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- The Council Tax (Chargeable Dwellings and Liability for Owners) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1175)
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- The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/982)
- The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/989 (C. 57)
- The Levelling up and Regeneration Bill
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- The Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1168)
- The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI 2023/1068)
- The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 7) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1172)
- Tower block evacuated over structural concerns
- November 2023
- 'Make Things Right'
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- APPOINTMENTS: Ofsted chief inspector
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- Energy bills cut for social housing tenants
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- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE NOVEMBER 2023
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- The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1046)
- The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 (SI 2023/1040)
- The Post Office Horizon Shortfall Scheme and Group Litigation Order Compensation Payments (Inheritance Tax Relief) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1009)
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (No. 2) (Wales) Order 2023 (SI 2023/1067 (W. 181))
- The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1001)
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- October 2023
- 5 million vapes discarded every week
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- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE OCTOBER 2023
- Home adaptation funding
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- National Drought Group
- Nitrous oxide to be illegal
- Online animal cruelty content
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- Schools shut over safety concerns
- State funding renewables
- Stoke-on-Trent Council at risk
- The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/876 (C. 47))
- The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/982)
- The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/989 (C.57))
- The Immigration (Passenger Transit Visa) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI 2023/980)
- The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI 2023/977)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/972)
- The Personal Injuries (NHS Charges) (Amounts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/969)
- Town hall resilience data
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- Wales raises £400 million in tax revenue
- Water pollution requirements eased
- Welsh and English councils partnership
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- September 2023
- APPOINTMENTS: Dean of Truro
- Awaab’s law
- Ban disposable vapes say councils
- Brent issues first ban on ‘criminal' landlord
- Care regime for teens unaffordable – CCN
- Communities at heart of fund to boost growth
- Communities welcome hundreds of refugee families
- Community wins backing for solar farm
- CONSULTATIONS: Inserts in cigarette packs to help smokers quit
- CONSULTATIONS: Unlimited fines for worst polluters
- Councils chosen for family-centred social care trials
- Councils face £18 million bill from new housing standards
- Councils face £5 billion deficit
- Courts operate at full throttle to cut delays
- Don’t use unregistered children’s homes – Ofsted
- Free access to cash protected
- Free childcare: Welsh parents want more help
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2023
- Future of chess to be transformed
- GP surgeries to have digital phone-lines by March
- Green Belt will solve climate change – CPRE
- Increase in ‘busybody’ offences
- Internal audit helps local councils – fact or fiction?
- NALC and LGA boost development of larger councils
- NALC develops planning guide
- New requirements for separate male and female toilets
- One-stop shop helps businesses save money and go green
- Playgrounds crumble as council budgets fall
- Rural bus services at ‘historic low’
- Service costs ‘unmanageable’, city council warns
- Skills shortage will worsen with end of European fund
- The Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/900)
- The Official Statistics Order 2023 (SI 2023/878)
- The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 12) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/789 (C.41)
- The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/882)
- The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/871)
- United Utilities Water fined £800,000 for taking too much water from environment
- Wales faces 25% bus service loss
- Welsh coalmine to close in November
- Wet July sees rise in pothole-related breakdowns
- White Ribbon accreditation
- Whitehall impeding local potential for climate action
- Youth centres to benefit from £70 million investment
- £250 million to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds
- August 2023
- 1.5 million people benefit from government online services
- All state secondary schools have defibrillators
- Appeal a planning decision
- APPOINTMENTS: Local Authority of the Year
- Asylum seekers arrive at former military site
- Bigger fines come in for littering and fly-tipping
- British nationals to go to top of council housing lists
- Campaign to boost free bus travel
- CONSULTATION: E-bike survey
- Coronation Living Heritage Fund
- Council tax arrears hits £5.5 billion
- Criminals manage 20% of England’s waste – survey
- Disposable vapes cause fires – crackdown demanded
- Free school meals: three Welsh councils make holiday payments
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE AUGUST 2023
- History education improves
- Kew botanical drawings at risk of leaving the UK
- Libraries generate at least £3.4 billion in value a year
- Maths education improves - Ofsted
- Meal deals: unhealthy options restricted in Wales
- Pizza shop appeal rejected over obesity fears
- Prepayment meter customers pay less for energy
- Prince William campaigns against homelessness
- Remote meetings – survey outcome
- Rivers polluted by ‘reckless’ Thames Water
- RSH seeks social and council landlords for data pilot
- Social housing review
- Sunday Times asbestos campaign
- The Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme Closure (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/743)
- The Post Office Horizon Shortfall Scheme Top-Up Payments (Tax Exemptions) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/772)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI 2023/747)
- Thousands of green buses needed to reach net zero
- Three marine areas given highest level of protection
- Tougher, swifter action against anti-social behaviour
- Unclaimed medals - can you help shape our service?
- USEFUL INFORMATION: Guidance to make campaigning more transparent
- Veterans’ Gateway moves to veterans’ affairs office
- Walking and cycling prescriptions trial published
- Water companies and environment – report
- Women’s football review published
- ‘Polluters must pay’ - unlimited penalties unveiled
- £1.2 million for councils to clear gum from streets
- £204 million boost for nurseries to support extra places
- July 2023
- Action to strengthen local care systems
- APPOINTMENTS: First Rural Connectivity Champion
- APPOINTMENTS: Welsh recipients recognised in the King’s first Birthday Honours
- Boost for Welsh electric vehicle charging points
- Chalk stream benefits from restoration project in Norfolk
- CONSULATIONS: Open. Near elimination of biodegradable waste to landfill
- Council DIY waste charges abolished
- Exeter’s flood defence scheme
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE JULY 2023
- Further support for tenant farmers
- Higher payment rates for farmers creating woodland
- Inflation forcing councils to make extra cuts
- Intervention at Woking Borough Council
- Nature recovery project
- New projects launched to help families thrive
- New specialist fraud squad for public services
- Open Space
- Over £450 million investment to improve school buildings
- Parish Precepts 2023-24
- Record number of teachers in England’s schools
- Shaun the Sheep becomes Countryside Code Champion
- Sheffield to be centre for policy jobs
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/611 (W. 92))
- The Public Order Act 1986 (Serious Disruption to the Life of the Community) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/655)
- The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/640)
- The Universal Credit (Childcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/593)
- Ukrainian families supported into own homes
- University Freedom of Speech Bill becomes law
- Workers’ rights wins for parents and carers
- £40 billion spent protecting families and businesses from energy costs
- £72 million boost for train services in Manchester and the north
- June 2023
- 700,000 households miss rent/mortgage payments
- APPOINTMENTS
- APPOINTMENTS: Political Honours conferred: June 2023
- Benefit fraud and error fall
- Big losses for Conservative councils
- British Tourist Authority
- Bucks council apologises after entire car park fined
- Calls for children schooled at home to be registered
- Cash injection for night shelters
- Children and young people lead reform of Welsh care services
- CONSULTATIONS: Changes to imported veterinary medicines
- CONSULTATIONS: Ethical standards framework in Wales
- Council tax reform ‘to deliver fairer system’
- Digital transformation of social care
- Farmers funded to protect the English landscape
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE JUNE 2023
- Funds to improve outside learning facilities boosted
- Gender pensions gap report
- Gove threatens to remove councils’ planning powers
- Intervention projects target stalkers and abusers
- Liverpool mayor launches bus franchise consultation
- Lump sum payment for war widows
- Make Welsh school uniforms cheaper - Minister
- More cash for community assets
- New CDCs 500,000 lifesaving checks a year
- One in 100 turned away due to voter ID
- Renters (Reform) Bill Impact Assessment statement
- Renters’ (Reform) Bill (NOW before Parliamant)
- Seabed mapping crucial to protect oceans
- STEM futures programme
- Support for post-pandemic absent rates in schools
- Thames Estuary 2100: time to plan time to act
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/530)
- The Building (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/504)
- The Charities (Dispositions of Land: Designated Advisers and Reports) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/467)
- The Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/456)
- The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI 2023/509)
- The Micro-chipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/468)
- The Public Order Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/502 (C. 26))
- The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI 2023/425)
- The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Temporary Increase) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/549)
- Transpennine Express brought into operator of last resort
- Use libraries to help get children 'school ready'
- Wales pilots primary school reading programme
- Welsh village opposes hotel refugee plan
- Wildlife and rural crime strategy launched
- Work to improve older people’s housing underway
- £2 bus fare cap extended
- £200 million to improve walking and cycling routes
- May 2023
- Action to reduce aviation carbon
- Answers from the House of Lords
- APPOINTMENT: NS&I Chief Executive
- Bailiffs breaking rules on ‘massive scale’
- Capture and storage of renewable energy
- Cemetery of the year awards
- CONSULTATION: Plans to improve local authority action on air quality
- Council seeks advice after minister agrees to solar farm
- Councils’ housing revenue heads into red
- Crown jewels to be projected onto Tower of London
- Data laws debated in Parliament
- Disabled children to benefit from funding for breaks
- District councils ‘starved of cash’
- Dorset barge will house migrants
- Fly-tipping crackdown continues with council grants
- Four new bathing spots
- Grant to boost tree production
- Holiday let rules to protect locals and support tourism
- Inspection work in progress Completed inspections awaiting publication
- Local Council Award Scheme
- NALC to lobby government on thresholds
- New unitary councils set to launch
- Open consultation: Increasing the weight limit for fuel tankers
- Pension changes could ease recruitment pressure
- Planning authorities receive £1 million skills boost
- Plans for new smart motorways cancelled
- Police have more time solve crimes and protect public
- Poor banking services highlighted
- Record £14 billion needed to fix pothole-ridden local roads
- Rural England Prosperity Fund
- Screens in London parks confirmed for Coronation
- Smart data project
- Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes
- State pension age review
- The disposal of land by parish councils
- The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/381 (C.18))
- The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2023 (SI 2023/392)
- The Good Councillor’s Guide – writers wanted
- The Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/396)
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/436)
- The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Order 2023 (SI 2023/425)
- The Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/383 (C. 19))
- The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/416)
- UNESCO World Heritage status
- ‘Postcode lottery’ undermines plastic recycling
- £1.4 billion to social housing for energy upgrades
- April 2023
- 20,000 homes ‘in limbo’ due to river pollution
- 320 criminals and immigration offenders returned
- APPOINTMENTS: Council for Science and Technology
- APPOINTMENTS: Environment Agency
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: Ban on hunting trophies
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: Data laws
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: Stop the boats
- Change policy on asylum accommodation
- Children's social worker numbers drop
- Councils with £3 billion in debt taken over
- Cultural investment fund
- Four new bathing sites in England
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE APRIL 2023
- Gove delivers ultimatum to 11 house-builders
- Gove launches campaign against mould
- Government supports Ofwat in tackling water company dividends
- Half of homeless children forced to move school
- Historic buildings refit could boost economy by £35 billion
- LGA to ‘beef up’ oversight
- Local plans: chief planner heads inspectorate
- Mandatory microchips for cats
- Open consultation: A new approach to environmental assessment
- Open consultation: Developers’ levy on housing and infrastructure
- Pedestrian slips, trips and falls
- Plymouth council forced to stop felling trees
- Public emergency alerts
- Public health grant of £3.5 billion ‘insufficient’
- Record rise in rough sleepers
- Rural councils faced with ‘hidden homelessness’
- School sports boosted
- The Budget 2023: Tens of billions for infrastructure
- The Education (School Day and School Year) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/174)
- The Guardian’s Allowance Up-rating Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/280)
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Care Functions) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/238)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1232)
- The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/219)
- The Post Office Horizon Compensation and Infected Blood Interim Compensation Payment Schemes (Tax Exemptions and Relief) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/184)
- The Social Security Benefits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/232)
- Two million elderly at risk from digital switchover delays
- Unpaid carers hit by cost of living
- Welfare centre for army recruits at Pirbright
- £42 million allocated to train building and fire inspectors
- £5 million Innovation Fund to reduce drug use
- March 2023
- Air quality demands not feasible
- Anti-social behaviour should be top priority – report
- APPOINTMENTS Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
- APPOINTMENTS: Pocklington to leave DLUHC amid Whitehall changes
- Beavers reintroduced to Ealing
- Birmingham to buy 50 homes to support refugees
- CABINET CHANGES
- Carbon monoxide alarms - Wales
- Consultation: Reasonable force and restrictive practices in schools Applies to England
- Council chiefs admit local audit 'in crisis'
- Councils back NHS anti-smoking investment
- Councils still vulnerable to online attacks, MPs told
- Delivering for people and nature
- Developers ordered to sign legal contracts
- End refugee outsourcing accommodation
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE MARCH 2023
- Future of bus services critical
- Gloucester’s £100 million fight against potholes pays off
- Guide to level up communities
- Invest in preventative care to help NHS - AgeUK
- Leaders support UN Nature COP15 agreement
- Local council elections 2023
- Money for drug and alcohol abuse prevention
- More focus on waste reduction
- Net zero tourism in Devon
- New definition of treasure saves artefacts for nation
- Nightingale Courts to remain open
- Open consultation Single transferable vote system - Wales
- Open consultation Social housing: tenant involvement and mutual exchange
- Peat ban will not raise concerns for businesses
- Planners overrule council to allow oil drilling in Sussex
- Planning overhaul needed for climate change ‘resilience’
- Seaside councils propose barbeque ban
- Tax referendum threshold raised for three councils
- The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/126)
- The Civil Legal Aid (Housing and Asylum Accommodation) Order 2023 (SI 2023/147)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/16)
- The Dentists, Dental Care Professionals, Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives (International Registrations) Order 2023 (SI 2023/162)
- The Environmental Targets (Residual Waste) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/92)
- The Environmental Targets (Water) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/93)
- The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/82)
- The Power to Award Degrees etc. (National Film and Television School (The)) Order 2023 SI 2023/5)
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 (SI 2023/142)
- Unlawful under-payment of care workers ‘widespread’
- Warrington has most contaminated land
- Welsh councils must encourage resilience - auditors
- ‘Hidden’ unemployment reveal deepening divides
- £1.6 million pot to tackle chewing gum pollution
- £60 million to support vulnerable people
- February 2023
- 11.6 million pensioners receive winter help of up to £600
- 70 million carpet of pennywort removed from River Wey
- 90% of councils experience staff issues
- Adoption support agencies: proposed changes
- AI revolutionises stroke care
- Alternative fuel payments for off-grid households
- APPOINTMENTS
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: Online Safety Bill
- Biosecurity strategy to protect food, trade and plants
- Building safety in Wales – statement
- CONSULTATIONS: Building safety directors
- CONSULTATIONS: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy
- CONSULTATIONS: North East devolution deal
- Container return scheme helps Wales improve world-leading recycling rates
- Control of poisons and chemicals tightened
- Cop15 produces deal to protect nature
- Council chiefs blast ‘costly’ approach to levelling up
- Councillors insist ‘polluter pays’ the levy on smoking
- Councils among top five offenders for data breaches
- Councils flooded with ‘bogus’ refugee sponsorships
- Cumbria coalmine branded ‘dereliction of duty’
- Defibrillator deliveries start for schools
- Districts' legal threat over devolution deal
- End of energy support will be ‘devastating’
- Energy vouchers
- Fears of ‘sofa refuse mountains’ emerge
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE FEBRUARY 2023
- Funding cuts reduce health visitors by 40%
- Government response to e-scooter trials report
- Grenfell fire safety regulations come into force
- Guide to floating marine debris
- Holiday activity clubs continue
- Housing Secretary shames three social landlords
- Increase in visas boosts horticulture industry
- Levelling-up fund
- Lighting efficiency proposals may lower energy bills
- LTNs lead to ‘substantial’ traffic decline
- Majority of councils considering leisure services cuts
- More control for councils over holiday let sector
- More focus on waste reduction
- Mortgage Guarantee Scheme
- National Food Crime Unit
- New pathogen caused crab deaths
- New powers to curb tree felling
- NHS App hits 30 million sign-ups
- NHS buys care beds to free up wards
- No 10 invites unions to the table and call off strikes
- One million private renters at risk of eviction
- Open consultation Sprinklers in care homes, removal of national classes, and staircases in residential buildings
- Open consultation: Late night levy
- Public services legally bound to tackle root causes of violent crime together
- Regulator acts against Rochdale Housing
- Right to shared ownership scheme
- Rishi Sunak outlines 5 key priorities
- River reset to help climate change
- RSH publishes 2022 Global accounts
- Salaries 2023
- Satellite to measure Earth’s water levels launched
- Schools fit for the future
- Schools should be used more for safeguarding
- Second round of £180 million brownfield fund announced
- Single justice procedure extends to companies
- Six-month extension to duty-free freeze
- Social housing tenants trained to make voices heard
- Somerset councils declare flood a ‘major incident’
- Standards in public life
- Standards investigation not conducted ‘fairly’
- Surge in immigration enforcement
- Sustainable drainage to reduce flood risk
- The Air Quality (Designation of Relevant Public Authorities) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1292)
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1371)
- The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1353)
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1343)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel from China) (England) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/2)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1232)
- The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1352)
- The Voter Identification Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1382)
- Triple on-the-spot littering fines urges think-tank
- UK invests £520 per person in Wales
- Unpaid family carers face ‘dire poverty’
- Updated advice on masks in care settings
- Welsh community groups given £1 million in funding
- Welsh councils urged to engage more with social enterprises
- Welsh students given increase in living costs
- Wireless 2030 report published
- ‘Energy bills discount scheme’ for businesses
- £1.4 billion devolution deal for North East
- £150 million for mental health emergency services
- £17 million for children affected by domestic abuse
- £5 billion investment in plans to protect English waters
- £60 billion funding package for councils
- December 2023
- 2022 Editions
- December 2022
- 10,000 cases of child exploitation ‘tip of iceberg’
- 20mph speed limit could save £100 million in first year
- Abandoning housing targets could cost £17 billion
- APPOINTMENTS: SLCC president
- Bank holiday to celebrate coronation
- Borough opts for return to committees
- Carbon Net Zero grants
- Child-care cost savings
- CONSULTATIONS: NALC calls for response to constituency consultation
- Council chiefs call for better net zero guidance
- Council chiefs warn against ‘devastating’ cuts
- Council chiefs warn of impending cuts
- Council leader of the year
- Council's bankruptcy warning over Chagossian influx
- Councils seek injunctions over asylum use of hotels
- Councils struggle with last-minute calls for childcare
- Cultural institutions face ‘existential threat’
- Derelict land to be transformed into new homes
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE DECEMBER 2022
- Gove calls for action on housing conditions
- Leisure centres in 40% of council areas risk closure
- Number of 'A List' cities praised for climate action doubles
- Prime Minister Liz Truss resignation speech
- Prison leavers tagged in bid to cut drink-fuelled crime
- Public says protecting marine environment is vital
- Residents struggle to find information on air pollution
- Review into integrated care systems
- Rishi Sunak acceptance speech
- Statutory recommendations handed to councils
- Strong link between obesity and deprivation
- The Adult Social Care Information (Enforcement) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1175)
- The Autumn Statement
- THE CABINET: The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments
- The Childcare (Free of Charge for Working Parents) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1134)
- The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1133)
- The Energy Bill Relief Scheme Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1100)
- The Football Spectators (Relevant Offences) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1168)
- The Higher Education (Investigation Fees) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1191)
- The Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1171)
- The Local Land Charges (Amendment) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/1149)
- The National Health Service (NHS Payment Scheme – Consultation) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1189)
- The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1056 (C. 84))
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) and Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1187 (C. 91)
- The Warm Home Discount (Reconciliation) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1162)
- Welsh councils struggle to tackle poverty
- ‘Disjointed’ council funding undermines levelling up
- £1.8 billion paid out in first month of energy scheme
- £4 million pledged to fight wildlife crime
- November 2022
- 1 in 6 councils risk running out of money
- 1 million children exposed to dangerous levels of pollution
- 2 million children face food shortages
- Air and water quality advice for England farmers
- Allotment sizes reduced
- Anglia Water fined £1.2 million over pollution
- APPOINTMENTS: HM The King has been pleased to approve the following appointments:
- Avian flu: prevention zone declared across Britain
- Charities underestimate online fraud
- Charity Commission programme delivers £1 million to Welsh communities
- Civility and Respect Project video
- Cost-of-Living Crisis: Poverty, Inequality and Ethnicity
- Council offers all staff voluntary redundancy
- Council wins injunction against hotel housing asylum seekers
- Drought forecast beyond spring 2023
- Effective insurance for local councils
- Former looked-after child to appeal abuse case
- Fracking – local authority should decide
- Free legal advice expanded
- Free resource to reduce veterans’ homelessness
- Hunt establishes expert economic advisory council
- Industrial wasteland becomes nature reserve
- Insolvency Service seeks Horizon postmasters
- Knowsley is 50th to join LLC Register
