Local authorities should offer council tax rebates to people who spend significant time volunteering in parks and other green spaces, a report by the centre-Right think-tank Policy Exchange has...
Loans for a project to power some 20,000 Scottish homes and a whisky distillery through biomass energy will be guaranteed by the government, it has been confirmed.
Councils have called for local communities to be given as much as 10% of the revenues from local shale gas initiatives after the government opened up the bidding processes for fracking sites.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Rural Payments Agency have filed a clean set of accounts for the first time in six years, the National Audit Office confirmed today.
The National Audit Office has criticised the government for awarding £16.6bn worth of contracts for eight renewable energy generation projects without a competition.
The management of three local authority-led Private Finance Initiative waste projects has been criticised by government auditors for a lack of clarity.
Public sector procurement of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset could save taxpayers around £12.4bn over 35 years, a report from the CentreForum think-tank has said.
MPs have today launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of the government’s planning reforms amid concerns that some councils are engaging in poor practice to meet Whitehall targets.
Local authorities have welcomed the announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron that people whose homes have been flooded following recent storms in England will receive a council tax rebate.
Parliament should be given greater opportunity to scrutinise the funds raised and spent on green energy schemes through levies on electricity and gas bills, MPs said today
Companies hit by the current spate of flooding will be given business rate relief, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today as he set out a package of measures designed to give financial help to...
A government agency extended the contract with a private sector consortium to decommission the Sellafield nuclear plant despite its poor performance and ‘astonishing’ cost increases, MPs have said...
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
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.
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...
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.
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...
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
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has issued new Whitehall bin guidance to every council in England, urging town halls to support weekly rubbish collections