New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
East Devon council plans £3.4m public toilet revamp
22/09/2025 East Devon District Council are set to discuss moving forward with the next phase of its ambitious £3.4m public toilet refurbishment programme. |
Toilet access depends on biological sex, watchdog says
28/04/2025 The equalities watchdog has issued interim guidance for public bodies outlining the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a ‘woman’. |
Government told to ‘spend a penny’ on public toilets
10/02/2025 Campaigners have launched a new campaign to encourage the Government to invest in the delivery of public toilets. |
Age UK London calls for immediate action on toilet provision
16/01/2025 London boroughs, the Mayor’s Office, Transport for London and the Government have been urged to improve public toilet provision in the capital. |
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’. |