- Leaky homes cost taxpayer nearly £13 billion
- Leicester launches longest electric circular bus route
- Levelling up fails North East
- Low council homecare fees cause workforce ‘exodus’
- Major flaws in charging infrastructure EV-drivers find
- NALC awards Star Council to Alcester town council
- NALC publishes 2022 edition of Points of Light
- Noise camera trials held across four regions
- Pensions dashboard coming to a screen near you
- Pensions dashboard coming to a screen near you
- Poldark’s moors notified as SSSI
- Policy toolkit to level up high street
- Pollution protection advice
- Recycling week and anaerobic digestion
- Rough sleepers ‘criminalised’ by PSPOs
- The Beavers (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/858)
- The Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/862)
- The Football Spectators (2022 World Cup Control Period) Order 2022 (SI 2022/977)
- The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Victims of Domestic Abuse and Victims of Modern Slavery) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/942)
- The School Admission Appeals Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/975)
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) (No. 2) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1043)
- Unison members back pay offer
- Wakefield closes county hall in bid to save costs
- Water companies face penalties of £250 million
- Welsh councils warn of 'serious harm' to budgets
- £5 million boost for county lines victims
- £50 million for local authorities to tackle health inequalities
- October 2022
- 400,000 homes vulnerable to energy prices
- Action threatened against hotel with asylum seekers
- APPOINTMENTS
- Broad comparability assessments
- Children’s social care
- Coffey funds plans to bolster winter social care
- CONSULTATIONS: Call for evidence
- CONSULTATIONS: Climate change and local government pensions
- CONSULTATIONS: Tenant satisfaction measures come in next year
- Cost-of-living crisis adds £3.7 billion to social care costs
- Council chiefs welcome £2 billion rough sleeping strategy
- Council tax on Yorkshire second homes set to double
- Councils best to deliver local transport schemes
- Councils to decide infrastructure levy spending
- County lines victims helped to escape gangs
- Disability cost of living payments start
- Ex-journalist leads public libraries strategy
- Four-day week trial to attract staff
- Free school meals continue through holidays
- Government urged to reform Green Belt policy
- Intervention into Thurrock Council
- Landlords warn against ending ‘no fault’ evictions
- Local government ‘Over-centralised’
- NALC calls for dormant assets funding for residents of parished areas
- Plague of potholes and shortage of salt
- Sale of horticultural peat banned by 2024
- Shale gas moratorium lifted
- The Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/862)
- The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/889)
- The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Victims of Domestic Abuse and Victims of Modern Slavery) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/942)
- The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2022 (SI 2022/983)
- The School Admission Appeals Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/975)
- The Street and Road Works (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/831)
- UK to set laws as Brexit Freedoms Bill introduced
- USEFUL INFORMATION: The Queen, PM and New Minister appointments
- Waitrose rewrites anti-competitive land deals
- Wales consults on visitor levy
- Welsh children to benefit from £100 million investment
- Wrexham becomes Wales’s seventh city
- £10 million allocated to level up rural communities
- £2 cap on bus fares
- £5 million boost to Yorkshire environment
- September 2022
- 10p bag charge turns tide on plastic waste
- 15 million households given £150 cost of living council tax rebate
- 16 faith groups to share £1.3 million support communities
- APPOINTMENTS UK Sport
- APPOINTMENTS: Senior Salaries Review Body
- Beach sewage dumps not monitored properly – data
- Cheaper broadband for struggling families
- Chewing gum taskforce
- Clamp-down on takeaway litter
- Commons and greens: the role of local councils
- Construction starts at revolutionary first secure school
- Councils call for tougher punishments for fly tippers
- Crown Court sentencing remarks broadcast for first time
- Defra gives councils power to improve air quality
- Every school to have defibrillator by 22/23
- Government hub opens in Birmingham
- Liverpool set for further intervention
- Local authorities gave small businesses £21.3 billion in Covid support grants
- Major boost to Welsh infrastructure
- Millions more trees to be planted
- National Drought Group
- National Drought Group convened
- New pension scheme launches in Great Britain
- Ofsted report looks at Covid’s effect on social care
- Open consultation: Self-driving vehicles: new safety ambition
- Parish Precepts 2022-23
- Rare orchid rediscovered on MoD land
- Record numbers take up university place
- Social housing residents to be taught how to speak up
- Supply of accessible homes to receive vital boost
- The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/846)
- The Beavers (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/858)
- The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/859)
- The Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/862)
- The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/852)
- The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/848)
- The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/821 (L.10))
- The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/828 (C.49))
- The Pensions Act 2004 (Code of Practice) (Authorisation and Supervision of Collective Defined Contribution Schemes) Appointed Day Order 2022 (SI 2022/855)
- The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/907 (W.198))
- The Slavery and Human Trafficking (Definition of Victim) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/877)
- The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/857)
- Youth Investment Fund
- £400 energy bills discount to support households
- £6 million in funding to improve lot of vulnerable tenants
- £7 million fund for local action to cut air pollution
- August 2022
- 20-minute neighbourhoods
- 4 in 10 trust councils, survey finds
- 61 schools to be rebuilt or refurbished
- 7 in 10 councillors face abuse – survey
- APPOINTMENTS: Ministerial appointments
- APPOINTMENTS: National Lottery Community Fund
- APPOINTMENTS: Patient safety commissioner
- APPOINTMENTS: PM’s appointments secretary
- APPOINTMENTS: Public guardian
- APPOINTMENTS: Solicitor General
- Aviation charter sets out protection for passengers
- Barriers to net zero
- Boris Johnson leaves office: resignation address
- Cost of living payment
- Council to use artificial salt marsh to clean water
- Covid booster programme
- Curfews for parents who fail to pay child maintenance
- Domestic abuse – how to identify and respond
- Exploitative landlords to be driven out of supported housing sector
- Extended paid leave for parents with sick newborns
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE AUGUST 2022
- Heat-health advice issued for all regions of England
- Immigration and the agricultural sector
- Law ensures all staff keep their tips
- Major incident declared as London hits 40C and fires burn
- Ofsted issues new inspection handbooks
- Online safety increases
- OPEN CONSULTATION: Guest accommodation in England
- Police can crack down on unauthorised encampment
- Public buildings to have separate male and female toilets
- Public safety boost as justice reforms come into force
- SEND costs spiral
- Shortage places children in care far from families
- Specialist courts to tackle drug and drink-fuelled crime
- Summer holiday child care costs
- The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 34) and Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/816 (C.48)
- The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2022 (SI 2022/728)
- The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2022 (SI 2022/669)
- The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2022 (SI 2022/682)
- The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/742)
- The Local Authority and Combined Authority Elections (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/769)
- The Local Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/741)
- The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/788)
- Water and sewage company performance on pollution hits new low
- Welsh councils given new powers over second homes
- Welsh government launches £20 million care leavers pilot
- Working between the tiers
- £738 million Dormant Asset Fund in England
- July 2022
- 1 in 4 children persistently absent from school
- 1 in 7 adults will be homeless – Amnesty
- 2021-22 National Salary Award
- 8 million households given new cost-of-living payment
- APPOINTMENTS
- Beds in the NHS
- Child sexual exploitation inquiry clears council
- Civility and respect project - update
- Clean Air Net Zero approach could boost areas by £1.6 billion
- Clean Air Net Zero approach could boost areas by £1.6 billion
- CONSULTATIONS: Care leavers inspection judgement
- Council chiefs call for more event licensing powers
- Data laws control nuisance calls and pop-up cookies
- Dementia-friendly councils
- Devolve powers to tackle jobs crisis – council chiefs
- Eligible pensioners urged to claim Pension Credit
- Food strategy is a missed opportunity
- Fresh strike warning for local government sector
- Friday release for prisoners ends
- FULL EDITION: Local Council Update JULY 2022
- Give back control – the potential of England’s mayors
- Grenfell inquiry safety recommendation rejected
- Grenfell inquiry safety recommendation rejected
- Improve town centres and connectivity to ‘level up’
- Local government pension schemes urged to work in ‘coherent way’
- Mayor Khan calls for universal free school meals
- New deal for private renters
- Plug-in grant for cars ends
- Polluted rivers will stop 20,000 homes being built
- Prison leavers tagged to cut alcohol-fuelled crime
- Restoring your railways
- Social care digitisation
- Support for rape victims in court
- The acquisition of land by parish councils
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/626)
- The Local Authority and Greater London Authority Elections (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2022 (SI 2022/600)
- The Passport (Fees) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/660)
- UK pensions start net zero journey
- Universal free school meals in Wales
- Virtual meetings ‘vital part of local democracy’
- ‘Greater transparency’ to council finances
- ‘Scourge’ of pavement parking
- ‘Universal Credit fails to meet basic cost of living’
- £15 million to prepare for charging reform
- £8 million allocated to local authorities for planting trees
- June 2022
- APPOINTMENTS: Animal and Plant Health Agency
- APPOINTMENTS: Ofwat
- Broadcasting reforms
- Changes to Clare’s Law
- Civil Service to deliver apprenticeships across UK
- Companies creating potholes to be penalised
- Council schools better than academies
- Councils given £28 million to cover tax rebate costs
- Councils urged to apply to £128 million culture fund
- Decline in green space impacts mental health
- Discharging patients into care homes ‘unlawful’
- Free bus travel for Ukrainians in Wales
- Freeports in Wales
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE JUNE 2022
- Future homebuyers freed from ground rent bills
- Government urged to ban no-fault evictions
- Hundreds of councillors reject Rwanda asylum plans
- Level up the nation
- Live music hauliers to move more freely in EU
- Local Land Charges
- Luxury SUVs made in Wales
- Magistrates’ sentencing powers doubled
- MPs call for deadline on asbestos removal
- Multiple jobs allowed
- Natural History GCSE
- New deal for renters
- New £1 coin
- Noise cameras on Britain’s loudest streets
- Pilot for tree suppliers
- Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award
- Proposed reforms to planning system
- Road resurfaced with old car tyres
- Schools Bill boosts education
- Smart motorway safety upgrade delivered
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/339)
- The Commissioner for Patient Safety (Appointment and Operation) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/396)
- The Council Tax (Discount Disregards and Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/439)
- The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/481)
- The future of work
- The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/521)
- The Income Tax (Exemption of Social Security Benefits) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/529)
- The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Job-sharing and Assistants to the Executive) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/533 (W. 125))
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/382)
- The Protection of Wrecks (Designation and Amendment) (England) Order 2022 (SI 2022/535)
- THE QUEEN’S SPEECH 2022
- Third of trafficked children go missing from council care
- UK and Wales to establish Welsh Freeport
- Women in poorest areas die younger than other OECD countries
- May 2022
- All regions told to take asylum seekers
- APPOINTMENTS
- Councils fail to protect private sector renters
- Councils welcome £300 million to tackle drug addiction
- Councils win competition to digitise planning services
- Crackdown on fly tipping
- Energy bills support
- Enhanced funding for drug treatment services
- Exit scheme for farmers and opportunities for entrants
- First partnership to tackle global migration crisis
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE MAY 2022
- Government invests £4.6 million in opportunity to volunteer
- Government pledges £7.6 million for rail innovation
- Government uses Brexit freedoms to protect the sea
- Internet laws return to Parliament
- Law limits impact of council tax for Ukraine sponsors
- Local authorities to pay for Ukrainians
- No collective knowledge’ on needs of children in care
- Only 25% of councils publish EV strategies
- Open consultation Technical consultation on street naming
- Open consultation: Energy consultation
- Open consultation: Environmental targets
- Open consultation: Mental health
- OPEN CONSULTATION: Nature recovery and environmental targets Nature Recovery Green Paper: protected sites and species
- Replacement of Vagrancy Act
- Residents have final say on changes to street names
- Seven highly effective habits for parish and town councils
- The Council Tax (Discount Disregards and Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/439)
- The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/369)
- The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/454)
- The Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2022 (SI 2022/333)
- The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/330)
- The Residential Property Developer Tax (Allocation of Allowance) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/266)
- The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/452)
- The Social Security and Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/449)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/278)
- Wales invests £8 million in employment services
- Weaver did not have ‘authority’ to mute and eject councillors
- Welsh communities given control of £585 million to level up
- £12 million paid out in pothole compensation
- £20 million to improve roadside facilities for HGV drivers
- £500 million boost for adult social care
- April 2022
- A level playing field – quality PE for all pupils
- Alarming number of children missing from care
- Call for more access to rural postal services
- Care homes face widespread closures
- Council ends contract with Russian-owned Gazprom
- Council to serve vegan food only
- Councils given chance to sponsor Ukrainians
- DBS to support Homes for Ukraine scheme
- Efficiency drive to cut £5.5 billion in government waste
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE APRIL 2022
- Funding allocated to develop derelict brownfield sites
- Landmark Inclusive Britain strategy launched
- Leaseholders released from ground rent
- NALC responds to report on ethical standards
- NAO reports on policies to stimulate local growth
- New compensation scheme for PO victims
- Outdoor civil weddings and partnerships permanent
- Public plays key role in £1 billion plan to transform A66
- Public transport most expensive in Europe
- Punishing children physically becomes illegal in Wales
- Right to buy policy seen as a failure
- Safer Streets Fund: round four
- Scheme to protect jobs with £38 billion in support closes
- Sir Rod Stewart fixes road’s potholes
- The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc., Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/242)
- The Ivory Prohibition (Civil Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/311)
- The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/303)
- The Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/33)
- The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/203)
- The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/241)
- The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/214)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/278)
- Tidal barrier to protect 13,000 homes from floods
- Twinning arrangements with Russian cities ends
- UK City of Culture shortlist
- UK donates 2 million medical items to Ukraine
- UK ‘sleepwalked’ into dysfunctional children’s social care market
- Vagrancy Act repealed
- Wales declares 300% council tax on second homes
- Wales rolls out fishing gear recycling scheme
- Wanted: anti-hoarding teams
- ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme launches
- £10 million for traveller sites across England
- £48 million to safeguard nation’s critical cultural heritage
- £67 million in home upgrade grants awarded
- March 2022
- 20% of councils yet to publish climate action plan
- 4,000 prison places to be created
- 7 out of 10 experience potential rip-offs online
- APPOINTMENTS: Government Property Agency
- APPOINTMENTS: Migration and Modern Slavery envoy
- APPOINTMENTS: Minister for Housing
- Apprenticeships for prisoners to cut crime
- Avian Influenza Licensing Service available
- Build back better
- Council goes nearly 20 years without paying for gas
- Councils urged to stop investing in factory farming
- Countryside stewardship scheme opens
- Covid restrictions come to an end
- DBS tops poll for customer satisfaction
- Extra support for political impartiality in schools
- Farmers take ownership of nitrogen targets
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE MARCH 2022
- GDF report highlights a year of progress
- Government asks landlords to help house Afghans
- JCVI updates advice on vaccinations for ages 5-11
- Laws will make industry pay for building safety
- Major milestone marked with MasterChef move
- MoJ creates 2,000 jobs across England and Wales
- Neighbourhood planning
- NHS and social care systems to be linked
- Plans to install more 4G and 5G kit
- Reducing carbon footprints in schools
- Sign language Bill
- Student finance
- Sunak unveils £150 council tax rebate
- Tax loophole on second homes closed
- The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/71)
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices and Reduction Schemes) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/127)
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices and Reduction Schemes) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/127)
- The Ivory Act 2018 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/93 (C.5)
- The Microchipping of Dogs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/121)
- The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/110)
- The Plastic Packaging Tax (General) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/117)
- The Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure 2021 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2022 (SI 2022/118)
- Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
- Wales to trial Basic Income pilot for care leavers
- Welsh communities 'least empowered in Britain' to protect assets
- £125 million for domestic abuse victims
- February 2022
- 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021
- Action to mitigate workforce disruption
- Air filters to be installed in schools
- APPOINTMENTS: Covid inquiry
- APPOINTMENTS: Equality and Human Rights Commission
- APPOINTMENTS: EU negotiator
- APPOINTMENTS: HM Treasury
- APPOINTMENTS: Information Commissioner
- APPOINTMENTS: Minister of State for Europe
- APPOINTMENTS: Ofqual
- APPOINTMENTS: Royal recognition
- Armed Forces Bill becomes law
- Arts, culture and heritage funds doubled to £60 million
- Billions more for councils to build back better
- Buildings with waking watch given £27 million for alarms
- Chief vet issues urgent warning about bird flu
- Christmas comes early for Bury fans
- CMA frees leaseholders from costly contract terms
- Commercial digital radio multiplex licences renewed until 2035
- CONSULTATIONS: Disability workforce
- CONSULTATIONS: Oil and gas climate checkpoint
- CONSULTATIONS: Social housing
- CONSULTATIONS: Use of peat in amateur sector
- Council funding across the country
- Derelict sites to become housing communities
- Designs Framework Survey
- Directors who dissolve companies to evade debts disqualified
- Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1467)
- England and Wales students asked to sign up to SFE mailing list
- Environment protection at heart of new housing infrastructure
- Extra £60 million for adult social care
- Face to face education becomes a priority
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE FEBRUARY 2022
- GAD reviews local authority pension valuations
- Gates that automatically close lanes to be trialled
- Government pauses rollout of all-lane motorways
- Government supports face-to-face learning for millions
- Health and Care Visa scheme expanded
- Human case of avian flu detected
- Import of hunting trophies banned
- Join the police to make a difference
- Markets and marquees given permanent status
- Micro-chipping cats to be compulsory
- More than half over-18s boosted against Covid
- NALC opposes burial proposals
- National review of child-protection agencies
- New pension scheme
- New stretch of England Coast Path opens
- On-site test for pupils to ensure a return to class
- One million rod licences deliver key fishery improvements
- People with positive lateral flow test no longer required to take PCR test
- Plans to make industry pay for cladding crisis
- Pre-departure testing removed for vaccinated travellers
- Rail line exposed to ‘extreme levels’ of pollution
- Reorganisation master plan
- Rules to protect small pension pots laid in Parliament
- Rural Payments Agency’s strong performance in 2020
- Scheme for technologies producing hydrogen from biomass
- Scientific methods to assess asylum seekers’ age
- Seasonal Worker visa route extended until 2024
- Second review of state pension age launches
- Stronger laws to ban hunting hares with dogs
- The Antique Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1381)
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1430)
- The Eggs (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1413)
- The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1472)
- The Finance Act 2021, Part 2 etc. (Plastic Packaging Tax) (Appointed Day) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1409 (C.79))
- The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1368)
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/15)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 26) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1463)
- The Income Tax (Exemption of Social Security Benefits) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1341)
- The Littering from Vehicles outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1357)
- The Local Authorities (Funds) (England) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1343)
- The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1450)
- The Plastic Packaging Tax (Descriptions of Products) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1417)
- The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2022 (SI 2022/14)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1464)
- The Transfer of Functions (Vaccine Damage Payments) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1469)
- Thousands of pupils benefit from online tutoring
- Trees boost mental health – it’s official
- Trust in local government strong during pandemic
- Video-witnessed wills legalisation extended
- Wales supports local government funding
- YEARBOOK: The Clerks Yearbook 2022
- £13 million levelling up project in Wales
- £26 million biomass boost
- £75 million boost for fishing and coastal communities
- £780 million fund to tackle drug use
- December 2022
- 2021 editions
- December 2021
- Amphibious vehicle helps to tackle flooding
- Any use of hand-held mobile while driving now illegal
- APPOINTMENTS: The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA)
- Budget 2021: Housing
- Budget 2021: Public sector pay
- Building safety ‘key risk’ facing social housing sector
- CMA opens in Manchester and Darlington
- COP26 given International Standard for Sustainability
- Councils pilot ways of working with £5 million fund boost
- Councils warn against 'unnecessary' free garden waste collections
- Covid vaccination mandatory for frontline health and social care workers
- Double devolution – the Tory case
- Drivers miss out in savings by not renewing licences online
- Environment Act becomes law
- Fewer foster carers mean children miss support
- Fish refuges created in East Midlands
- Forestry Commission acts on Cumbria tree disease
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE DECEMBER 2021
- Fund supports 925 cultural organisations
- Handforth Parish Council changes 'toxic' name
- Investigation launched into sewage treatment works
- Kew Gardens collection goes digital in climate change research
- Land Registry moves to digital applications
- Local government needs £68 billion to become net zero
- Millions given to new projects that keep women safe
- More support for schools to tackle bullying
- New core Defra hub for Newcastle
- New offence to tackle dog theft moves closer
- New teaching facilities for post-16 education
- Number of children in care set to rise to 100,000
- Number on furlough at a record low in final month
- Offenders to be banned from drinking to cut crime
- Ofsted accelerates inspections
- Plans to ban single-use plastics
- Private sector investment fund in nature opens again
- RSH sets out thoughts on consumer regulation
- Social housing sector statistics show Covid’s impact
- Statutory guidance on school uniforms
- Support for rough sleepers over winter
- Thames Water fined
- The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1239)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 18) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1289)
- The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1265)
- Trains run on Dartmoor Line for first time in 50 years
- Wales tops economic vitality index
- £6 million tree fund calls for action
- November 2021
- 1,000 schools connected to full fibre broadband
- Access to nature should be ‘set in law’
- APPOINTMENTS: Social Mobility Commission
- APPOINTMENTS: Society for Local Council Clerks
- Are Skills Bootcamps effective?
