05/2022 Swansea has become the first Welsh local authority to move its local land charges to a digital register. |
Belfast tops index for economic vitality growth
11/05/2022 Belfast has achieved the highest growth in economic vitality out of 20 key cities in the UK, a new index has revealed. |
Call to limit new waste incinerators in Scotland
11/05/2022 An independent review has called for a cap on future waste incineration capacity in Scotland. |
Queen's Speech: New measures to raise education standards
10/05/2022 Local authorities will have a new duty to provide support to home-schooling families under new measures to reform education. |
Council restarts development following nutrient neutrality analysis
10/05/2022 Havant Borough Council has been able to lift the block on housing development in the area following analysis into nutrient neutrality. |
Charity warns of 'rapid rise' in food poverty
09/05/2022 More than seven million people live in households that have been forced to skip meals because they couldn't afford or get access to food, new data has revealed. |
Free bus travel for Ukrainian refugees in Wales
09/05/2022 Refugees fleeing from Ukraine will receive free travel on local bus services, under plans announced by the Welsh Government. |
Council agrees to pay extra costs for bridge restoration project
05/05/2022 Newport City Council has agreed to pay the extra costs for the Transporter Bridge transformation project after the original contractors went into administration. |
Councils allocated £28m to cover costs of council tax rebate
05/05/2022 Local authorities have been allocated just over £28m to help cover the costs of administrating the council tax rebate scheme. |
'Nutrient neutrality' rules are delaying up to 100,000 new homes
04/05/2022 Up to 100,000 new homes are being delayed due to new regulations around 'nutrient neutrality', according to new research. |
Green spaces provide £25.6bn of ‘welfare value’ every year, study finds
04/05/2022 A new study has shown that parks and green spaces in England and Wales provide adults with £25.6bn of ‘welfare value’ each year. |
New trial to crack down on 'rowdy' motorists
03/05/2022 A new trial to help local authorities tackle loud engines and exhausts on Britain’s noisiest streets has been launched by the Government. |
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.
