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10 Feb 14
Treasury rules prevented the Environment Agency from investing in river dredging in flood-hit Somerset, the organisation’s chair claimed today
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6 Feb 14
Local government secretary Eric Pickles has announced changes to the Bellwin scheme to provide extra assistance to councils hit by the floods and storms in recent months
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17 Jan 14
Local government minister Brandon Lewis has announced that councils in England will be given an extra £6.7m in Whitehall funding to cover the cost of repairs following this winter’s floods.
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17 Jan 14
Councils have urged Whitehall to set up a highway maintenance emergency fund following this winter’s bout of extreme winter storms and flooding.
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14 Jan 14
The Scottish Government has rejected David Cameron’s plan to boost the shale gas industry through fiscal incentives to local authorities, and warned any fracking projects proposed in Scotland would...
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13 Jan 14
Some councils are struggling to undertake the required inspections of food businesses, which could lead to an increased risk to public health, a survey of town halls has found.
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13 Jan 14
Local authorities will retain all of the business rates raised from local shale gas developments, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today as part of the government’s drive to go ‘all out’ to...
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6 Jan 14
A committee of MPs has warned that cuts to Whitehall environment funding could leave government agencies unable to respond to emergencies like the flooding seen across England over the last month
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6 Jan 14
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has issued new Whitehall bin guidance to every council in England, urging town halls to support weekly rubbish collections
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3 Jan 14
The UK’s transport networks remain vulnerable to disruption from periods of adverse winter weather, which could hit economic growth, MPs have warned today
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24 Dec 13
The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
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2 Dec 13
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has today set out plans to move some government-mandated green levies on fuel bills into general taxation in a bid to limit the price rises being faced by consumers.
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29 Nov 13
Councils should be encouraged to make ‘aggressive’ use of compulsory purchase orders to help bring about an urban regeneration, the Distressed Town Centre Property Taskforce has recommended.
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15 Nov 13
Economic growth and quality of life in a host of regional cities is outstripping London as the capital ‘pays the price’ due to its problems with transport congestion, housing affordability and income...
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8 Nov 13
Can sustainability and integrated reporting address concerns about the complexity and relevance of annual reporting?
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30 Oct 13
There are signs of recovery all around, from GDP growth figures to rising house prices. So has the chancellor, as he claims, won the austerity debate, or is short-termism and poor policy-making...
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28 Oct 13
Councils across southern England and Wales are squaring up to the aftermath of the worst storm to hit the country in almost three decades
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25 Oct 13
Councils have urged energy companies to work with them to deliver a government-mandated energy efficiency programme after finding the scheme is falling behind schedule
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26 Sep 13
The coalition's infrastructure plan is said to be the biggest programme of public works since the Victorian era. The only issue is getting it off the drawing board, says Mark Hellowell
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24 Sep 13
Charity shops, cheque cashiers and bookmakers are replacing traditional high street shops across the UK, research by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found
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11 Sep 13
The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
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5 Aug 13
Some UK coastal towns are suffering ‘severe social breakdown’, plagued by high levels of unemployment and poverty, a think-tank has warned.
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30 Jul 13
Councils face being stripped of planning powers on dubious grounds, the Local Government Association has warned.
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28 Jun 13
The man who promised to 'intervene before breakfast, lunch and dinner' is back, and demanding a new local growth plan. Lord Heseltine talked to Judy Hirst ahead of the Spending Review
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13 Jun 13
The Treasury has launched an initiative to cut costs in projects built using the controversial Private Finance Initiative by urging private operators of hospitals and schools to agree to a code of...
10 Feb 14Treasury rules prevented the Environment Agency from investing in river dredging in flood-hit Somerset, the organisation’s chair claimed today
17 Jan 14Local government minister Brandon Lewis has announced that councils in England will be given an extra £6.7m in Whitehall funding to cover the cost of repairs following this winter’s floods.
13 Jan 14Local authorities will retain all of the business rates raised from local shale gas developments, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today as part of the government’s drive to go ‘all out’ to...
24 Dec 13The government has written to councils to confirm the Bellwin compensation scheme to support areas hit by flooding has been activated, and ministers also called for assurances that town halls are...
8 Nov 13Can sustainability and integrated reporting address concerns about the complexity and relevance of annual reporting?
30 Oct 13There are signs of recovery all around, from GDP growth figures to rising house prices. So has the chancellor, as he claims, won the austerity debate, or is short-termism and poor policy-making...
28 Oct 13Councils across southern England and Wales are squaring up to the aftermath of the worst storm to hit the country in almost three decades
25 Oct 13Councils have urged energy companies to work with them to deliver a government-mandated energy efficiency programme after finding the scheme is falling behind schedule
26 Sep 13The coalition's infrastructure plan is said to be the biggest programme of public works since the Victorian era. The only issue is getting it off the drawing board, says Mark Hellowell
11 Sep 13The number of people working in local government fell by nearly 50,000 in the second quarter of 2013, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics today.
28 Jun 13The man who promised to 'intervene before breakfast, lunch and dinner' is back, and demanding a new local growth plan. Lord Heseltine talked to Judy Hirst ahead of the Spending Review
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