- Auditors question sustainability of Welsh councils
- British Army opens first solar farm
- City of Culture 2025 long list
- Community diagnostic centres across England
- Competition to find first HQ of Great British Railways
- Council support for domestic abuse victims increases
- Councils face legal obligation on EV plan and delivery
- Councils need billions more in spending - report
- Drug testing on arrest expanded
- Free glasses tackle poor eyesight and boost literacy
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE NOVEMBER 2021
- Fund to end homeless and hospital admission cycle
- Greenfield surcharge proposed
- How poor families will be affected by net zero
- Local authorities given £23.5 million for safer streets
- More community involvement in local plans advised
- NALC publishes 2021 edition of Points of Light
- New one-stop service for GOV.UK unveiled
- Oakhill Secure Training Centre needs urgent action
- Office for Health Improvement and Disparities launch
- Open consultation: 2. Amending regulations affecting groundwater quality
- Open consultations: 1. Review of regulations that protect water resources
- Plan to improve support for GPs and patient access
- Race disparity unit commended for pandemic research
- REVIEW: Health and social care leadership
- Riverbanks and watercourses to be planted with trees
- Salary boost for new maths, science teachers
- Southend-on-Sea to become a city
- Strategic Planning
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1045)
- The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1039)
- The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1038 (C. 58))
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1073)
- The Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1122)
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1101)
- Thousands of new homes will transform derelict land
- Tory MPs make case for 'double devolution'
- Tributes to James Brokenshire
- UK fusion energy plant – five sites shortlisted
- Young people in rural areas – CPRE report
- £10 million fund to prevent family violence open to councils
- £3 million allocated to attract world-class teachers
- £30 million investment in tennis courts
- £90 million plan so offenders pay back society more visibly
- October 2021
- 12-15 year olds to be offered Covid vaccine
- Afghan resettlement sees funding boost for councils
- Antique firearms law change
- APPOINTMENTS
- Chewing gum task force to clean up the high street
- Cost of flooding to the economy
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Digital map of underground pipes and cables drawn
- Early years staff trained to teach language and numeracy skills
- Exports support for farmers, food and drink industry
- First past the post for mayoral elections
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE OCOBER 2021
- Government to help businesses offer apprenticeships
- Johnson announces plan for health and social care
- Making outdoor measures for high streets permanent
- NALC pushes for better service from banks
- Open consultation (Applies to England) Making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector
- Open consultation: Strengthening enforcement of the dangerous use of recreational and personal watercraft
- Peatland restoration
- Pet abduction made a criminal offence
- Shielding programme ends for most vulnerable
- Sports industry urged to kick out plastics
- Street lights and bus shelters to help boost 5G roll-out
- The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies and Notices) (Amendment and Suspension) (England) Regulations 2021(SI 2021/994)
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/969)
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/968)
- The Domestic Abuse Support (Local Authority Strategies and Annual Reports) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/990)
- The Domestic Abuse Support (Relevant Accommodation and Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Sanctuary Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/991)
- The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England and Wales) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1020)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/865)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/966)
- The National Lottery (Revocation and Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/1009)
- The School Admissions (England) (Coronavirus) (Appeals Arrangements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/992)
- The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/953)
- The Secure Tenancies (Notices) (Amendment) and Suspension (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/946)
- The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1001)
- Wales introduces Covid passports for events
- Welsh councils share £40 million social care recovery fund
- ‘Chronic failure' to tackle rogue landlords puts tenants at risk
- £9 million for councils to fight air pollution
- September 2021
- Accommodation for prison leavers
- APPOINTMENTS: British Tourist Authority
- APPOINTMENTS: Education and Skills Funding Agency
- Boost for green jobs and nature recovery
- Broadband upgrade for rural areas
- Changing Places toilet fund opens
- CONSULTATIONS: Environment Bill
- CONSULTATIONS: Review of traffic commissioner role
- CONSULTATIONS: Shaping future support: health and disability green paper
- CONSULTATIONS: Surveillance camera code of practice
- EV charge points set to become next GB emblem
- Extra 10, 000 police officers recruited
- First home buyers scheme opens for builders’ bids
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2021
- Funding boost for farmers to tackle water pollution
- Good Governance
- Hen harrier chicks increase for sixth successive year
- Highways England to invest £200 million in south west
- Increase in new energy efficient homes
- Insurance scheme to boost events industry
- Investment supports young people at risk of violence
- Loans from Help to Buy pass £20 billion
- Million-pound initiative to improve English local roads
- National plan for music education to be launched
- Natural England starts on coast to coast national trail
- New group to advise on social housing improvements
- One third of planning authorities have access to ecologist
- Opportunity for all to study Latin
- Planning permission granted for Holocaust Memorial
- Planning requirements on fire safety come into force
- Postmasters bankrupted by Horizon
- Social housing provider put on review list
- Temporary protection for EU applicants
- The Church Representation Rules (Amendment) Resolution 2021 (SI 2021/825)
- The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/852)
- The Education (School Inspection) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/845)
- The School Admissions Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/833)
- The Technical Education Certificate (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/822)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 (SI 2021/814)
- Train fuelled by used vegetable oil exports green cars
- Type 2 diabetes in children up nearly 60%
- Water pipes to carry fibre optic cables
- Winds of change for the Humber region
- £4million boost towards opportunities for young people
- August 2021
- 100,000 pupils ’severely absent’ from school
- APPOINTMENTS: Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
- APPOINTMENTS: Committee on Standards in Public Life
- Cattle with smart collars improve sand dunes
- Check your pay 2021
- Children must be centre of COVID recovery
- CONSULTATIONS: Qualifications of Clerks in Wales Regulations
- Council tax debt rises to £4.4 billion
- Councils forced to suspend waste services
- Councils resistant to repurposing empty industrial space
- Councils urged to keep camp-sites open all summer
- Eight councils undergo independent financial review
- Eight hospitals to be built in England
- Fall in holiday child-care places
- Flu jab will be available to over 35 million people
- Forum to help rough sleepers
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE AUGUST 2021
- Fund to tackle harms facing vulnerable children
- Knife, guns and offensive weapons ban in force
- LGA responds to net zero targets
- More children benefit from free breakfast clubs
- NALC launches election surveys
- Nature projects win funds
- Open consultation: Extend ivory ban to hippos, walruses and narwhals
- Parish, town and community council land ownership survey
- Protected areas across England
- School funding to be made fairer and clearer
- Strategy to fight online disinformation
- Strategy to transform high streets
- The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/856)
- The future of local government review
- The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/819 (C.46)
- The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/831)
- The School Admissions Code (Appointed Day) (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/833)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021(SI 2021/814)
- The Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Restoration of the Minimum Income Floor) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/807)
- Virtual meetings boost local democracy
- Wales given extra £8.6 billion during pandemic
- Welsh council ends joint property venture
- £10 million scheme to tackle core skills
- £50 million investment in grassroots football pitches
- £60 million to protect national heritage
- July 2021
- 1,000th dormouse released into the wild
- 30 million plus vaccinated with second dose
- APPOINTMENTS:Crossrail International
- APPOINTMENTS:The Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (SI 2021/635)
- APPOINTMENTS:Vaccine Taskforce
- Bill calls for £5,000 fines for animal cruelty
- Care home residents can stay overnight
- Care home workers must be fully vaccinated
- City of culture competition opens to groups of towns
- CMA orders clearer prices for funeral services
- Commissioners to oversee Liverpool council
- Councils can issue traffic fines from December
- Coventry’s learner drivers plug into electric vehicles
- Deliveroo to notify customers of surge testing in area
- Drop in, don’t drop litter
- Duke of Edinburgh Awards to expand
- Eviction protection extended for businesses
- Flexible rail season tickets on sale
- GOV.UK to improve with new measurement approach
- Grant a green scheme
- Highway Code updated
- HMRC decommissions stamp presses to end an era
- Holiday activities and food programme
- Importance of libraries in recovery from COVID
- Infected blood compensation
- Lords call for more devolution to councils
- Natural England approach to offshore wind plans
- Natural England builds back greener
- New targets set on air pollution
- NHS app reaches 6 million users
- Open consultation Child maintenance: modernising and improving service
- Outdoor nuptials to be legalised
- Parish precepts
- Protecting and promoting our path network
- Pupils to benefit from better PE and sport
- Remote working will cause cities to lose billions in spending
- Support extended to English families
- Tax-free childcare
- The Climate Change Levy (General) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/675)
- The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/677)
- The Gambling (Operating Licence and Single-Machine Permit Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/701)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/670)
- The Valuation Tribunal for England (Council Tax and Rating Appeals) (Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/579)
- The Whiplash Injury Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/642)
- Two million requests for social care turned down
- UK to donate100 million COVID vaccines
- Unfair evictions cost councils £161 million a year
- June 2021
- APPOINTMENTS
- Bill Before Parliament: Internet laws to protect children
- Calorie labelling on menus to be introduced
- Child safeguarding review
- Children and families need £12.5 billion
- Commonhold Council launches
- Councils complain about poor banking services
- Councils given £200 million extra in rough sleeping programme
- Councils hindered by broken system
- COVID-19 travel charter
- Earth Day - councils at 'forefront' of change
- East Devon establishes nature reserve
- Enhanced support for home-building efforts
- Global mental health marathon
- Guide for women in public spaces
- Law to recognise animals as sentient beings
- Prisons go green
- Professional Qualifications Bill
- Reception class schools offered language training
- Schools to share £1.8 billion for repairs
- Support for tenants continues
- The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/564)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/585)
- The Queen’s Speech
- The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/570)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2021 (SI 2021/467)
- Third of local election candidates are women
- Tories win Hartlepool
- Welsh elections 2021: Labour stays in power
- Welsh watchdog urges 'revaluation' of council role
- Windrush compensation scheme
- ‘Try before you buy' offer for schools
- May 2021
- 10 million receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
- APPOINTMENTS:Chief Scientific Adviser
- APPOINTMENTS:Further education
- APPOINTMENTS:Homeland security
- Behaviour hubs
- Children’s worry about air pollution increases
- Climb aboard £120 million zero emission bus scheme
- CONSULTATIONS: Flexible apprenticeships
- CONSULTATIONS: Ofsted review of sexual abuse
- CONSULTATIONS: Plan for immigration
- CONSULTATIONS: Vaccination a condition of deployment in care homes
- Councils face deficit of £1.2 billion
- Councils to deliver restart grants
- Countryside code
- Discrimination twice as high among ethnic minorities in local services
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE MAY 2021
- Highways England to revitalise concrete roads
- Importance of nature in hitting net zero
- Legal protection of parks and green spaces
- National local land charges service available in Wales
- NSPCC starts sex abuse helpline in schools
- PM urged to reform sleep-in shift rules
- Service to support quarantine compliance launches
- Sobriety tags tested successfully in Wales
- Staff affected by Covid
- Stigma stops 500,000 claiming UC during pandemic
- Summer school funding
- The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/396 (C. 15))
- The Civil Partnership (Registration and Records) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/410)
- The Football Spectators (2020 UEFA European Championship Control Period) Order 2021 (SI 2021/387)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Local Authority Enforcement Powers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/455)
- The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/331)
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/329)
- The Official Controls (Exemptions from Controls at Border Control Posts) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/453)
- The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/411)
- The Representation of the People (Proxy Vote Applications) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/391)
- The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021 (SI 2021/378)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc.) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI 2021/428)
- Virtual council meetings end
- Vulnerable EU children face legal ‘cliff edge’
- Welsh councils face £178 million funding gap
- £18 million in cycle training for children and families
- £280 million boost for SEND pupils
- April 2021
- Appliances to cost less and be cheaper to run
- Budget - OBR highlights peak in post-war spending
- Budget – 8 Freeport sites named
- Budget – Levelling Up fund
- Budget – Sunak says pain to come
- Changes to electric vehicle grants
- Children back at school
- CMA launches children’s social care provision study
- Consultation: Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance: proposals on reforms
- CONSULTATIONS: Autumn 2021 exam series
- CONSULTATIONS: UK product safety review: call for evidence
- Council tax hits £2,000 in north east and south west
- Councils see closure of childcare providers
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE APRIL 2021
- Global Recycling Day unveils waste reduction plans
- Government plans to protect journalists
- Homebuyers can use mobile phone to prove ID
- Judicial retirement age rises to 75
- Modern Slavery Register
- NAO finds councils left seriously underfunded
- New age verification technology
- Police and crime commissioner role strengthened
- Police sanctioned to tackle illegal camps
- School children exposed to illegal levels of air pollution
- The Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/283)
- The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Residential Tenancies: Protection from Eviction) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/284)
- The Education (Student Support) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/268)
- The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Coronavirus, Calculation of a Week’s Pay) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/177)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/307 (W. 79))
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Information for Passengers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/252)
- The Higher Education (Registration Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021(SI 2021/304)
- The Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Coronavirus, Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI 2021/293)
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2021 (SI 2021/258)
- The Universal Credit (Childcare in Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/228)
- The Van Benefit and Car and Van Fuel Benefit Order 2021 (SI 2021/248)
- Tree fund for local communities
- Unlimited fines for fire safety breaches
- Welsh council chiefs commit to diversity
- Welsh public services receive £682 million cash boost
- £3 billion plan to shake up bus services
- £5 million in council grants to tackle air pollution
- December 2021
- 2020 editions
- December 2020
- 'Shoddy and expensive' temporary accommodation
- Antique firearms loophole closes across England and Wales
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT Landmark agriculture Bill
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT Royal Assent for ‘Helen’s Law’
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT The Environment Bill
- CMA to examine if ‘eco-friendly’ claims are misleading
- Complete climate change survey – NALC
- Council housing waiting lists set to double next year
- Councils bid for vaccine role
- COVID-19 testing pilot for care homes
- Dementia-friendly communities report – NALC
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE DECEMBER 2020
- Funding allocated for rough sleepers’ homes
- Government extends cap on energy bills
- Guidance to prevent care-leavers becoming homeless
- Household recycling ‘soars’ during pandemic
- Independent review of flood insurance published
- Jenrick confirms £1 billion for councils this winter
- Johnson imposes tougher COVID restrictions
- Media collaborate to reduce vaccine misinformation
- Nationwide initiative to restore nature in England
- New general licences for the control of wild birds
- NHS Test and Trace hits record testing capacity
- Nottingham City Council faces rapid review
- Ofsted finds children hardest hit by pandemic regress
- Only 11% citizen records digitized
- Open consultation: Energy performance of private rental homes
- Open consultation: Toilet provision for men and women
- Overwhelmed by Brexit?
- Record numbers claim council tax support
- Reform local government funding - Blair Institute report
- Robotics to be deployed in battle against potholes
- Royal Mail to collect COVID-19 test kits 7 days a week
- Rural homelessness doubles
- Sheffield apologises for ‘numerous problems’ with tree felling scheme
- Spending review
- Streamline local government to save £30 billion
- The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1141)
- The European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1662 (C. 54))
- The General Synod of the Church of England (Postponement of Elections) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020/1123
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1183)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1131)
- The Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1122)
- The Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (WSI 2020/1194 (W.271))
- Updated rules for farm workers arriving in England
- Use of fertilisers
- Wales launches healthy bees plan
- Wales orders sobriety tags for alcohol-fuelled crimes
- Whole city testing pilot takes place in Liverpool
- November 2020
- Beauty and design for planning system
- Cash boost to get more kids cycling and walking to school
- Education Secretary urges overhaul to adoption system
- Government extends £5,000 grant scheme for flood-hit homes
- Natural England unveils plans for coast path in Essex
- New coastal emergency 999 stickers could prove a real lifesaver
- NOVEMBER 2020 2020 FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE
- Open consultation Funding allocation methods: new domestic abuse duty
- Open consultation Local air quality management: public authorities call for evidence
- Open consultation Public Service Pensions: Guaranteed Minimum Pension Indexation consultation
- Open consultation Reforming local government exit pay
- Pay rise for Clerks agreed
- Proposals for Unitary Authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset
- Rough sleepers to be helped to keep safe this winter
- Salaries of Local Council Clerks
- The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1095)
- The Births, Deaths and Marriages (Records and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1093)
- The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020/1047
- The Mobile Homes (Requirement for Manager of Site to be Fit and Proper Person) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1034)
- The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) (Amendment) (/ 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1060)
- The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (Commencement/5) Order 2020 (Wales) (SI 2020/1048) (W. 234) (C. 30)
- The Representation of the People (Electoral Register Publication Date) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (Wales) (SI 2020/106) (W. 239)
- The Representation of the People (Electoral Registers Publication Date) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1032)
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2020 (SI 2020/1020)
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2020 (SI 2020/1121) (W. 255)
- The Town and Country Planning (Pre-application Consultation) Order 2020 (SI 2020/1051)
- £80 million boost to towns
- October 2020
- 1 million workers used flexible furlough in July
- 100,000 apply to join police in recruitment drive
- 99.9% of schools open for start of autumn term
- BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT The UK Internal Market Bill
- Deprivation casts a long shadow
- EU emergency support for coronavirus
- Expired driving licences extended by 11 months
- Extension of plastic bag charge
- Fifth of care homes took on Covid patients – survey
- Financial support for self-isolation
- Four-day working week could create 500,000 jobs
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE NOVEMBER 2020
- Graffiti on roads and railways part of GB Clean
- Help smaller employers Kickstart Britain’s recovery
- Housing support for vulnerable people
- Information campaign prepares for EU travel changes
- It’s official - furlough scheme has worked
- Magistrates’ court listings now published online
- New law gives renters six-month notice period
- OECD supports Welsh move to regionalism
- Open consultation: Managing pavement parking
- Outdoor use of metaldehyde to be banned to protect wildlife
- Record year for breeding hen harriers
- Shapps orders audit of pothole mapping project
- Social housing survey
- Support extended to stop business evictions
- The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/971)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Collection of Contact Details etc and Related Requirements) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1005)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/882)
- The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2020 (SI 2020/976)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/893)
- The Return of Cultural Objects (Revocation) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/975)
- Think-tank proposes pension-style social care system
- Time reduced for ‘spent’ convictions
- UK council finances hardest hit in Europe - Moody's
- Venues required to enforce rule of six
- £14 million package for Wales’ sport and leisure sector
- £2 million fund for local action on air quality
- £500 million for social care to reduce winter coronavirus
- September 2020
- APPOINTMENTS: Channel crossings commander
- APPOINTMENTS: Health and safety executive
- APPOINTMENTS: Highways England
- Boost to help communities plan neighbourhoods
- Cornwall first to pass Covid funding to local councils
- Coronavirus support for buses and trams tops £700 million
- Council test and trace teams to be rolled out
- Councils must tackle corruption in planning process
- Criteria for £270 million scheme to aid cultural and heritage groups
- Early years workforce in England - report
- Enforcement measures increase as easements resume
- Five local authorities to trial nature recovery pilots
- FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2020
- Funds for school transport
- Green light for school improvement projects
- Littering epidemic in parks
- Low-carbon energy for Cardiff and Bridgend
- MPs slate ministers over local government funding
- Ofqual formula dropped in favour of teacher grades
- Ofsted to visit local authorities and children’s social care providers
- Open consultation: Changes to planning system
- Open consultation: Fire safety
- Open consultation: Planning for the future
- Open consultation: Reducing bureaucracy in the health and social care system: call for evidence
- Open consultation: Review of the Highway Code
- Open consultation: Transparency and competition: a call for evidence on data on land control
- Open consultation: Transparency in digital campaigning: technical consultation on digital imprints
- Open consultation: Water resources planning guideline: proposed update
- PM confirms funds to prepare NHS for winter
- The Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/848 (W.187))
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/803 (W. 176)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/843 (W.186))
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/799)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/841)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/866)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (UK/SI 2020/788)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/863)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/839)
- The Higher Education (Fee Limits and Student Support) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/853)
- The National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI/2020/779)
- The Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020/825)
- The Plant Breeders’ Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/769)
- The Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Coronavirus Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/829)
- The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/836)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020 (SI 2020/755)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020 (SI 2020/756)
- Transfer of exclusive rights of burial
- ‘Scrap two-tier local government system in rural areas’
- August 2020
- APPOINTMENTS: Ofsted
- AUGUST 2020 FULL EDITION: LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE
- Business events and conferences to start in October
- Council launches first local government green bond
- Environment Agency spells out challenges
- FORTHCOMING BILLS: Landmark building safety law
- Help for universities in financial difficulty
- How to contain Covid-19 locally
- Let councils encourage retirement communities
- New rules to protect cultural heritage
- PM: build, build, build
- Polluter must put river right after worst spill on record
- Quality community-based English language learning benefits thousands
- Restore Beeching lines
- Schools and colleges to reopen in full
- Summer Statement delivers plans for jobs in Wales
- Sustainable development guide
- The Census (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/560)
- The Court Fees (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2020 (SI 2020/720 (L. 15))
- The Electric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020 (SI 2020/663)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information to Travellers) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/714 (W. 160))
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Public Health Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/691)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (Welsh Statutory Instruments 726 (W.163)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/750)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/719)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/592)
- The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/739)
- The Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) (Relevant Public Authorities and Designated Senior Officers) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/661)
- The Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/559)
- The Mobile Homes Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Order 2020 (SI 2020/565) (C. 24)
- The Relaxation of School Reporting Requirements (Wales) (Coronavirus) (Wales SI 2020/729 (W. 164))
- The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/731)
- The Value-Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Hospitality and Tourism (Coronavirus) Order 2020 (SI 2020/728)
- Thousands of places created in special free schools
- Toilets for severely disabled compulsory in new public buildings
- Warning issued over £730 million in unspent EU funds
- Watchdog says ministry 'blind' to council investment risks
- £266 million housing fund for vulnerable people
- £40 million green recovery challenge
- £62 million to aid people with learning disabilities live in the community
- July 2020
- 70% satisfied with council support
- Adult care to reach £6.6 billion in extra costs by autumn
- Advice to help councils fight procurement fraud
- Celebrate the success of your cemetery
- Chancellor urges nation to support their high street
- Charities say virus puts millions in council tax arrears
- Code supports shops and firms planning future with landlord
- Council planning powers under threat
- Covid catch-up package for schoolchildren
- Data charges dropped for websites supporting crime victims
- Face-covering rules will help keep passengers safe
- Few councils have up-to-date local plans
- First mainline digital railway introduced
- Fund to support dairy farmers opens
- Government will not extend EU Exit Transition Period
- Improved training to reduce conflict in youth custody
- Laws to protect cyclists
- More courts open across Wales
- New tech to tackle leaves on the line
- One million new low-carbon jobs by 2050
- Open Consultation: Developing a tree strategy for England
- Plan to build 6,000 new homes to 'end rough sleeping'
- PM backs down over free school meals
- Points of Light
- Rod licence figures increase
- School fined for admitting too many students
- Sewage monitored
- Survey of housing associations
- The Census (England and Wales) 2020 (SI 2020/532)
- The Civil Legal Aid Remuneration Amendment Coronavirus Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/515)
- The Cross-Border Parcels Delivery Services (Amendment) EU Exit Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/583)
- The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (Commencement No.3) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/518 (C. 22))
- The General Synod of the Church of England (Postponement of Elections) Order 2020. (SI 2020/526)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Public Health Information for Passengers Travelling to England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/567)
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2020 (SI 020/588)
- The Income Tax (Exemption for Coronavirus Related Home Office Expenses Regulations) 2020. SI 2020/524
- The Mobile Homes Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Order 2020 (SI 2020/565 (C. 24))
- The National Health Service (Temporary Disapplication of Tenure of Office) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (SI 585 (W.133))
- The Planning Applications (Temporary Modifications and Disapplication) (Wales) Coronavirus Order 2020 (SI 2020/514 (W. 121))
- The Registration of Births and Deaths Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/577)
- The Schools Forums (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/540)
- The Sustainable Drainage (Approval and Adoption) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2020 (SI 2020/517 (W. 122))
- The Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020. SI 2020/522
- Town and village greens
- Traffic commissioners to resume hearings in person
- UK government supports 418,000 in Wales
- Whitehall extends planning deadlines
- £6 million fund opens for flood-hit farmers
- £63 million for local authorities to help with food supplies
- June 2020
- 3.5 million apply to EU Settlement Scheme
- All Wales care homes to be tested
- APPOINTMENTS: Civil Aviation Authority
- APPOINTMENTS: Vaccine taskforce
- Billions invested in road and rail during lockdown
- Birmingham mows grass in 2m 'channels' to promote social distancing
- Boost for high streets and town centres
- Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2020
- Business rates revaluation postponed
- Care home support package
- Cash grants boost community radio stations
- Council funding allocations
- Councils want power to close schools at higher risk of Covid-19
- COVID-19 detection dogs trial launches
- Emergency funding to support most vulnerable
- Extra £35 million for Wales in virus fight
- Extra £95 million to tackle coronavirus in Wales
- Guidance for social landlords on essential moves
- Human genomes to fight coronavirus
- INQUIRY: Implications of e-scooters
- NALC publishes first report on local council elections
- New era for cycling and walking
- Public advised to cover face in open spaces
- Roadmap taskforces named
- Rough sleeping taskforce
- Samaritans support
- Site visits to begin, more digital case events planned
- Social housing sector coping with operational challenges
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/500)
- The Individual Savings Account (Amendment No 3) Coronavirus Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/506)
- The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020
- The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/512)
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings and Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/505)
- Top-up to local business grant funds scheme
- Tree cover target must be more ambitious
- Welsh council staff used for Covid-19 contact tracing
- What’s in a name, Wales?
