The country's first eco-towns took a step closer to becoming reality when Housing Minister Caroline Flint today announced 15 potential locations ... read more
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has said that we need to take the fight against climate change into our homes and living rooms as he sets out ... read more
The President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England author Bill Bryson, has launched Stop the Drop, the charity's major campaign against the ... read more
Children across the country are to get an extra 3,500 play areas and 30 local authorities will get £2 million each to build new adventure ... read more
Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government have launched a joint consultation on a strategy to improve and protect honey bee health. Honey bees ... read more
Draft legislation to unify heritage protection regimes, allow greater public involvement in decisions and place heritage at the heart of the ... read more
New powers to make parking enforcement more motorist-friendly and reduce disruption or delays when roads are dug up come into force from 31st ... read more
Local Government Minister John Healey has announced that councils will have more powers to hold their members to account for their conduct. The ... read more
Up to 70 per cent of all litter offences go unpunished because of a legal loophole that makes it almost impossible to tackle louts who throw ... read more
Plans for two new unitary authorities in Bedfordshire received parliamentary approval on 28th March. The councils, which will respectively cover ... read more
Planning applications generate around one million consultation requests per year: from Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to a wide range of consultees ... read more