A campaign and report that was launched today to build pressure on London councils to drastically improve food waste separation and recycling rates aiming to reduce the...
Social Enterprise UK have released a new report showing how English councils use the Public Services (Social Value) Act. “Procuring for Good” is based on findings...
MP Brandon Lewis announced government funding to incentivise building on derelict, disused sites in the UK on Tuesday. The fund is part of a bid to...
Five of the largest local authority pension funds have announced a commitment of £152m to the UK social impact investment market. In May last year, the...
Environmental campaigners and local and central government must do more to encourage activism at home, according to a new report that calls for “a revolution 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...
The Anglican Church in New Zealand and Polynesia has committed to divesting from fossil fuel companies by 2016, in an effort to slowdown global warming and...
Four Conservative council leaders have criticised the communities secretary Eric Pickles, saying that his decision to scrap the local welfare assistance (LWA) fund was pushing families...
The board of trustees at the prestigious Californian university Stanford has decided not to make any more direct investments in coal mining companies, saying the energy...
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...
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,...
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...
This time last year, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins made a bold statement to the bank’s 140,000 employees across the world. Unveiling a set of five...
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...
2014 will be a difficult year for bus services in England, campaigners have warned, as new figures show that the last 12 months has seen local...