- £14 million financial support for England’s zoos
- May 2020
- APPOINTMENTS: Coronavirus shielding plan
- Changes to Building Safety
- CONSULTATIONS:
- How builders can protect marine habitats
- LCU MAY EDITION FULL CORONAVIRUS-CORVID-19
- Oak Tree Pest
- Spport towards funeral expenses to rise
- Support for Recovery fromFlood and Virus
- The Councillor/Clerk Relationship
- Third-party Sale of Kittensand puppies outlawed
- April 2020
- 68 new parks to inject green space into urban areas
- Affordable housing in Wales to receive a £24 million ‘boost’
- Bid locally to fund railway stations in Wales
- Charities encouraged to bid for £15 million Tampon Tax Fund
- Competition: to deliver homes fit for the future
- CONSULTATIONS: Future of transport regulatory review
- Council tax to rise by 3.7%
- Councils given £1.2 million for innovative digital projects
- Delaying the TV licence fee for over 75s
- Great crested newt protection scheme expands
- Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/253)
- Immigration Bill
- Inspector rejects planning appeal over obesity concerns
- Knife crime prevention orders
- LCU FULL EDITION April 2020
- NALC undertakes dementia research with Plymouth University
- New measures to end rough sleeping
- Only 10% of councils meet pothole repair deadlines
- Open consultation: Introducing E10 Petrol
- Pavements to be made safer
- Plans for the future to get Britain building
- Postponement of May 2020 elections
- Public land sales created ‘minuscule’ amount of affordable housing
- Releasing game birds on protected sites
- Sentencing Code
- Supermarket delivery hours extended
- Taskforce to bolster local response to coronavirus
- The Budget 2020
- The Magistrates Courts (Knife Crime Prevention Orders) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/210 (L.8))
- The Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/249)
- The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020 (SI 2020/245)
- Thousands to benefit from English language classes
- Tougher community sentences
- Windrush Day
- ‘Toilet tax’ to be abolished-but not yet
- £1 million to support transition to future farming system
- £2 million to unite communities
- March 2020
- APPOINTMENTS: NALC
- Auditors raise concerns over councils buying property
- Call for consultation on post-Brexit trade checks
- CONSULTATIONS: Freeports
- CONSULTATIONS: Music education
- CONSULTATIONS: Regulating independent educational institutions
- CONSULTATIONS: Unregulated provision for children in care and care leavers
- Councils slam Grenfell witnesses' immunity request
- Councils to fast track 'beautiful buildings'
- Councils to increase tax and charges
- Crackdown on illegal schools
- Domestic abuse support Councils across England will share £16.6 million funding to help provide services and support to survivors of domestic abuse.
- England’s largest town council approved
- Funding doubles for residential charge points
- Her Majesty’s Government 2020
- Highways England puts bins out at roadside
- Improving the air we breathe at home
- Introduction of bereavement leave
- Land Registry support for the public sector
- LOCAL COUNCILS UPDATE MARCH 2020- FULL EDITION
- More funds to support Welsh councils
- New climate computer
- Overcrowded private rentals
- Parliament’s parish champions
- Protecting children in care
- Scrap’ permitted development rights
- Six general licences reissued
- Social housing reduction
- Support for local airfields
- Tech investment to tackle traffic
- The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) and Land Registration Rules (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (Wales SI 2020/131 (W.24))
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/21)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (Wales SI 2020/16 (W.2))
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/23)
- The Health Protection (Corona Virus) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/219)
- The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/95 (W. 16)
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1520)
- The Local Government Structural Changes (Further Financial Provisions and Amendment) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/124)
- The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 (Commencement) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/45 (C.5))
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2020 (SI 2020/134)
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/83)
- The Street and Road Works (Amendments Relating to Electronic Communications) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/122)
- Traveller camp planning permission
- Welsh councils late to publish audited accounts
- £90 million drive to reduce carbon emissions
- £90 million package to revive ‘struggling’ Welsh town centres
- February 2020
- Agriculture Bill
- Air pollution
- Ancient woodlands at risk
- Automated cone-laying vehicles
- Behavioural insights
- Big data revitalises bus use
- Bigger fly-tipping fines needed
- Breakdowns caused by potholes
- Bus passenger numbers increase
- Business tax avoidance
- Cameras to broadcast from Crown Court for first time
- Child mental health support
- Childcare support
- Children in care
- Clean air hypocrites?
- Climate Change Conference
- CONSULTATIONS: Unauthorised encampments
- Consumers demand communities
- County lines crackdown
- County lines DRUGS
- Crackdown on criminal landlords
- Cuts to local services
- Decade of renewal
- Drop in library spending
- Electric taxis to go wireless
- Ending plastic pollution
- Foster parents
- Free hospital parking
- Great British pub
- Green resolution
- Improving rail journeys
- Independent care homes
- International boycotts
- Jobcentres to support homeless , Eliminating homelessness
- Landmark business rates case
- Listed telephone box
- Local council planners
- Mobile phone coverage
- More tasers for police
- More time to cross the road
- Multi-billion pound spending increase
- National Living Wage increases by 6.2%
- New powers to protect victims of stalking
- New Year Honours
- NHS Funding Bill
- Patients see pharmacists
- People with several health problems
- Permitted development rights
- Phase 2 Grenfell Inquiry
- Plans to switch off CCTV
- Popularity of coastal paths
- Preserve historic rights of way
- Prioritise adoption
- Property investment guide
- Prosecutions for Blue Badge fraud
- Public funerals
- RPA pays thousands of rural businesses in full
- Rural communities
- Rural fly-tipping increase
- Rutland approves its first McDonald’s
- Schools culture boost
- Scrap permitted development rights
- Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919
- Sexual harassment laws
- Slum housing
- Smoke-free target
- South Yorkshire flood charity
- Summary of the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill 2019-20
- Surveillance camera regulations
- Sustainable packaging competition
- Tackling waste criminals
- Temporary accommodation for homeless
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1516)
- The Fire and Rescue Services (Appointment of Inspector) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1504)
- The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1474)
- The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Amendment) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1506)
- The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1475)
- The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1488)
- The Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1476)
- The United Kingdom leaves the European Union. 31 January 2020
- The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1455)
- Town of the Year
- Transit traveller site
- Village halls funding boosted
- Water company pays for polluting river
- Welsh Local Government Association
- December 2020
- 2019 Editions
- December 2019
- Adult social care funding
- APPOINTMENTS: Building Safety Regulator
- Benefit claimants to have more cash for funeral costs
- Boost for youth projects
- Car-charging availability
- CONSULTATIONS: Import and export of hunting trophies
- CONSULTATIONS: The future of rivers
- Cost of alternative polling stations to be funded by Whitehall
- Council leader of the year
- Councils’ profit from parking
- Crackdown on criminal landlords
- EU Settlement Scheme
- Fund for pocket parks
- Government ends support for fracking
- Government support for flooding recovery
- Household rubbish needs clearer labels for recycling
- Housing minister calls for digital revolution
- Intimidation in public life
- Investment in school and college buildings
- LPC advice on future of minimum wage
- Open consultation: Police powers and unauthorised encampments
- Parking code in private car parks
- Rents consultation response
- Robots to revolutionise care system
- Rough sleeping grant
- Rural businesses fund
- Scheme to boost planting trees
- Seaside towns dominate top 20 bankruptcy list
- Spending on SEN tribunals
- Standards in public life
- Support for disabled candidates seeking elected office
- Support for flood-hit farmers
- Tampon Tax used to fund homelessness services
- The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1366)
- The Cross-border Parcel Delivery Services (EU Information Requirements) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1429)
- The Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1434 (C. 49))
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 11) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1359 (C.47))
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1449)
- The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1454)
- The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1410)
- The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1417)
- The Representation of the People (Annual Canvass) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1451)
- The Rural Affairs and Environment (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (Wales) (SI 2019/1408 (W. 249))
- The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1363 (W. 236))
- The Seeds (Amendment etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1382 (W. 245)
- Trial of plastic kerbstones
- Trusted trades people for energy improvements in low-income homes
- Unpaid family carers
- Vital new support for young people leaving care
- Wales pushes ahead with democratic reforms
- Watchdog finds unlawful spending at Welsh councils
- Welsh walkers on decline
- Whitehall urged to clamp down on online games
- Work with US partners on wind farm innovation
- November 2019
- 25 million offered free NHS flu jab
- Animal welfare body
- Applications to EU Settlement Scheme
- APPOINTMENTS: Government Property Agency
- APPOINTMENTS: HM Land Registry
- Ban unhealthy fast food outlets near schools
- Bird keepers urged to prepare for avian flu threat
- Culture Investment Fund launches
- Dog law
- Environment Agency sets net zero emissions goal
- Extra funds for local authority air quality action
- First steps in a bus revolution
- First-time buyer numbers reach 12-year high
- Free schools lead way with top primary results
- Fund for frontline organisations tackling loneliness
- Funding boost for children’s cycle training
- Funding for Welsh councils to improve number of EV charge points
- Green housing revolution
- Helen’s Law takes vital step closer
- Highways England uses drones to watch M6 upgrade
- Home education
- HS2 documents to be released
- International Driving Permits
- Key city sites to be transformed
- Landmark environment Bill introduced
- Loans given to build schools alongside homes
- Local authority audit
- Local government finance settlement 2020-21 proposals unveiled
- Midlands devolution deals
- National Living Wage to apply to 21-year-olds
- New support for adoptive families
- Number of homes built reaches 11-year high
- Open consultations:
- PM plans to give the North more control of rail services
- Risks facing the social housing sector
- Shock interest rate rise on cheap Treasury loans
- Solar energy landmark for the Coal Authority
- The Common Fisheries Policy and Animals (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1312)
- The Local Authorities (Change to the Years of Ordinary Elections) (Wales) Order 2019 (Wales SI 2019/1269 (W.220))
- The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1336 (W.233) (C.45)
- UK House Price Index for August 2019
- UK secures ‘listed status’ to protect export market
- Voters to show ID before casting ballot
- Vulnerable people given extra home care
- Welsh police forces to recruit officers
- ‘All in’ deposit return scheme needed
- September 2019
- 1 million granted status under EU settlement scheme
- Apply for digital funding to boost services
- Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds
- Byelaws and local councils
- Campaign to encourage UK to ‘Love Water’
- Childhood diabetes increases 50% in five years
- Companies House London moves office
- Data protection: three top issues for town and parish councils from the ICO
- Department of Transport uses AI to repair roads
- Every council to have a designated Brexit lead
- Fishermen in 12 million-plus fleet urged to register
- Funding for on-street electric car charging doubles
- Google flood alerts
- GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
- Half UK local authorities declare a climate emergency
- Hertfordshire libraries handed to council-founded charity
- Licensing Act 2003 - councillor’s handbook (England and Wales)
- Local councils in running for UK's 'best' high streets
- More older people dying on roads
- Nottingham council becomes own water supplier
- Nottingham council becomes own water supplier
- Open consultation Electric vehicle charge points in residential and non-residential buildings
- Open consultation Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: call for evidence
- Open consultation Minimum age for playing National Lottery games
- Open consultation Mobile homes: a fit and proper person test for park home sites owners and managers
- Open consultation Statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing
- Open consultation Transport from home to school: statutory guidance: Applies to England
- Pilot agreed for 'Uber-style' Tees Valley bus service
- Plastic bag sales down 90% since 5p charge
- Record number of women in work
- Record-breaking year for breeding hen harriers
- Rising traffic drives children off local roads
- Road surface using recycled tyres tested on M1
- Service set up to deliver urgent medical supplies
- South West Water pays charity £350,000 for polluting stream
- Special #knifefree chicken boxes launched
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (Wales) (Wales SI 2019/1149 (W. 199)
- The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1093)
- The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1094)
- The Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1188 (C. 38))
- The Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1078)
- The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1077 (C. 30))
- The Hazardous Waste (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (Wales SI 2019/1165 (W.203)
- The Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Act 2017 (Reliefs) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (Wales SI 2019/1143 (W. 198)
- The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1081 (C.31))
- The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Order 2019. (Wales SI 2019/1153 (W. 202)
- Treasury renews support for Northern Powerhouse
- Utility companies may have to dig up footpaths, not roads
- Water companies to plant 11 million trees
- Welsh Assembly agrees to lower voter age and change name
- £2.5 million for farmers working on environmental projects
- August 2019
- APPOINTMENTS UK Cabinet - 25 July 2019
- Around 25% of local government jobs slashed due to austerity
- Businesses to pay rates bills that better reflect current property values
- Charity SORP must change
- City must lead the way in securing a greener future
- CONSULTATION: Housing Right to Buy
- Cumbria receives a new National Nature Reserve
- Diverse organisations back the first ever National Housing Design Audit
- Diverse organisations back the first ever National Housing Design Audit
- Funding cuts could have paid for eight million pothole repairs
- Gove appoints Dimbleby to pioneer 'farm to fork' revolution
- High Streets Task Force to help revitalise high streets and town centres
- Ingenious innovations to help transform UK farming
- Leasehold axed for all new houses
- Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan can designate new quiet areas in urban areas
- Make creative use of historic buildings
- Millions in rural England risk being 'left behind' post-Brexit, councils warn
- NALC agrees on measures to help strengthen neighbourhood planning
- NALC calls for the Financial Services Ombudsman to cover local councils
- One in three councils fear funding for legal duties will run out within three years
- Parish councils win High Court challenge over abolition after borough misinterpreted guidance R on the application of Britwell Parish Council v Slough Borough Council [2019] EWHC 998 (Admin)
- Registration of new village green Wiltshire Council and Cooper Estates Strategic Land Ltd and Richard Gosnell and Royal Wootton Bassett Town Council [2019] EWCA Civ 840
- The Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019 (SI 2019/957)
- The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Review of Maps) (England) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1069)
- The future of town halls
- Town Councils for Torquay and Paignton move a step closer
- Welsh Government to take action against pavement parking
- July 2019
- 2020 May Bank holiday moved to mark 75th anniversary of VE Day
- All aboard the café express
- Anti-knife crime school lessons ahead of summer
- APPOINTMENTS: CCWater
- APPOINTMENTS: Chief Medical Officer
- APPOINTMENTS: Churches Conservation Trust
- APPOINTMENTS: Northern Powerhouse
- Be vigilant for signs of oak tree pest
- Building homes on derelict land at 5-year low
- CALL FOR EVIDENCE Fire safety
- CONSULTATIONS: Open consultation Adding folic acid to flour
- Council tax guide
- Cycle to Work e-bike scheme ushers in era of green commutes
- Defra announces three new general bird control licences
- Discretionary expenditure powers
- Fund to reduce waste from plastic packaging and textiles
- Government invests £142 million in building communities to deliver homes
- Grants for transforming places through heritage
- Hen harriers trial readies for action
- Home Office to scrap 101 non-emergency number charges
- Inquiries Review: notification of inquiry as preferred procedure now required 10 days prior to appeal submission
- Is it the end of parking payment machines?
- Marine life protected by Blue Belt expansion
- National strategy to tackle Gypsy, Roma and Traveller inequalities
- Noise camera trial to crack down on illegal vehicles
- Open consultation: Children’s homes workforce
- Open consultation: Land use change statistics: proposed changes
- Open consultation: Regulation of pre-paid funeral plans
- Payment for solar homes providing excess electricity to be guaranteed
- Planning red tape axed
- Regenerating Welsh towns: can compulsory purchase orders help?
