The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report that focuses on flood protection. The Local Government Association (LGA) has responded to the report, backing the work...
Echo Managed Services, a specialist outsourcer, has published findings that local authorities, along with energy companies, are most likely to use the worst practices in terms...
Today a major new coalition of businesses, cities, trade unions and NGOs, are calling on EU leaders to act on the Paris Agreement and ensure that...
The UK’s public parks are in decline because of a lack of funding and many local authorities are considering selling them off – despite being one...
Student pressure group People & Planet took to the offices of advocacy organisation Universities UK (UUK) on Thursday, in a campaign against British universities’ investments in...
On Thursday May 22, Britons will take to the polls to vote for who they want to represent them in their local councils and in the...
Local authorities across Britain have moved to deny any “conflict of interest” after it was revealed some of the councils that will decide the fate of...
Eminent bishop and Nobel peace prize winner Desmond Tutu has called on businesses to cut ties with the fossil fuels industry, in the same way as...
The Labour party has pledged that if it wins the next general election, it will provide a funding boost to councils and give cities more autonomy,...
What is being done to drive the transition toward a more sustainable society? Nicky Stubbs recently went to the Urban Integration conference held in Sheffield to...
The Department for Transport has said an additional £140m will be given to local councils in order to help them repair roads damaged by the recent...
Local authorities across the UK are providing around £3m worth of support to local food banks, a BBC Panorama investigation has found. According to the investigation,...
The UK floods prove we should move beyond emergency response and build institutions and infrastructure to create enduring resilience across all social groups, says Clare Downing. If...
The Department of Transport is inviting local authorities outside of London to bid for a share of a £78 million fund for sustainable transport schemes. Authorities...
More than half of councils in England that preside over greenbelt land are preparing to offer some of it to developers, while perfectly suitable brownfield sites...