- Review of Blue Badge fraud as scheme to include ‘hidden disabilities’
- Review recommends local authorities continue to commission public health services
- Take urgent action now to improve walk to school
- Tenant Fees Act comes into force
- The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/959)
- The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1013)
- The Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/995)
- The Independent Educational Provision in England (Inspection Fees and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/995)
- The Personal Independence Payment (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1011)
- The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/976 (W.167))
- The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1018 (W.178))
- The Value Added Tax (Finance) (EU Exit) (Revocation) Order 2019 (SI 2019/1014)
- Thousands of school places in underperforming areas
- Training bursaries for Wales clerks extended
- Welsh planning services are poorly resourced and underperforming
- ‘Shameful’ tactics in funeral plan sales to be stamped out
- £6.8 million boost helps 1,000 more rail commuters travel by bike
- June 2019
- APPOINTMENTS: International Development
- Asian Longhorn Beetle eradicated
- Council tax debts soar by nearly 40%
- Councils told to embrace benefits of public scrutiny
- Councils urged to revive county day celebrations
- Establishing a working definition of Islamaphobia
- Funding increased for councils looking after children seeking asylum
- Government to fund and hasten cladding replacement
- Grant to help improve health of rough sleepers
- Green light for £1 billion trans-Pennine transformation
- Green light for £1 billion trans-Pennine transformation
- High street ownership register
- High streets benefit from £62 million heritage boost
- Highways England pours £4 million into canal restoration scheme
- Model for probation
- National Schools Commissioner
- New local authorities to be created in Northamptonshire
- Non-compliant academy trusts ordered to reduce excessive salaries
- Offensive Weapons Act
- Open consultation: Local government pension scheme: changes to the local valuation cycle and management of employer risk
- Open consultation: Restricting exit payments in the public sector
- Open consultation: Violence and abuse toward shop staff: call for evidence
- Planning Inspectorate change of email address
- Police funds boosted for action on serious violence
- Potholes deter elderly from walking on pavements
- Poverty statistics developed to help target support
- Rural communities ignored and underrated, say peers
- Schools backed to tackle bad behaviour
- Schools to pilot reception class check-up
- Solicitor-general
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/861)
- The Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/867)
- The Code of Practice in relation to Local Authority Fostering Services (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/938 (W. 164))
- The Code of Practice in relation to Local Authority Fostering Services (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/938 (W. 164))
- The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/891)
- The Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/924)
- The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/872)
- The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development, Advertisement and Compensation Amendments) (England) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/907)
- Tree disease will cost economy £15 billion
- Universities told to stamp out anti-semitism
- Wild animals in circuses to be banned
- £10 million fund to plant over 130,000 urban trees
- £8.5 million fund helps communities deliver discounted homes
- May 2019
- 74% believe Oxford-Cambridge Arc will damage environment
- Age-verification for online pornography begins in July
- Annual return errors cost councils money
- APPOINTMENTS Homes England
- Bees' needs: public urged to support pollinators
- Boost to support rural pubs
- Brokenshire warns builders to protect birds
- Communities bid to make high streets fit for the future
- Danger zones for councillors
- Free sanitary products in all primary schools
- Government funds bus industry to improve air quality
- Housing developments to help pay for school places
- Humane trapping standards: update
- Increase in National Living Wage
- Laws give 300,000 workers a payslip for first time
- Long-term strategy needed to increase diversity in Welsh local government
- Ofsted finds illegal schools a ‘huge’ problem
- Online support to help tackle rogue landlords
- Open consultation Children not in school
- Open consultation Further advertising restrictions for products high in fat, salt and sugar
- Pointless street signs to be removed
- Projects strengthen families to keep children from care
- Promise to improve collection of council tax debt
- Schools to trial new multiplication tables check
- Sewage pollution leads to £200,000 restorative charity donation
- SLCC urges Brokenshire to change key funding rules
- Tax is changing in Wales
- Teacher recruitment service to save schools millions
- The Children’s Homes etc Inspection Fees, Childcare Fees, Adoption and Children Act Register (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/835)
- The Code of Practice for Local Authority Adoption Services (Appointed Day) (Wales) Order 2019 SI 019/856 (W.154)
- The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/778)
- The European Parliamentary Elections (Appointed Day of Poll) Order 2019 (SI 2019/832)
- The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/859)
- The Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 732 (W. 137)
- The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2019 No. 553 (W. 122) (C. 13)
- The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/745)
- The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/834)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/736 (W. 139))
- The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/No. 545 (W. 119)
- The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2019 (SI 2019/615)
- Training to boost early communication skills
- Unfair evictions brought to an end
- Youth Charter to support young people
- £3 million boost for innovative air quality improvements
- £3 million scheme to regenerate village halls
- £3.7 million to fund five garden towns
- £46 million to help people off the streets
- AprilL 2019
- Adult social care providers: EU Exit planning update
- Brokenshire champions parks with £13 million in funds
- Brokenshire hails package to build homes and opportunities
- Community-led affordable housing to benefit from £6 million boost
- Digital tool to help deliver thousands of homes
- Drivers protected against rogue parking operators
- Farmers told to apply early for funding
- Government-backed stalking protection Bill given Royal Assent
- Invasive non-native species and grey squirrels
- Local authorities with major ports to receive extra funds to help with Brexit preparations
- Local authority interactive tool
- Millions invested to help people be active in their communities
- More stop and search powers to tackle acid attacks
- Open consultation Changes to Ofsted's statistical reporting on inspections and outcomes for children's homes and local authority children's services
- Open consultation Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers (bottles and cans)
- Open consultation Waste and recycling: making recycling collections consistent in England
- Open consultation: Low Pay Commission
- Stronger partnerships needed to tackle knife crime
- The Arrangements for Assistance for Persons Making Representations (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/205 (W. 48))
- The Central Rating List (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/395
- The Council Tax (Additional Provisions for Discount Disregards) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/431 (W. 100)
- The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/220 (W. 50))
- The Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/432 (W.101))
- The Data Protection (Charges and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/478)
- The Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/536)
- The Free School Lunches and Milk (Universal Credit) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/187 (W.47)
- The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2019 (SI 2019/373)
- The Household Waste Duty of Care (Fixed Penalties) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/331 (W. 81))
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/427 (C. 10)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/396)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/396)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/396)
- The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 (2019/351)
- The Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/291 (W. 69))
- The Recovery of Costs (Remand to Youth Detention Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/508)
- The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/237 (W. 56))
- The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/515)
- The Tenant Fees Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/428 (C. 11)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2019 (SI 2019/330 (W. 80))
- The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- Update on adult social care guidance for EU Exit planning
- £1.6 billion Stronger Towns Fund launched
- £100 million funding for police to tackle violent crime
- £26 million for vulnerable rough sleepers
- £9.75 million to clean high streets
- March 2019
- Changes to Welsh school building programme to help pressures on local authority budgets
- CMA launches court action against Care UK
- Drive to create more good school places
- Elections 2019
- EU Exit Local Government Delivery Board: update
- Faith schools should consider academy conversion
- Farmland potential for rural housing ignored – CLA
- Funding package for local authorities in 2019 to 2020
- Funds for councils to develop solutions to childhood obesity
- Housing complaints system
- Independent review of how drugs fuel violence
- Low Pay Commission's 2019 visits announced
- Module helps planners to protect ancient woodland
- Need to fell some trees?
- New stamp duty land tax surcharge for non-UK resident homebuyers to be introduced
- Next steps to building integrated communities
- One of largest mental health trials launches in schools
- Plans to tackle illegal traveller sites
- Price comparison site to help schools cut energy bills
- Schools Minister asks academies to justify 'excessive' pay
- Strengthen ethical standards system
- The Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/163 (W. 40)
- The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/94 (W. 25))
- The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/151)
- The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/36)
- The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) Order 2019 (SI 2019/166)
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1421)
- The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/162)
- The Online Pornography (Commercial Basis) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/23)
- The Public Record Office (Fees) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1420)
- The Regulated Fostering Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/169 (W.42)
- The Social Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/128)
- The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/170)
- The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies and Animal By-Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/170)
- Training for faith leaders to support their communities
- Waiting list for rural social housing tops 100 years
- Waiting list for rural social housing tops 100 years
- £48 million to drive down bus emissions across UK
- £50 million for English councils to support Brexit preparations
- £500 million affordable homes funding boost
- February 2019
- 2019-2020 National Salary Award for Local Council Clerks
- Activity ‘passport’ to inspire schoolchildren and boost resilience
- APPOINTMENTS: Food waste
- APPOINTMENTS: Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- By 10 children have eaten 18 years worth of sugar
- Changes to benefits for mixed age couples
- Communities to have greater say in protecting trees
- CPRE reaction to the Environment Bill
- Cutting food waste: game-changing fund opens
- Dramatic reduction in size of government estate
- Funding for 900 new children’s social workers
- Funding measures for councils
- Funds for children with special educational needs
- Future High Streets Fund
- Government and sports bodies help children play more sport
- Greyhound welfare boosted through multi-million pound deal with gambling industry
- Homes England supports local authority delivery of pilot scheme
- Landmark blueprint for resources and waste
- Landmark law that improves tenants’ safety welcomed
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEW YEAR HONOURS
- Local government workers to receive increased pensions protections
- Local Growth Fund
- Loneliness fund
- Military to donate unused ration packs to charities
- Minister confirms funds to fight rogue landlords
- New site helps schools save on recruitment costs
- Open consultation How residents and landlords work together to keep their home and building safe: call for evidence
- Open consultation Local Government Pension Scheme: Fair Deal – strengthening pension protection
- Open consultation Single use carrier bags: extending and increasing the charge
- Open consultation Technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations: a call for evidence
- Open consultation Trees and woodlands
- Open consultation: Restricting promotion of food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt
- Rail fares cut for younger passengers
- Regulator finds quality and transparency in charity accounts has fallen
- Robots to help cut roadworks
- Schools challenged to go single-use plastic free by 2022
- Signs help to identify flood risk car parks
- Social housing regulator publishes 2018 Global accounts
- Space education campaign inspires 2 million children
- The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1230)
- The Conservation of Habitats and Species and Planning (Various Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1307)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1346)
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1384)
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.2) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1245)
- The Export of Objects of Cultural Interest (Control) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1186)
- The Feed-in Tariffs (Closure, etc.) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1380)
- The Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authority and Amendment) Order 2018) SI 2018/1212)
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1353)
- The Gaming Machine (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocation) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1402)
- The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Variation of Borrowing Power) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1266)
- The Higher Education (Transparency Condition and Financial Support) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1382)
- The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1389)
- The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1379 (C.98))
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2018) SI 2018/1381)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1369 (C.97))
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1207)
- The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1339 (W.261)
- The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2018 (SI 2018/1309)
- The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Rules 2018 (SI 2018/1308)
- The Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1386
- The Local Government (Structural and Boundary Changes) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1296)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1366)
- The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1399)
- The Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1396)
- The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) (No. 3) Order 2018) SI 2018/1220)
- The Timeshare, Holiday Products, Resale and Exchange Contracts (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1397)
- The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1408)
- Thousands more families to benefit from Adoption Support Fund
- Tougher regulatory system for building safety
- Universal Credit changes
- What the financial settlement includes:
- £38 million to boost accommodation for London homeless
- December 2019
- 2018 Editions
- December 2018
- APPOINTMENTS
- Budget proposes affordable homes powers for parishes
- Budget to support housing, high streets and local services
- CMA sets out obligations for care homes
- Construction industry to benefit from skills boost
- CONSULTATION: Open consultation Airside alcohol licensing at international airports in England and Wales
- Courts to pilot more flexible hours for public’s benefit
- Drive to ensure all children can swim by end of primary school
- Final settlement dates to be set each year
- Local authorities supported to innovate against childhood obesity
- Mammoth discovery on A14 improvement programme
- Multi-million pound boost for Welsh language programming
- New funding to protect bees
- New gritters take to the road
- OPEN CONSULTATION: Community involvement in shale gas proposals
- Ox-Cam Arc is ‘devastating blow for democracy and countryside’
- Pilot voter ID scheme for 2019
- Prevention is better than cure
- Record numbers learn instruments in class thanks to music hubs
- Rural landowners want stronger action against fly-tippers
- Scheme to support people leaving care launched
- Stronger protection from violence for NHS staff
- The Budget allocates ACRE £8 million
- The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1089)
- The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2018 (SI 2018/1172 (L.14))
- The Local Government (Boundary Changes) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1128)
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1185)
- The Town and Village Greens (Landowner Statements) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1100 (W.230)
- The Van Benefit and Car and Van Fuel Benefit Order 2018 (SI 2018/1176)
- Tough measure to prevent acid attacks
- Tree Champion: we must preserve our urban trees
- Welsh high street crowned ‘UK’s best’
- Welsh slate landscape is World Heritage Site nomination
- £2 million for councils to crack down on rogue landlords
- November 2018
- Action to reduce food waste
- Animal welfare boosted by new law
- APPOINTMENTS: Department for Work and Pensions
- APPOINTMENTS: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- APPOINTMENTS: Parole Board
- APPOINTMENTS: SLCC
- Call for a single, nationwide recycling system
- Cemeteries
- Charles Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration - 11th edition out now
- Civil servants leave Whitehall
- Final report on “grassroots of governance” published
- Flying success for Bats in Churches project
- Green initiatives from abandoned coal mines
- Housing experts join forces to boost property agent standards
- Improving services for Welsh speakers
- Increase in Welsh councillors’ allowances
- National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to crack down on drug gangs
- New generation of council housing
- New £50 note
- NHS to reuse more medical equipment
- Open consultation: Calorie labelling for food and drink served outside the home
- Open consultation: Implementing reforms to the leasehold system
- Open letter to government on fracking
- People spend more time in natural environment
- Perfect storm in children’s care - Barnardos
- PM launches Government’s first loneliness strategy
- Record £15.6 million underpayment for 200,000 on minimum wage
- Recreational angling puts £1.4 billion into English economy
- Review urges tougher rules for minicabs
- Stamp out hare coursing
- Systemic under-reporting of abuse by charities
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1056)
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/949)
- The Friendly Societies (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1039)
- The Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Act 2017 (Site Restoration Relief) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 1057 (W.221))
- The Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1040)
- The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1022 (W. 213) (C. 78)
- The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1083)
- The Return of Cultural Objects (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1086)
- The Rural Development Programme (Transfer) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/964)
- The Tenants’ Associations (Provisions Relating to Recognition and Provision of Information) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1043)
- The Town and Village Greens (Landowner Statements) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1021 (W.212))
- The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1004)
- Wales announces funding for local government
- ‘Forgotten lands’ to receive forestry boostA new project to help landowners create vital new woodland and unlock the economic benefits of forestry has been launched in Cumbria’s ‘forgotten lands’. The government’s Tree Champion Sir William Worsley visited
- £20 million fund to help homeless into private rented homes
- £5 million awarded to community groups to fight extremism
- October 2018
- ACAS launches new advice on job references
- Charity annual return privacy notice
- Charles Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration - 11th Edition now available
- Community centres & village hall grants - Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
- CONSULTATION OPEN: A new deal for social housing
- CONSULTATION OPEN:New plans to update road safety laws to protect cyclists and pedestrians
- Councils defend use of fake Facebook profiles
- Free Wi-Fi Programme - European Commission
- Government launches consultation to protect political debate
- Lack of funding holding back sustainable travel
- Landmark Agriculture Bill to deliver a Green Brexit
- Letter to the PM to secure public access as a public good
- Litter Innovation Fund: further grants available for innovative community projects
- Make local government efficient and parish England, says NALC
- People are spending more time outside in the natural environment than ever before
- Statement on local government funding figures
- Strong public backing bolsters fight against blight of plastic waste
- Surveillance Camera Commissioner letter to local councils
- The Local Government (Structural Changes) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/930)
- The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/952)
- Whitehall not doing ‘nearly enough’ to tackle pothole epidemic
- £95 million “full fibre” broadband boost for local authorities
- September 2018
- A38 verges transformed for bees and butterflies
- All supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
- Civil Society Strategy
- Community groups given more funds to tackle knife crime
- CONSULTATIONS
- Data Protection
- Deregulation of Welsh housing associations: registration requirements
- Environmental farming scheme given green light
- Family wins high court challenge to library cuts
- Fracking exploration given permission in Derbyshire
- Green Belt ‘being eroded at alarming rate’
- Hen harrier breeding most successful in 10 years
- Increase in garden towns
- Investment in early years education to boost social mobility
- Libraries Week: 8-13 October
- Managing traffic in real time: apply for funding
- NALC poll: support for single code of conduct
- New Act kick-starts rollout of electric chargepoints
- New technology to spearhead classroom revolution
- Plans for radical shakeup in Northamptonshire
- Plastic bag sales in ‘big seven’ supermarkets down 86% since 5p charge
- Sentences for animal cruelty to be increased
- Stronger powers for councils to tackle empty homes
- The Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/912)
- The Local Government (Structural Changes) (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/930)
- The New Towns Act 1981 (Local Authority Oversight) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/891)
- The Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists, Appeals and Procedure) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/911)
- The Official Statistics Order 2018 (SI 2018/888)
- The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2018 (SI 2018/910)
- The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/852)
- The School Teachers’ Incentive Payments (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/933)
- The Social Workers Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/893)
- Urgent action needed on ammonia emissions
- Welsh employment rate hits new record high
- £100 million plan to end rough sleeping by 2027
- £200 million pilot to boost social home ownership
- August 2018
- A walk in the park? Not so easy as festivals take over green spaces
- APPOINTMENTS
- Ban pavement parking
- Boon for bees as agency trials pollinator project
- Buses in Crisis 2018
- Charity and local authority partnership keeps children out of care system
- Community managed libraries - good practice toolkit
- Could Welsh example shape England council reform?
- Creative ways to charge electric vehicles: apply for funds
- Fast-track fracking
- Fighting rural isolation with technology: apply for funding
- Government grants for affordable housing
- Green waste: more councils charge for collections
- Local authorities alone cannot safeguard children
- Ministers’ proposals to save the High Street
- More than 4,000 council assets sold off a year - report
- Open consultation: Household waste duty of care: updating the guidance
- Open consultation: Overcoming barriers to longer tenancies in private rented sector
- Pothole-related breakdowns reach three-year high
- Rural landlords reject enforced long tenancies
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/730)
- The Cancellation of Student Loans for Living Costs Liability (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/818 (W.166)
- The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/687)
- The Child Safeguarding Practice Review and Relevant Agency (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/789)
- The Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/703)
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/830)
- The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/688)
- The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/760 (W. 151)
- The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018 (SI 2018/719)
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/805 (C. 62))
- The Private Water Supplies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/707)
- Tougher laser misuse laws come into force
- Unauthorised traveller camps - greater powers needed
- Water companies must do more to protect environment
- £400 million sleep-in shift ruling overturned
- July 2018
- A walk in the park
- Act now to save water says Environment Agency
- APPOINTMENTS: Housing director-general
- British mammals’ fight for survival
- Climate change targets will be missed
- CONSULTATIONS: Government steps up the fight against waste criminals
- Contacting your external auditor and approval of AGAR
- Countryside lost to housing at alarming rate
- Cross-government plan supports unpaid carers
- Drink-drivers face swifter justice with new breathalysers
- Education Secretary issues call to arms for governors
- Extra support so pupils reach their potential
- Facilities for children with special educational needs
- Free website for schools to advertise vacancies
- Highways England geared up for motorway lessons
- HM Land Registry to launch Local Land Charges service
- Improved mental health support for children in care
- LGA warns of risk to Local Plans
- Local Authorities (Borrowing and Investment) Bill 2017-19
- Local Housing Authority Debt Bill [HL] 2017-19
- Measles outbreak across England
- National Assembly leads the way in single-use plastics
- National Parks review
- Neighbourhood Planning grants
- New powers for councils to deliver local family homes
- Open consultation: Care homes for the elderly: draft consumer law advice
- Open consultation: Nuisance calls and messages: action against directors
- Open consultation: Pre-paid funeral plans
- Places of worship protected by £1 million Home Office fund
- Police and crime commissioners given fire authority voting rights
- Pothole pictures wanted
- Principal Local Authorities (Grounds for Abolition) Bill 2017-19
- Public Lending Right scheme to cover e-book authors
- Research into funding adult social care published
- The Animal By-Products and Pet Passport Fees (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/666)
- The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/653)
- Tree champion to expand England’s woodland
- Village greens: law, registration and protection
- £19 million to boost integration
- June 2018
- APPOINTMENTS: Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Be transparent with budget
- Capita reports losses over £500 million
- CCTV mandatory in all English abattoirs
- Councils urged to take zero tolerance on fly tipping
- Fixed Odds Betting Terminals maximum stake cut from £100 to £2
- Four million homes needed to solve ‘epic’ crisis
- Framework to hasten delivery of new homes
- Further restrictions on neonicotinoids agreed
- Government action to end letting fees
- Grants for peatlands restoration
- Measures to back British shale gas exploration
- Open consultation: Inquiry: high streets and town centres in 2030
- Open consultation: Off-payroll working in the private sector
- Open-cast mining in Wales: Petitions Committee report
- Parishes and communities to be exempt from appointing a DPO
- Parks provide £34 billion in health benefits
- Schools to get expert advice from business advisers
- Support for public interest journalism fundamental to Welsh democracy
- Tax is changing in Wales
- Tax measures to improve air quality
- The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (2018/552 (W.94))
- The Combined Authorities (Borrowing) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/565)
- The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/575)
- The Fire and Rescue Authorities (National Framework) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/560)
- The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2018 (SI 2018/557 (W.96)(C.45))
- The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2018 (SI 2018/550 (W.92) (C.44))
- The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/556)
- The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/567 (C.46)
- The Rating Lists (Valuation Date) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/553)
- The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/592)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2018 (2018/554 (W.95))
- The Town and Country Planning (Pre-commencement Conditions) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/566)
- Unemployment rate lowest in over 40 years
- Unsafe cladding removal in social housing to be funded by government
- £1 million in Home Office funding to boost fight against knife crime
- May 2018
- 3 PCCs take responsibility for fire and rescue services
- Call for evidence on live animal export for slaughter
- Children’s funeral fund for England
- Civil news: rule change for clients threatened with homelessness
- Combining consent processes could risk Welsh heritage
- CONSULTATION: Approved Document B (fire safety): amendments to statutory guidance on assessments in lieu of tests
- CONSULTATION: Review of laws over unauthorised caravan sites
- Council tax rises by 5.1%
- Councils helped to bring empty homes back into use
- Deposit return scheme in fight against plastic
- Farmers required to improve environment for all
- Fight against waste crime strengthens
- Free bus passes for older and disabled people future proofed
- Government to act against councils failing to plan new homes
- Government to make the estate agent market professional
- Home Secretary launches serious violence strategy
- House of Lords report supports public access
- Motorways experience Great British Spring Clean
- Planning survey reveals barriers to rural development
- Pothole fund boosted to repair winter damage
- Regulations to double use of sustainable renewable fuels by 2020
- Review of local government finance governance and processes
- Rights of way and rights of access
- Rogue landlord crackdown continues
- Severn Trent Water fined £350,000 for polluting river
- Sports industry can top league in reducing plastic pollution
- The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/486)
- The Data Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/480)
- The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 and Schedules 55 and 56 (Soft Drinks Industry Levy) (Appointed Day) Order 2018 (SI 2018/468 (C.40))
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/493)
- The Local Land Charges Fees (England) Rules 2018 (SI 2018/489)
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2018 (SI 2018 No. 397 (C.33))
- Welsh children to be consulted on Brexit
- Welsh plans to strengthen local government
- £1.7 million boost for children to play in Wales
- £2 million fund to restore historic rural buildings
- £260 million clean air funding package
- £48 million for cleaner, greener buses
- April 2018
- Alliance to boost confidence in reporting child abuse
- Barnet launches own children’s charity
- Bringing order to chaos
- Councils are at breaking point warns NAO
- Councils given new powers against rogue landlords
- Guidance on local government investments published
- Landowners target criminal hare coursing gangs
- Lane rental scheme starts
- Litter Innovation Fund: government backs new community projects
- Open consultation: Animal welfare: banning electronic training collars for cats and dogs
- Open consultation: Children in need of help and protection
- Open consultation: School exclusions review
- Open consultation: Tackling the plastic problem
- PHE publishes latest data on nation’s diet
- Plans to help tackle teacher workload
- Press sustainability review
- Steps to improve outcome for children with additional needs
- The Codes of Practice for the Welfare of Cats, Dogs, and Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and their Hybrids (Appointed Day and Revocations) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/310)
- The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Written Representations Procedure) (Ministers) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/253)
- The Freedom of Information (Additional Public Authorities) Order 2018 (SI 2018/173)
- The Freedom of Information (Removal of References to Public Authorities) Order 2018 (SI 2018/185)
- The Homelessness (Review Procedure etc.) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/223)
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/216)
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/258)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/325 (W.61))
- The Local Land Charges Rules 2018 (SI 2018/273)
- The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/252 (C.25))
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2018. (SI 2018/343)
- The Waste Enforcement (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/369)
- March 2018
- Brownfield registers identify land for 1million homes
- CONSULTATIONS: Planning guidance for fracking inquiry launched
- Council tax rises 57% in 20 years
- English councils urged to enforce complete ban on sky lanterns
- Funding for electric car charge points unused by councils
- Green pledges strengthen planning rules and enhanced green belt
- NALC encourages digital mapping for local council
- Number of paupers’ funerals rises by 12%
- Open consultation Local authority public health
- Open consultation Local government ethical standards
- The Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement and Saving Provisions) Order 2018 (SI 2018/100 (W.24) (C.12))
- The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/123 (W.29))
- The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/111 (W.26))
- The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/172)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/14 (W.7))
- The Free School Lunches and Milk, and School and Early Years Finance (Amendments Relating to Universal Credit) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/148)
- The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 (Commencement and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/167 (C.19))
- The Land Transaction Tax (Tax Bands and Tax Rates) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/128 (W.32))
- The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/131 (W.33))
- The Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/171)
- The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/20)
- The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/146)
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2017 (SI 2017 1335)
- The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/38 (C.7))
- The Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/151)
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/10)
- The Town and Country Planning (Local Authority Consultations etc.) (England) Order 2018 (SI 2018/119)
- The Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/99)
- Value Added Tax – helping local communities
- Wales to try ‘innovative’ voting in local elections
- Walking less, cycling further
- Welsh 16 year olds to vote locally
- Welsh owners of empty plots to pay vacant land tax
- £10 million extra for winter pressure in Wales
- £30 million to improve Welsh roads
- February 2018
- Appeal court rules against quiet enjoyment of London parks
- APPOINTMENTS: Certification officer
- APPOINTMENTS: Ofcom
- APPOINTMENTS: Royal Town Planning Institute
- Auditors’ work
- Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill: LGA response
- Autumn Budget 2017: 25 things you need to know
- Bill to strengthen animal welfare
- Congestion-busting scheme to benefit drivers
- CONSULTATIONS: End physical punishment of children in Wales
- CONSULTATIONS: Marine licences
- Crackdown on unfair leasehold practices
- End the scandal of secret paths
- England’s largest woodland scheme given green light
- February 2018
- Festival closure of Thames Path National Trail
- First glimpse of updated road design manual in 2018
- Flexible working in schools
- Fracking firm gets green light to test for oil at Balcombe … again
- Give church buildings a future
- Government pledges to secure future of Local government finance settlement - councils respond
- Government pledges to secure future of Post Office
- HCA publishes Global accounts
- Help for businesses affected by unfair ‘staircase tax’
- High-speed broadband to become a legal right
- Mobile and broadband rules change in rural areas
- National Minimum Wage Rates 2018/2019
- New children’s services inspections announced
- New funding for local communities
- New powers model for Wales
- New small business rate relief scheme for Wales
- NHS first healthcare system to publish number of avoidable deaths
- Parish councils and church buildings
- Rail ticketing progress report
- Raptor persecution maps to help tackle wildlife crime
- Reception - missed opportunity for too many children
- Rogue landlords put on notice
- Rural communities hardest hit by Brexit
- Scrap Metal Dealers Act leads to fall in metal theft
- Scrapping English district councils ‘could save £31 billion’
- Social care green paper publication date
- Social mobility: fifth state of the nation report
- Support to help councils deliver services
- Tax is changing in Wales
- The Building (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1274 (W.296))
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1305)
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1316)
- The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1312)
- The Football Spectators (2018 World Cup Control Period) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1257)
- The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 (Estimates and Accounts) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1256)
- The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1251)
- The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017) SI 2017/1314)
- The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1309)
- The Tuberculosis (Non-bovine animals) Slaughter and Compensation (England) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1254)
- The Whole of Government Accounts (Designation of Bodies) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1259)
- Transparency Fund two years on
- Unemployment remains at 40-year low
- Using the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Wales – fast nation
- What’s in a name?
- £200 million funding boost for England’s roads
- £4 million museums and galleries improvement fund
- December 2018
- 2017 Editions
- December 2017
- Access to walking infrastructure not a priority for developers
- Access to walking infrastructure not a priority for developers
- Access to walking infrastructure not a priority for developers
- Affordable Home Ownership Bill 2017-19
- APPOINTMENTS:CLA (Countryside Landowners association)
- APPOINTMENTS:SLCC
- Boost for electric and driverless car industry
- Communities to decide how to spend shale cash
- CONSULTATION: Developing a national policy statement for water resources and proposed amendments to the Planning Act 2008
- CONSULTATION: Funding for supported housing - two consultations
- CONSULTATION: Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities
- CONSULTATION: Proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures
- CONSULTATION: Proposed amendments to The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) Regulations 2003
- CONSULTATION: Registration of town and village greens Wales
- CONSULTATION: Review of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations 2015
- Council mileage allowances
- Councils call in bailiffs
- Gove opens £40 million fund to boost farm productivity
- Government acts to improve home-buying process
- Government announces plans for disclosure of pension costs and charges
- Government invests £350 million improving local roads
- Government releases £100 billion in grant data in push for greater efficiency and transparency
- Guidance to ensure victims of domestic abuse have access to safe social housing
- Highways England and conservation volunteers pick up top environmental award
- Local Government Finance Bill
- New environmental protections to deliver a Green Brexit
- New steps to tackle littering announced
- Obesity in under-fives is on the ris
- Publication of the National Risk Assessment publication welcomed
- Smart Meters Bill introduced
- Social housing regulator publishes Fees Statement
- Stress and mental health in the workplace: new guidance
- Support for flexible working in schools
- The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1018)
- The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1012)
- The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1012)
- The Healthy Start Scheme and Welfare Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1052 (C.98)
- The Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/1041 (W.270)
- UK to host global conference on wildlife crime
- Unemployment remains at lowest rate since 1975
- Welsh Secretary calls on Welsh Government to crackdown on rogue landlords
- November 2017
- Campaigners call for inquiry into ‘toxic’ loans
- CONSULTATIONS: Banning UK sales of ivory
- CONSULTATIONS: Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors
- CONSULTATIONS: Leading by example: cutting energy bills and carbon emissions in the public and higher education sectors
- CONSULTATIONS: Leading by example: cutting energy bills and carbon emissions in the public and higher education sectors
- CONSULTATIONS: Offensive and dangerous weapons: new legislation
- CONSULTATIONS: Personal injury claims arising from package holidays: call for evidence
- Councils take a week to deal with waste complaints
- Criminals dump £750,000 clean-up bill on landowners
- Deposit refund system could save councils £35 million a year
- Developers exploit legal loophole finds Shelter
- Driving test changes
- Durham County Council approves new city authority
- Funding for woodland
- Government launches urgent review into cycle safety
- Government sets out plans for ivory ban
- Life-saving drink drive law turns 50
- Needless demand
- New rules strengthen standards for councillors and mayors
- Organ donation opt-out system
- Planning principles and the Localism Act 2011
- Poll supports council protection of conservation areas
- Reward and return schemes - views
- Rudd creates national online hate crime hub
- Sentences for animal cruelty increase tenfold to five years
- Surge in gambling advertising puts young people at risk
- Tension between councils and housing associations
- The Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/978)
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions (Wales) and Commencement No. 4 (Wales) (Amendment)) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/933 (W.227) (C.80))
- The Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/955 (W.242) (C.89))
- The Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/936 (C.81))
- The Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order (S.I. 2017/949 (W.237) (C.85)
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/926 (C.78))
- The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Assessments of Local Well-being) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/939 (W.232))
- Working together to help protect communities
- £16 billion generated in heritage tourism, report finds
- £2 billion boost for affordable housing and long-term deal for social rent
- £2.5 million cash boost for garden towns
- £22.8 million boost to give power back to communities
- £500,000 pledge for public parks action group
- October 2017
- APPOINTMENTS: New chief executive starts at Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Badger vaccination scheme relaunched in fight against bovine TB
- Charity Commission launches updated guidance for independent examiners
- Cleaner journeys as government commits £11 million to greener buses
- CONSULTATION: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidance on contracts and liabilities between controllers and processors
- CONSULTATION: New rules to strengthen standards for councillors and mayors
- CONSULTATION: Planning for the right homes in the right places: consultation proposals
- Councils: displaying food hygiene ratings must be made mandatory after Brexit
- Crackdown on illegal waste sites
- Data Protection Bill
- Launch of the UK’s first plot shop
- MPs call for employment tribunal time limit to be doubled
- New clean energy projects set to power 3.6 million homes
- New fund launched to reduce litter through innovative projects
- New government proposals to cut congestion on our busiest roads
- New opportunities for councils to benefit from growth
- New planning approach to speed up delivering homes
- Parish councils should have control over new housing, argues think tank
- Public sector employment fallen to 70 year low, figures reveal
- Public sector pay cap lift confirmed
- Taxpayers to subsidise planning application costs by £1 billion over next five years
- The new generation are confident voters, but call for further modernisation of the registration process
- Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017
- World’s longest coastal footpath one step closer
- ‘Devolution deadlock’ putting economic growth across England at risk
- £40 million to create jobs and boost visitors to the Great British Coast
- September 2017
- 150 Points of Light shines spotlight on parish power
- CONSULTATIONS: Wales - Local Government Secretary announces major shake-up of council elections and details of new Local Government Bill
- Councils share £75 million for major road improvements
- Employment law – the basics
- Funding boost for local authorities to transform local communities
- Giving more of a voice to councillors
- Giving more of a voice to councillors
- Government to strengthen UK data protection law
- Highway Authorities warned about danger of overgrown verges
- Larger charities should undergo external reviews every three years, new governance code recommends
- Litter strategy for England: at a glance
- Local areas need £8.4 billion of EU funding replaced after Brexit
- More Green Belt being lost without tackling housing crisis
- Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
- New online maps to help Britons experience their local green spaces
- Ombudsman releases complaints statistics for all local authorities
- OSS criticises New Ordnance Survey Map of Green spaces
- OSS criticises New Ordnance Survey Map of Green spaces
- Parish councils should have control over new housing, argues think tank
- Plan for roadside NO2 concentrations published
- Record electorate at 2017 UK general election, but further modernisation of the registration system urgently needed
- Smaller farms heading towards a cliff edge
- Universal broadband to reach every part of the UK
- £200 million boost for rural England
- August 2017
- Allocate road space for bike parking
- Breathe life into old places with Heritage Action Zone
- Build 50 villages like Poundbury
- Change of name for DCMS
- CONSULTATIONS: Review: abuse and intimidation in elections
- CONSULTATIONS: Statement on outcome of night flight consultation
- Councils save over £600 million by sharing services
- Councils to get share of vehicle excise duty
- DVLA challenges Welsh pupils
- Early childhood education
- Early childhood education
- Ensure recladding work meets building regulations
- Five shortlisted for UK City of Culture 2021
- Funding to tackle gang-related violence
- Javid claims local government faces confidence crisis
- NSPCC calls for UK-wide survey
- Oxford sets up lottery
- Parks risk falling further into neglect
- Public sector can do more to reduce CO2 emissions
- Right to Buy ‘devastating’ social housing stock
- Road show to show you road works
- Schemes given £15 million for natural flood management
- Sexism, discrimination widespread
- Sweet chestnut blight
- The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/674 (W.156))
- The Disease Control (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/677 (W.159)
- The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 2) Order 2017 (SI 2017/690)
- The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/691 (W.163)
- The Social Security (Emergency Funds) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/689)
- Update on school cladding safety checks
- Water companies must improve quality
- Water market opens up for local councils
- Where next for localism?
- Which? reveals UK’s slowest broadband
- July 2017
- Affordable housing crisis deepens
- APPOINTMENTS: The Charity Commission
- British workers hit ‘hardest’ by immigration cuts, research reveals
- Campaigners win right to appeal fracking decision
- Cattle test positive for bluetongue in northern France
- CiLCA goes online
- CMA outlines concerns in care home market
- CONSULTATIONS: Analysing family circumstances and education
- CONSULTATIONS: Ofsted seeks views on improved approach to short inspections
- Cuts to pest control services could have major impact
- District council spends £45 million on research park
- Employment reaches record high
- Guide to finance and transparency
- Guide to neighbourhood planning
- HONOURS June 2017
- Injunction against unauthorised Traveller encampments extended
- Listed Buildings (Review of Listing Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/644 (W.150))
- More than half council websites provide good service
- New Crowded Places guidance launched
- Older care needs to increase by 25% in eight years
- Oldest mayor at 93
- Patient benefits can clear way for Manchester hospitals merger
- Public transport only in cities welcomed
- Research project to make better use of data for ageing-related decisions in localities
- Safety review launched into hundreds of tower blocks
- Study claims pollution from diesel cars is 50% more
- The Ancient Monuments (Applications for Scheduled Monument Consent) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 642 (W.148))
- The Cabinet
- The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/655)
- The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) (No. 2) Order 2017 (SI 2017/671)
- The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/638 (W. 144))
- The Scheduled Monuments (Review of Scheduling Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/643 (W. 149))
- Unions call for pay rise for council workers
- Village and community halls: the legal framework
- Why parish councils are getting involved in planning
- June 2017
- APPOINTMENTS: Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Business funds to encourage cycling and walking
- Business rate localisation must be extended to local councils
- Common weed killer ban could create £228 million council tax cost
- Commonwealth Games 2022 bid
- Council chiefs asks all parties to adopt ten-point plan
- Councils sitting on 23,000 vacant residential properties
- Extension of the right to inspect accounting records
- Landmark ruling strengthens hand of local planners
- Local council election results
- Neighbourhood Planning Bill signed into law
- New chance to rescue lost Welsh commons
- Open consultation: Running free
- Parishing England is key to unlocking people power
- Partnership to install electric vehicle charging points
- Planning for the countryside is failing, says CPRE
- Pot-hole related breakdowns increase
- Social housing is ‘increasingly commercialised’
- Study reveals drop in frequency of library use
- The changing face of parish councils
- The Childcare Payments Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/578 (C. 52))
- The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/574)
- The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/606)
- The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/565 (W.134))
- The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2017 (SI 2017/637)
- The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/567 (W.136))
- The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/571)
- Training bursaries announced for Wales clerks
- Use data ‘dashboards’ to improve services
- Verges should be managed to save plant species
- Verges should be managed to save plant species
- Waste crime costs country over £600 million a year
- May 2017
- Allotments Law
- APPOINTMENTS: Ofsted chairman
- APPOINTMENTS: Ramblers
- Arts Council gives 30 libraries £3.9 million
- Bidding opens for £490 million in road funds
- Business rates plans add risk to council budgets
- Case for tripling road budget based on wishful thinking
- Clean energy projects given £24 million to warm towns
- CONSULTATIONS: Banning letting agent fees paid by tenants
- CONSULTATIONS: Where next for Localism?
- Councils urged to ban balloon releases
- Court and tribunal services in Welsh
- Environment Agency tests new powers for volunteer bailiffs
- Government action to ban letting agent fees
- Government publishes new anti-littering strategy
- Home Office funds PCCs to support further police and fire collaboration
- Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit
- NALC launches a trees charter
- Planning for dementia
- Powers pass to Welsh Assembly
- The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/555)
- The Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/505)
- The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/460 (W.98))
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/465)
- The Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017 (2017/513)
- The School Governance (Constitution and Federations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/487)
- The Size and Composition of Local Planning Authority Committees (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/459 (W.97))
- The Smoke Control Areas (Authorised Fuels) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/421 (W.89))
- The Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Classes of Fireplace) (Wales) Order 2017 (SI 2017 423 (W.90))
- The Town and Country Planning (Blight Provisions) (England) Order 2017 (SI 2017/472)
- The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/403)
- The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (SI 2017/402
- The Town and Country Planning (Referred Applications and Appeals Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2017) SI 2017/544 (W. 121))
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 (SI 2017/462 (C.41))
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017 (SI 2017/462 (C.41))
- The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (SI 2017/506)
- The Water Supply Licence and Sewerage Licence (Modification of Standard Conditions) Order 2017 (SI 2017/449)
- Tougher measures to target rogue landlords
- £10 million fund to restore peatland
- April 2017
- APPOINTMENTS :Youth Social Action Review
- APPOINTMENTS Traffic commissioners
- Closing a commons loophole
- CONSULTATION: 100 per cent business rates retention: further consultation on the design of the reformed system
- CONSULTATIONS: Child vision screening resources
- CONSULTATIONS: Local authority environmental regulation fees and charges 2017
- CONSULTATIONS: School exclusion guidance: proposed revisions
- Control Japanese knotweed - warning
- Countryside Stewardship opens for 2017
- Efficiency Review to drive productive public services
- Employment rate grows faster in Wales
- Ethical standards for providers of public services
- Funds to boost school facilities and healthy lifestyles
- Green waste site applications drop
- Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/245))
- Increase spending for local councils
- Local election ballot papers to be written in Welsh
- Major road improvements unlock thousands of homes and jobs
- Measures urged to prevent bus crisis
- National auditing scheme
- National surveillance camera strategy for England and Wales
- Nearly £315 million spent subsidising unions
- New grant for council homelessness services
- Parish council tax bills rise despite squeeze
- Public sector given help to save on water bill
- Public sector pay
- Social care funding in Wales cut 13% in five years
- Taking control: the need for fundamental bailiff reform
- The Budget
- The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/362 (W.88))
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/75 (C.8))
- The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/392)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/391)
- £119 million cash boost for South West
- March 2017
- APPOINTMENTS: Natural England
- APPOINTMENTS: SLCC
- Bats and churches benefit from National Lottery
- BBC-funded journalists to cover local councils
- Benefit cap restores fairness to the system
- Community councils in Wales need to improve financial management and governance
- Cost of smoking to social care
- Council tax increase makes no difference to social care
- CPRE response to housing White Paper
- Developers must work with councils
- Dog law
- Environment gains from businesses breaking the law
- Government allocates £1.2 billion in road funds to councils
- Government pledges £64 million to encourage more cycling and walking to work
- Hedges and boundaries grant from Natural England
- Huge response to dangerous driving proposals
- Inquiry into overview and scrutiny in local government launched
- Latest instalment from growth fund
- Local authorities to hire 1,000s of new apprentices
- Local government ombudsman
- London councils sitting on 22,000 empty garages
- New approach to licensing great crested newts starts
- One Public Estate helps councils deliver 44,000 jobs and 25,000 homes
- Open consultation: Fixing our broken housing market
- Open consultation: Heathrow expansion: draft Airports National Policy Statement
- Open consultation: Local authorities capital finance regulations
- Peers urged to support creation of new local councils
- Plans to combat backstreet puppy breeders
- Potholes to increase at ‘unprecedented rate’
- The Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (SI 2017/67)
- The Combined Authorities (Mayors) (Filling of Vacancies) Order 2017 (SI 2017/69)
- The Compulsory Purchase of Land (Vesting Declarations) (England) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/3)
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/13)
- The Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Compulsory Purchase) (Corresponding Amendments) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/16)
- The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2017 (SI 2017/7)
- Universal credit system flaws cause debt
- Welsh councils not getting ‘value for money’ from third sector
- White Paper on local government reform welcomed
- White Paper to fix ‘broken’ housing market published
- February 2017
- ACRE to lead project for European Rural Parliament
- Autumn statement 2016
- BT plans to withdraw red phone boxes
- Collective effort saves smaller authorities millions
- Commons Private Members’ Bills: 25 November 2016 Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill: Second Reading
- CONSULTATIONS: Banning the use of microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products
- CONSULTATIONS: Benefit of drones to the economy
- CONSULTATIONS: Night flight restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
- CONSULTATIONS: ‘Banning order offences’ under the Housing and Planning Act 2016
- Council credit cards used to spend £92 million
- Council tax bills to rise 6% to fund social care services
- Deal helps schools save on computer equipment
- Drivers to be fined £60 for throwing rubbish from car
- Funding for school improvement
- Garden villages named with government support
- Government allocates £1.2 billion to fund roads
- Green light to build thousands of new Starter Homes
- Helping local newspapers
- Invest in Green Belt for tomorrow’s parks, paths and woodlands
- Landlords welcome outcome of council tax court case
- Let councils decide where and how housing delivered
- Libraries hit by £25 million in council cuts
- Licensing policies: great for wildlife, great for business
- Make 2017 the Year of the Village Green
- NALC’s first female leader
- New Green book: national agreement on pay and conditions of service for local government services
- New quid on the block
- New Year honours 2016
- Ofqual chairman
- One in eight UK workers live in poverty
- Protect England’s national parks
- Referendum principles will not be applied
- Rundown estates allocated new fundin
- School revenue funding settlement for 2017 to 2018
- Seven million trees to be planted as part of HS2 first phase
- SLCC’s new chief
- Strategy to help public libraries prosper
- The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1082 (W. 258)
- The Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1257)
- The Childcare Payments Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1083 (C.76))
- The City of Birmingham (Electoral Changes) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1140)
- The cost of automation to council jobs
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1262)
- The Driving and Motorcycle Riding Instructors (Recognition of European Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 /1089)
- The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1101)
- The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1233 (C.85))
- The Lifts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1093)
- The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1265
- The Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1144 (W.275))
- The Social Care Wales (Constitution of Panels: Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1099 (W.263))
- The Social Care Wales (Content of Register) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1097 (W.261))
- The Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1100 (W.264))
- The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1127)
- Vanishing villages
- Wales closing gap on rest of UK – latest economic figures
- Wales ends record-breaking year of employment
- Welsh councils report £14 million profit from parking fees
- Welsh councils urged to cut ‘propaganda spend’
- £60 million for communities affected by second homes
- December 2017
- 2016 Editions
- December
- APPOINTMENTS: SLCC President & CEO
- Big Pathwatch reveals 59,000 problems on network
- Britain is building again
- Buzzard licensing applications
- Clamp down on nuisance call crooks
- CONSULTATIONS : Basement developments and the planning system
- CONSULTATIONS : The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation
- CONSULTATIONS: Implementation of Clean Air Zones in England
- DCLG says elected mayors essential for accountability
- DG for Digital and Media
- English APPOINTMENTS: Churches and Cathedrals Sustainability Review panel
- Fly-tipping on the increase
- Food safety reforms concern Welsh councils
- Fundraising training opens for small local charities
- Improved bus services boost job prospects
- Jury age limit to be raised to 75 in England and Wales
- NALC and neighbourhood planning
- NALC annual conference in brief
- Parish council transparency
- Public parks generate ‘large surplus’ of £1.2 billion
- The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/965)
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2016 (SI 2016/973)
- The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/940)
- The Local Government (Performance Indicators) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1057 (W.249))
- The Local Justice Areas Order 2016 (SI 2016/941)
- The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Co-operate with Commissioner) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1043)
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/953)
- The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/934)
- The Remand to Local Authority Accommodation (Electronic Monitoring) (Responsible Person) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1080)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1040)
- The Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/944)
- Thousands of children to benefit from music and arts investment
- Underwater noise in the sea assessed for first time
- £18 million fund to accelerate house building
- £20 million pot for homelessness prevention
- £500 million council overspend due to social care crisis
- November
- 150 councils join One Public Estate Programme
- 150 councils join One Public Estate Programme
- APPOINTMENTS: Environment Agency chairman
- APPOINTMENTS: Gambling Commission chief
- Cambridge’s electricity supply goes 100% green
- Civil Service to impose further caps on public sector exit pay
- CONSULTATIONS: Open consultation: Local Authority environmental regulation fees and charges 2016 review: call for evidence
- Council tax problems ‘largest debt issue’ in Wales
- Council workforces shrink to record low
- Debt, money and pensions guidance body to be set up
- End of the European Communities Act
- Government commitment to HS2 confirmed
- How to manage trees
- ID assurance system
- Insurance: navigating the minefield
- Land Registry awards partner contract
- Littering levy would save councils £300 million a year
- London council to divest pension from fossil fuels
- Minimum wage rate recommendations accepted
- Network Rail risks fragmenting path network - Ramblers
- Norwich to abolish single-use plastic products
- Pledge to give British expats right to vote
- Recycling guidelines
- Reforming local government in Wales
- Report calls for a Major Road Network
- Taxpayers denied full openness over public money
- The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/909)
- The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) and Dedicated Highways (Landowner Statements and Declarations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1081)
- The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/883)
- The Education (Designated Institutions) (England) (No. 3) Order 2016 (SI 2016/869)
- The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/808)
- The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No.11) Order 2016 (SI 2016/839 (C.60))
- The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/887)
- The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Code of Practice) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/823)
- The Neighbourhood Planning (General) and Development Management Procedure (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/873)
- Water market open for competition
- Welsh Government’s funding arrangements
- £35 million boost for ultra low emission vehicles
- £4 million in grants to boost volunteering among over 50s
- October
- 2018 Boundary Review initial proposals launched
- A Fair Way To Challenge Planning Decisions That Damage Our Environment And Living Conditions
- Boundary reform is essential for modern democracy: Chris Skidmore article
- Brexit risks for British countryside must be addressed in bespoke tourism plan
- Chancellor Philip Hammond guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU
- Councils showcase recycling schemes for national campaign
- Electoral Commission statement on Sir Eric Pickles’ review of electoral fraud
- Environment Secretary speaks at launch of the State of Nature Report
- Government Implements Neighbourhood Planning Changes
- Government invests £40 million and cuts red tape to boost tourism across England
- More resources for town and parish councils preparing a neighbourhood plan
- NALC and SLCC working in partnership Following SLCC’s decision to amend its constitution to transfer its trades union activities to a new separate Trade Union, known as ALCC (which the Certification Officer has now added to the schedule to the statutory m
- Neighbourhood Planning Bill
- New farmers and new small farms can kick-start agricultural revolution
- New plan for stronger flood defences
- Royal Town Planning Institute report stresses value of planners in times of uncertainty
- Sir Eric Pickles publishes report into tackling electoral fraud
- SLCC Constitutional Changes come into effect today
- SLCC no longer a trade union
- The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme (England) Order 2016 (SI 2016/739
- The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/719)
- The West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 (SI 2016/653)
- Tough new powers called for by councils to tackle rush hour chaos caused by utility roadworks
- Welsh Government extends support to ILCA mentoring
- World’s largest wind farm receives planning go-ahead
- September
- APPOINTMENTS: CPRE president
- APPOINTMENTS: Land Registry
- APPOINTMENTS: Ramblers
- APPOINTMENTS: Teaching Excellence Framework
- Chancellor guarantees EU funding beyond leaving date
- Charities launch match fund competition
- Communities could get billions in shale gas revenue
- CONSULTATION: Early years funding: changes for ages 3 and 4
- CONSULTATION: Historic Environment Protection Reform Group
- CONSULTATION: Recouping local authority funding for free schools England
- CONSULTATION: Reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect
- CONSULTATION: Shale Wealth Fund
- Cost of pothole repairs on Welsh roads
- Councils sign HR shared service deal
- Cuts to heritage planning services ‘harmful’
- Discretionary expenditure powers
- Failure to share puts service reform at risk
- Fairer early years funding plan launched
- Give free condoms to young people and gay men
- How Wales deals with council tax arrears
- Jay to chair child sex abuse inquiry
- Joint inspections to focus on domestic abuse
- Legal aid cuts create housing advice deserts
- MPs to examine how to protect public parks
- Parish revolution reaches Deptford
- Poll shows public is behind bag charge
- Protect our privacy from drones
- Support for Syrian refugees in Wales
- The Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills Order 2016 (SI 2016/748)
- The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/803)
- The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/808)
- The Education (Pupil Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/792)
- The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/789)
- The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Code of Practice) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/823)
- The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Order 2016 (SI 2016/818)
- The Suspension Appeals (Churchwardens etc.) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/816)
- Time to rethink how debt is collected
- Top ten fly-tippers’ excuses
- Unison finds youth services cut by more than half
- Upheld complaints against councils on the rise
- £2 million to improve roads using new technology
- August
- 1,000 children referred to deradicalisation programme
- APPOINTMENTS: Department for Communities and Local Government
- Building more homes
- Claim our commons now
- Community libraries: best practice toolkit
- CONSULTATION: Future of social care inspection
- CONSULTATION: Improving the car driving test
- CONSULTATION: Independent review into sharia law: call for evidence
- CONSULTATION: Official warnings to charities and trustees
- CONSULTATION: Proposals to support Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016
- CONSULTATION: Ventilation, thermal comfort and air quality in schools
- CONSULTATIONS: Self-sufficient local government: 100% business rates retention
- Council to rebel against publicity guidelines
- Devolution: Government must do more to protect taxpayers’ interests
- Forestry Commission launches teachers’ pack
- Good employment practice
- Greater protection for public paths
- Her Majesty’s Government July 2016
- Improving data to transform public services
- Key changes to Welsh school governing bodies
- Legislative priorities for Wales
- Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing: 2016-17 Budget, England
- More schools use pupil premium to plug budget holes
- Scarborough looks to devolve public toilets
- Staff stress levels reach ‘breaking point’
- Statement: the status of EU nationals in the UK
- The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Monitoring of Further Education Bodies) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/683)
- The Employers’ Duties (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/719)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings (Amendment)) Order 2016 (SI 2016/675 (C.48))
- The National Park Authorities (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/703)
- Urgent assurances over EU funding needed
- Welsh concern at service impacts of EU referendum
- Welsh recycling gets £5.75 million boost
- July
- 70% support plastic bag charge
- APPOINTMENT: Churches Conservation Trust
- APPOINTMENT: Master of the Rolls
- CONSULTATION: Distribution of Big Lottery Fund
- Council leader defends term-time holiday battle
- Council toilets in short supply
- Disposal of land by local councils
- Fracking approved in North Yorkshire
- Guidance on charitable fundraising from the public
- Independent secondary ticketing review published
- New neighbourhood campaign
- Ofsted identifies 100 illegal schools in England
- Parking permits branded a ‘stealth tax’
- Pay deal welcomed
- Remove barriers to planting trees, CLA says
- Scam warning for DVLA customers
- The Crown Court (Recording) Order 2016 (SI 2016/612)
- The Electronic Cigarettes etc. (Fees) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/521)
- The Homes and Communities Agency (Transfer of Property etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/515)
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Local Returning Officers’ and Police Area Returning Officers’ Charges) Order 2016 (SI 2016/514)
- The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/618)
- The Queen’s Speech 2016: legislation with local government at its heart
- The Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Local Authority Investigations) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/519)
- The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/614)
- The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 28) Order 2016 (SI 2016/511 (C.30))
- Toolkit produced by Locality on Neighbourhood Development Orders
- Voice of 10,000 village halls to be heard again
- Wales’ recycling figures soar ahead of England
- Welsh local councils urged to lead shake-up plans
- Workplace parking levy raises millions for council
- June
- 19-year-old appointed mayor of Goole
- Campaigners challenge Government to fulfil its pledge to strengthen neighbourhood planning
- CONSULTATION: Government takes next step to modernise the governance of lending to local authorities
- CONSULTATION: www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transfer-of-functions-from-the-public-works-loan-board-new-governance-arrangements
- CONSULTATION: Your views sought on how the SORP can be further improved
- Enterprise Act becomes law
- Flexible minimum standard of broadband speed needed to avoid digital twilight zones
- Flooding: Councils call for new measures to protect homes and businesses
- Government contracts to be open to public for the first time
- Immigration Bill receives Royal Assent
- Judgment paves way to build more homes on small sites
- Landmark Housing and Planning Bill receives Royal Assent
- Locality gives communities the chance to tackle the housing crisis by helping them to build their own homes
- Matt Hancock pledges greater transparency and effective open data
- More than a quarter of a million houses now planned for Green Belt land
- Neighbourhood Plan that bans second homes easily passes referendum
- New ACAS research reveals that employers have fears around social media use in the workplace
- New Governance Code will ensure highest levels of transparency in British sportNew Governance Code will ensure highest levels of transparency in British sportNew Governance Code will ensure highest levels of transparency in British sportNew Governance Cod
- New penalties to crack down on fly-tipping
- Peers vote for new neighbourhood right of appeal
- Regeneration of stations set to deliver thousands of new properties and jobs
- Registration of rights of common. Martin Littlejohn and Sarah Littlejohn v Devon county Council and the Duchy of Cornwall [2016] EWCA civ 441
- The Byelaws (Alternative Procedure) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/165)
- The Income Tax (Travel Expenses of Members of Local Authorities etc.) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/350)
- Trade Union Act becomes law
- Unison accepts local government pay offer
- ‘Scores on the doors’ food hygiene ratings must be mandatory, say councils
- May
- Acquisition and appropriation of land by local councils
- Appointments: Chief Schools Adjudicator
- Appointments: Crime and Policing Group
- Appointments: Director-general DWP Operations
- APPOINTMENTS: Gambling commissioners
- Appointments: Homes & Communities Agency
- Appointments: Parole Board
- Cash for councils to fill almost a million potholes
- Council payoffs still include ‘gagging orders’
- Councils could be fined for not clearing road works
- Drones used to check planning applications
- England’s motorways given spring clean
- Environmental Regulation team moves to Defra
- Firm stand imperative on councils without local plans
- Governance and accountability
- Joint fund delivers £4 million for museums and galleries
- LEPs not value for money
- Multi-billion pound offer to boost local growth
- Multi-billion pound offer to boost local growth
- National Living Wage: rate for 2016/2017
- National Minimum Wage increases
- New powers to remove road signs
- Office supplies agreement to save over £20 million
- One new home in five to be a starter home
- Open Consultation Land Registry’s future operating model
- Open consultation Starter homes regulations: technical consultation
- Open Consultation: Consultations for next phase of marine planning
- Pub hours extended for Queen’s birthday
- Regenerating stations into jobs and homes
- Rogue traders in black economy targeted
- The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016 /484 (C.29))
- The Education (National Curriculum) (Specified Purpose) (England) Order 2016 (SI 2016/478)
- The Education (National Curriculum) (Specified Purpose) (England) Order 2016 (SI 2016/478)
- The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/475))
- The Food Hygiene Rating (Promotion of Food Hygiene Rating) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/429 (W. 138))
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Returning Officers’ Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/488E)
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2016 (SI 2016 No. 465 (C. 26))
- The Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/483 (W. 154))
- The Welsh Language Standards (No. 4) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/405 (W.125))
- Wales council tax still lower than in England
- April
- APPOINTMENTS:New ministers
- Budget 2016 Summary
- Commissioner for Public Appointments
- Compulsory microchips for dogs
- CONSULTATIONS:Review into racial bias in the criminal justice system
- CONSULTATIONS:Review into racial bias in the criminal justice system
- Councils face ‘severe penalties’ over procurement boycotts
- Crackdown on laser pens urged
- Crown Courts to pilot filming
- Fish free to roam our rivers could boost biodiversity
- Future of external audit for smaller authorities
- Landowners welcome tree solution to flooding
- MPs reject Sunday trading reforms
- No legal changes to Freedom of Information Act
- Raise cash by selling surplus assets
- The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/314 (W.103))
- The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/312 (W.102))
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/188)
- The European Union Referendum (Date of Referendum etc.) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/278)
- The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/336)
- The Income Tax (Travel Expenses of Members of Local Authorities etc.) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/350)
- The Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind Generating Stations) Order 2016 (SI 2016/306)
- The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/84 (W.38))
- The Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing (Protected Areas) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/384)
- The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/331)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/332)
- The Town and Country Planning (Pre-Application Services) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/61 (W.31))
- Transparency Fund
- Wales suspends ‘Right to Buy’
- WLGA voices support for stay in EU campaign
- £700 million paid in local councillor allowances
- March
- Council offers tenants £40,000 not to buy their houses
- Councils pay £100 million in compensation
- Councils’ adult social care staff shrink by 25%
- England’s new geography of disadvantage
- England’s recycling policy ‘outdated’, paper claims
- Government pledges to cut 75% of its offices by 2023
- Meetings and procedures
- Ministers plot to foil anti-frackers
- MPs support CLA on exempting right to buy for rural areas
- NALC top team
- New clause to be inserted into grant agreements
- Number of children in youth justice system falls
- Open consultation Reforms to public sector exit payments
- Parliamentary group backs parish devolution
- Public sector failing to prepare for climate change
- Radical power shake-up puts communities in control
- Report shows impact of ‘greener’ buses
- Roadwork rules change to reduce congestion
- Sunday trading laws to be devolved to councils
- The Child Minding and Day Care (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/87 (W.41))
- The Childcare Act 2006 (Local Authority Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/88 (W.42))
- The European Union Referendum Act 2015 (Commencement) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/69 (C.5))
- The Football Spectators (2016 European Championship Control Period) Order 2016 (SI 2015/141)
- The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/9)
- The Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2016 (SI 2016/11 (C.2))
- The Legislative Reform (Exempt Lotteries) Order 2016 (SI 2016/124)
- The Local Government (Standards Committees, Investigations, Dispensations and Referral) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/85 (W.39))
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/68)
- The Special Educational Needs and Disability (First-tier Tribunal Recommendation Power) (Pilot) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/2)
- The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/127)
- Universal Credit reaches 20 more job centres
- Welsh councils deliver huge reduction in landfill costs
- Winners of £40 million electric vehicle fund
- £500,000 in new funding for libraries
- February
- APPOINTMENTS: NALC chairman.
- APPOINTMENTS: Youngest county council leader in country
- APPOINTMENTS:Churches Conservation Trust
- Campaign for the right to quality libraries
- Concordat on Openness on Animal Research signed
- Councils cut smoking cessation services
- Councils must be able to ‘create new schools’
- Councils secure funding for new housing zones
- Dog walkers without poo bags to be fined
- Future of council-run libraries under threat after £50 million slashed from budgets
- Government faces court challenge over air quality
- Home Office takes on fire and rescue policy
- Honours for local government
- Hundreds of cleaner buses for towns and city centres
- Joint targeted area inspections this year
- Local authorities develop models for youth services
- Local government settlement offers councils four-year funding deals
- More power over homelessness budgets
- More support for communities to end gang violence
- Museums introduce charges
- National Living Wage
- New plans to save England’s hen harriers
- No referendum principles for parishes
- Open consultation: Animal welfare: reviewing animal establishments licensing in England
- Open consultation: Animal welfare: reviewing animal establishments licensing in England
- Open consultation: Direct marketing callers to provide Calling Line Identification
- Open consultation: Identifying children who are missing education
- Open consultation: Keeping children safe in education: proposed changes
- Open consultation: National Planning Policy: consultation on proposed changes
- Parking profits for English councils up 4%, says RAC
- Plans to change adoption law
- Powerhouse minister confirms parish role in devolution
- Prime Minister pledges to transform sink estates
- Rogue landlords face £30,000 fines under new laws
- Stroud council declares itself carbon neutral
- The Care Leavers (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1820 (W.262))
- The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S 2015/1818 (W.261))
- The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1883)
- The Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria and Information about Financial Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2005)
- The Code of Practice for Landlords and Agents licensed under Part 1 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Appointed Date) Order 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1932 (W.290))
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2041)
- The Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2074 (C.130))
- The Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2021)
- The Flood Reinsurance (Scheme and Scheme Administrator Designation) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1875)
- The Flood Reinsurance (Scheme Funding and Administration) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1902)
- The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1857)
- The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No.6) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2010)
- The Local Justice Areas (No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1870)
- The Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1990 (W.300))
- The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1867 (W. 274))
- The NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1940)
- The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1987 (W.297) (C.123))
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Local Authorities) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2028)
- The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections (Designation of Police Area Returning Officers) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2031)
- The Public Interest Disclosure (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1981)
- The Return of Cultural Objects (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1926)
- The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 and Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2004)
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2033)
- The Small Charitable Donations Act (Amendment) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2027)
- The Spending Review
- The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/2024)
- The Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015/2019 (W.307) (C.124))
- The Visits to Children in Detention (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 1823 (W.265))
- The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1709)
- Universal Credit at 80% of all job centres
- ‘Blue Belt’ to protect 8,000sq miles of UK waters
- December
- 2015 Editions
- December
- Age UK report highlights crisis in care for elderly
- Arts Council announces winners of £2.6 million Wi-Fi bid
- CONSULTATION: Funding for school admission appeals
- CONSULTATION: Reforming business rates appeals: check, challenge, appeal
- CONSULTATION: Reviewing the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010
- CONSULTATIONS: on National Geological Screening
- Council uses night vision goggles to fight dog litter
- FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement
- Funding to fight rogue landlords and ‘beds in sheds’
- HAPPY CHRISTMAS LCU Next issue 29 January 2016
- How flawed housing targets threaten countryside
- Mandatory right to work checks on taxi and private hire drivers
- National Trust urges coastal protection
- National Village Halls Forum closes
- NEC by-elections, autumn 2015
- New resource to tackle poor housing conditions
- No Wales council mergers until after 2016 elections
- November is riskiest month for pedestrians
- Pocket parks coming to a neighbourhood near you
- Power over local transport given to regional bodies
- The Designation of Rural Primary Schools (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1748)
- The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1804)
- The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1756)
- The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015 (SI 2015/826 (W. 266) (C. 114))
- The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (SI 2015/1784)
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Late Night Refreshment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1781)
- The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1743)
- The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1809 (C. 112))
- The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1782)
- Tougher powers to tackle waste crime
- Young elected SLCC president
- November
- 11, 200 classrooms needed in next 9 years
- Brandon Lewis raises the alarm over tenant safety
- Cemeteries and closed churchyards
- Chancellor’s plan to get Britain building
- Chancellor’s plan to get Britain building
- CONSULTATIONS Open consultation Climate change survey
- CONSULTATIONS Open consultation Improving efficiency of council tax collection
- CONSULTATIONS Open consultation Language requirements for public sector workers
- Councils can charge for property searches – ruling
- Disposal of public land for new homes
- Essex invites devolution proposals
- Euro exchange rate set for 2015 Basic Payment Scheme
- Largest increase to apprentice wages introduced
- Local food needs more informative labels
- Message from the Prime Minister: councils must deliver local plans for new homes by 2017
- New National Minimum Wage rate starts in Wales
- New National Minimum Wage rate starts in Wales
- New sections of England Coast Path announced
- Osborne unveils ‘devolution revolution’
- Peperami an 'environmental animal' says council
- Pilot scheme creates mooring spaces on Thames
- Pilot scheme creates mooring spaces on Thames
- Plastic bag charge introduced in England
- Protected species: new system saves time and money
- Recycling increases in Wales
- RTPI backs report to help faith groups and planning
- Schools converting to academies cost councils £30 million
- Slow council hiring ‘wastes’ £437 million a year
- Smoking in cars with children banned
- Technology set to transform England’s motorways
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1724)
- The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1736 (W. 237) (C. 106))
- Town councils for Sutton Coldfield and Kidderminster
- Unused office buildings to become new homes
- Website for people who want to buy a home
- £138 million for local communities to grow rural economy
- October
- All children to be enrolled at local library
- APPOINTMENTS: Peerages, Privy Council, Shadow Cabinet Labour Frontbench
- Call for local authorities’ conference on refugee crisis
- Charities ‘under-report’ charitable expenditure
- CONSULTATION: Wales: “Shared Purpose: Shared Future Draft Statutory Guidance for the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- CONSULTATIONS: Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016
- DCLG creates expert panel to speed up development
- Ending the scourge of pointless road signs
- Government and councils own art worth billions
- Home Office Minister responsible for Syrian refugees
- Identifying underperformance in respect of oil and gas applications
- Lamprey return to England’s rivers
- Leeds City Council to pay ‘real’ living wage
- Litter groups and business plead for government lead
- London council buys block of flats to let
- Measures make it tougher to live illegally in the UK
- More help for people with personal problem debt
- New rules to control caravan sites
- Prevent guidance comes into effect
- Project aims to help great crested newts and builders
- Recovery criteria for appeals
- Recycling in Wales reaches highest rate
- Reduce service demand through innovation
- Restricting access to justice on paths and bridleways
- Scheme to improve diversity of Welsh councillors
- Search for UK’s most democratic schools
- Statement from DCLG on shale gas and oil
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015 /1636)
- The Education (School Inspection) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1639)
- The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1681)
- The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1690 (C.101))
- The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1693)
- The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1662)
- Village SOS launches new phone app
- £775,000 boost for re-use and recycling old electricals
- September
- Areas protected from shale developments defined
- Be ‘rigorous’ in complaints about contractors
- Britain becomes ‘brewing powerhouse’
- CMA publishes payday lending final order
- CONSULTATION: Government begins debate on the future of BBC
- CONSULTATION: Local areas get their say on Sunday trading
- Cornwall first to gain ‘historic devolution deal’
- Council spending falls by a third
- Council tax details published for English parishes
- Dark streets do not increase car accidents
- English spoken here
- Free Wi-Fi for public libraries
- Free Wi-Fi for public libraries
- Freedom of information
- Freedom of information: new Commission
- Green bridges: safer travel for wildlife
- Individual Electoral Registration
- More visitors to Wales in 2014
- Offshore wind farm gets the go ahead
- Ofqual consultation on GCSEs, AS and A levels
- Plastic bag use rises for fifth year to 8.5 billion
- Regulation and enforcement of waste sector review
- Shale gas plans to be fast-tracked
- Smoking banned in cars carrying children
- Smoking banned in cars carrying children
- Sustainable energy commitment for Wales
- Sutton Coldfield wins town council status
- The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1576 (C.90))
- UK to lead the way in testing driverless cars
- Welsh employment figures reach record high
- ‘Shockingly lax’ attitude to data security
- August
- 21 boroughs agree partnership on social care staffing
- 21 boroughs agree partnership on social care staffing
- Bankruptcy orders used to chase council tax debt
- Bee boost: £900 million Countryside Stewardship scheme
- Call to exempt public toilets from business rates
- Change in energy certificates
- Councils and unions push for new Welsh funding deal
- Driver fines soar in bus lanes
- Figures for planning permission reveal all-time high
- Greg Clark tells LGA to ‘take power now’
- Half of services will offer online self-service by 2018
- Lancashire rejects fracking application
- Meeting local demand is key to unlocking UK growth
- OPEN CONSULTATION Ballot thresholds in important public services
- OPEN CONSULTATION Case for Business Rates Relief for local newspapers
- OPEN CONSULTATION Hiring agency staff during strike action: reforming regulation
- OPEN CONSULTATION Tackling intimidation of non-striking workers
- PM and Chancellor lay out housing plans
- Preserving our post boxes
- Protecting the money
- Public sector lacks digital skills, poll finds
- Reserves already allocated by councils
- Returning troops can get Britain building
- The Cancellation of Student Loans for Living Costs Liability (Wales) Regulations 2015 SI 2015/1418 (W. 142))
- The Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1438 (C.81))
- The Magistrates’ Courts (Modern Slavery Act 2015) Rules 2015 (SI 2015/1478 (L.17))
- The Playing Fields (Community Involvement in Disposal Decisions) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1403 (W.139))
- The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1427)
- The Water Act 2014 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1469 (C. 83))
- Unsung parish heroes
- £100 million boost for small house-builders
- July
- Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015
- Alternative ways to support your community or a good cause
- Alternative ways to support your community or a good cause
- APPOINTMENTS Pickles knighted plus more
- Blanket ban to clamp down on ‘legal highs’
- Burden on councils
- Changes in legislation reflected in new gang definition
- Cities, towns and counties to be given stronger powers
- Clark tells town halls to loosen grip on surplus land
- Commissioner writes to local authority chief executives
- Councils spent £750,000 hiring celebrities
- Giving local people the final say over onshore wind farms
- Health needs of older people: apply for business funding
- ICO needs ‘more muscle’ over council data breaches
- New subsidies for onshore wind end
- Not value for money
- People power to help tackle tree disease
- Rise in number of unfinished roadworks
- Roadside verges ‘last refuge for wild flowers’
- The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2015
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (Revocation) (No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1344)
- The Homelessness (Review Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1266 (W.86))
- The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1268 (W.87)
- The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1348)
- The Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1272 (W.88) (C.73)
- The Queen’s birthday honours
- The Queen’s Speech 2015
- Tribunal rules parish clerk’s timesheets not disclosable
- Welsh councils could save £151 million on admin finds report
- ‘Compelling’ case for fewer Welsh councils
- June
- Banning order could stop child sex predators
- Bathing season opens with record clean waters
- CHARITY COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS
- Communities will get power to block wind farms
- Councils’ shared services savings reach £462 million
- Devolution powers outlined
- Driving licence changes
- Further intervention in Tower Hamlets
- Hen harriers: missing in Bowland
- Homelessness in Wales
- Landmark ruling on homeless vulnerability
- Mark Francois appointed Minister for Portsmouth
- Natural England statement on introduction of lynx
- New tools for parishes
- Osborne to deliver Budget in July
- Public participation can cut cost of public services
- Rear Admiral takes the helm at Cefas
- Repeal of Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881
- Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP
- THE GOVERNMENT 2015
- The Homelessness (Review Procedure) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/1266 (W.86)
- The Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 (SI 2015 No. 118 (W.79) (C.71)
- Tories dominate local government association
- Trust in council data security “dangerously low”
- Voter turnout hits 66%
- Warm and green energy for the countryside
- Welfare reforms could hinder innovation warns report
- May
- Batteries and packaging waste: reducing the burden for producers
- BBC finds £42 million axed from sport and leisure budgets
- Better bin buying would save £20 billion a year
- Council press officers double those in government
- Councils at prayer
- Dangerous dogs offences guideline
- Extending remit of Local Government Ombudsman to larger parish and town councils
- Families rewarded for recycling
- Greenwich council faces court over its newspaper
- Hedgehog conservation site
- Isolation maps identify all the lonely people
- National Trust to help run council parks
- Parking reform: tackling unfair practices (England)
- Potholes must be new government’s priority
- Prove you can scoop poop or pay up
- Statutory notices fit for the future
- The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 /1001)
- The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/836)
- The Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 (SI 2015/1000)
- The Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authorities) Order 2015 (SI 2015/851)
- The Household Waste (Fixed Penalty and Penalty Charge) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/969)
- The Infrastructure Act 2015 (Commencement) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/990 (W.67) (C.67))
- The Legislative Reform (Community Governance Reviews) Order 2015 (SI 2015/998)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2015 (SI 2015/841 (C.53))
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Special Trustees) Amendment Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/975)
- The Local Authorities (Prohibition of Charging Residents to Deposit Household Waste) Order 2015
- The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/881)
- The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/895)
- The Proxy Purchasing of Tobacco, Nicotine Products etc. (Fixed Penalty Amount) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/896)
- The Proxy Purchasing of Tobacco, Nicotine Products etc. (Fixed Penalty Notice) (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/936)
- The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Library Advisory Council for England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/850)
- The Public Service Pensions Revaluation Order 2015 (SI 2015/769)
- The Public Service Vehicles (Conduct of Drivers, Inspectors, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/888)
- The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/776)
- The Smoke-free (Vehicle Operators and Penalty Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/939)
- The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/829)
- The Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/807)
- Town and parish councils easier to set up
- Two out of three councils agree to freeze tax
- Use £30 billion cash reserves, Pickles urges
- Village greens: law, registration and protection
- April
- Commission proposes increase to minimum wage
- Councils could ‘save £5 billion’ by switching to digital
- Crackdown on illegal fly-tipping
- Frontline services fail to identify child sex abuse
- Garden villages are the answer to house shortage
- Government delivers on parking promises
- Government lobbying government to stop
- Government response to allotment petition
- Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/551)
- Lincoln is first UK city to ban legal highs
- Ministers order end to 15 minute care visits
- Modern slavery and supply chains
- More power to the parish
- National Parks & Broads Appintments
- New Housing Ombudsman Appointed
- Professor Lynne Frostick appointed to the Board
- The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
- The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving) (England and Wales) Order 2015 (SI 2015/425 (C.24))
- The Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/427)
- The Football Spectators (Corresponding Offences) (Revocation) Order 2015 (SI 2015/212)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/341)
- The Local Government (Prohibition of Charges at Household Waste Recycling Centres) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/619)
- The Local Government (Transparency Requirements) (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/480)
- The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/471)
- The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/621)
- The Smaller Authorities (Transparency Requirements) (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/494)
- The Smoke-free (Private Vehicles) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/286)
- The Town and Country Planning (Hearings and Inquiries Procedure) (England) (Amendment and Revocation) Rules 2015 (SI 2015/316)
- Waste crime: improving enforcement powers to reduce persistent non-compliance at waste handling sites
- £6 million boost to Community Rights programme
- March
- 100 councils set to freeze tax
- Community pubs
- CONSULTATIONS Marine Conservation Zones: second tranche of designations
- Councils to issue municipal bonds
- CPRE raises concerns over fracking Bill
- Elections 2015
- Environment Agency grants shale gas permit in Lancashire
- Increasing local accountability in decision making
- Lobbying Parliament
- Local government update: Kris Hopkins’ statement to Parliament Promoting joint working with NHS and councils this winter
- Pickles appeals for the peal of bells
- Programme to strengthen faith institutions opens
- Promoting recycling and protecting the local environment
- Protecting an independent local press
- Standing for election
- Success for Community Governance Course graduates
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 /44 (W.3))
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 /44 (W.3))
- The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (SI 2015/138)
- The Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/184)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2015 (SI 2015/179 (C.11))
- The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2015 (2015/104)
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/No. 135)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Governance) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/57)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (Governance) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/57)
- The Micro-chipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/108)
- The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102)
- Traffic signs clutter
- Wales: Devolution, Democracy and Delivery White Paper - Reforming Local Government: Power to Local People
- February
- Advisers for employment, planning and VAT (SLCC)
- Askew inaugurated as president of RTPI
- Audit Commission warning on parish council audit quality
- Backlog of road repairs
- Changes to CiLCA (England): full details confirmed
- Children to be protected from smoke and nicotine addiction
- Council tax referendum principles and highest spending parishes
- Councils help to get Britain building
- Councils must do more to prove value of senior staff
- Councils spending millions to ‘prop up’ drinks industry
- Driving licences to display Union Flag
- Emerson elected ACRE chairman
- England has space for 1 million homes on brownfield land
- EU £1.1 billion fund for Wales
- Finance chiefs dispute figures
- Flood and coastal committee
- Free-to-use cash machines encouraged
- Fund to help councils stop unauthorised development
- Funding awarded to improve local services and save £900 million
- Highways for wildlife
- Historic 93 council bid to end casino-style gambling
- Inadequate traveller sites could increase hostility
- Local Council Award Scheme launched
- Local government pension scheme rules Open consultation
- NALC elections
- National pothole day
- New pay award for local government workers
- New planning guide
- NEW YEAR'S HONOURS 2015
- Open consultation Stepping onto the property ladder
- Outcome Future of Local Audit
- Parish polls Open consultation
- Permanent Secretary for DCLG
- Pickles updates integration projects
- Pillars of the community
- Planning reforms puts power back with residents
- Poole elected unopposed as IIMC Regional Director
- Proposal to use legislative reform order to set up town and parish councils Outcome
- Proposals to make private vehicles smoke free when carrying children Outcome
- Provisional local government finance settlement 2015-16
- Redundant staff rehired in £5 billion spending spree
- Section 137 Expenditure: Limit for 2015-2016
- Survey finds bullying rife in local government
- Survey finds bullying rife in local government
- The Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3266 (W. 333))
- The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3038)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3312)
- The Electoral Registration Pilot Scheme Order 2014 (SI 2014/3178)
- The Local Government (Electronic Communications) (England) Order 2015 (SI 2015/No.5)
- The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015: ISBN 978-0-11-112674-5
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2015: ISBN 978-0-11-112664-6
- The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2890)
- Town and parish councils easier to set up
- Transparency code for councils with turnover under £25,000
- Transparency code for smaller authorities
- Updated governance and accountability guide (Wales)
- Welsh councils slammed for response to reform plan
- Welsh recycling one of highest in EU
- WLGA to lobby Brussels
- Work opportunities in local government
- £4 million for local transport in rural and isolated areas
- £6 billion to help fill potholes and improve local roads
- December
- 2014 Editions
- December
- Active Travel Bill could save NHS billions
- Children’s Commissioner
- Communities can create own power stations
- Community rights
- Delivering differently
- Free trees from the Woodland Trust
- Infrastructure Bill: Forests
- Language controls for healthcare and associated professions
- Late payment penalties could cost millions
- Motorsport vs Welsh common land
- Open consultation Business rates retention and shale oil and gas: technical consultation
- Open consultation Proposals to amend regulations relating to the use of capital receipts
- Open consultation Right to Build: supporting custom and self build
- Open display of tobacco products ends soon
- Outsourcing value increases
- Package of support for the Great British pub
- Parishes short-changed by £9 million
- RTPI survey finds public wants greater say
- SCP5: new pay scales
- SLCC advisers for planning and VAT
- Taxpayer-funded union business to be revealed
- The Care and Support (Disputes between Local Authorities) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2829)
- The Local Government Byelaws (Fixed Penalties) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2717 (W.273))
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2832)
- The Representation of the People (Supply of Information) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2764)
- The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2886)
- UK council leaders united on devolution
- Unions accept 2.2% pay offer
- ‘Do not reorganise local government’
- £101 million paid to staff in personal injury claims
- £23 million more for neighbourhood plans
- April
- Audit Commission closure saves £1 billion
- Chair of Forestry Commission
- Council tax freeze
- Disposal of local authority playing fields (Wales)
- Draft transparency code for parish councils
- Fair deal for park home residents
- Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/410)
- Local authorities should have more power
- Local authority powers
- Local planning: more effective, more efficient
- Neighbourhood Planning update
- New Chief Plant Health Officer
- New service to understand online copyright laws
- OSS condemns Welsh threat to village greens
- Our Big Gig
- PM details flood support packages
- Refuse-derived fuel market: call for evidence
- Rescue green spaces plea to local councils
- Section 150(5) (cheque signing) repealed
- The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/385)
- The Green Belt in England
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/481) (W.58)
- The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/370)
- The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (SI 2014/492)
- The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (SI2014/494)
- The Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 (SI 2014 380) (W. 45) (C. 15)
- The Localism Act 2011 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2014 (SI 2014/389)
- Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/357)
- March
- Acquisition and appropriation of land by local councils
- Be proud of your neighbourhood with a Big Lunch
- Campaign for National Parks
- Campaign launched to protect historic paths
- Change of use: new homes
- Councils not profiting from parking charges, says LGIU
- Court ruling gives green light to developers on open spaces
- Final local government finance settlement 2014 to 2015
- Finish line in sight for Audit Commission
- Four million trees to be planted next year
- Give councils powers to improve cycling safety
- Give councils tougher compulsory purchase powers to stop the rot over empty homes
- Government accepts councils need more powers to punish litterbugs
- Government’s plans for common land biased against public
- ID needed at polling stations, recommends Electoral Commission
- Licensing powers needed to end betting shop blight
- Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
- Local councils to receive millions in business rates from shale gas developments
- New democratic checks to help keep Council Tax down
- New planning court gets go ahead to support UK growth
- Parishes excluded from Council Tax Referendum Principles for 2014/15
- The Lake District will be UK’s new World Heritage nomination
- The Mobile Homes (Site Rules) (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/5)
- £4 million awarded to English museums
- February
- Bailiffs ‘threaten force’
- Be ‘Cyber Streetwise’
- CCTV ban will ‘put children at risk’
- Chairman of Natural England
- Changes to livestock movement rules will save £70 million
- Chuggers held to account
- Collective switching framework launched
- Consultation on new regional aid map
- Data reveals £1 billion fall in council tax support
- Delivering sensible savings and improving services
- Figures confirm councils have £19 billion in reserves
- Four million trees to be planted
- Guidance on weekly bin collections published
- Guide to structures and rights of way
- Have your cake and eat it
- Holding councils to account
- Keeping council tax down for hard-working people
- Lake District to be nominated for World Heritage status
- LGA response to bailiff survey
- Local authority parking strategies
- Local councils to receive millions from shale gas
- Local government finance settlement
- Measures to tackle extremism
- Ministerial changes
- Municipal bonds in the offing?
- National Minimum Wage penalties increased
- New network to protect valuable marine life
- New team to improve local service delivery
- NEW YEAR HONOURS Local Government sector:
- Parish councils and local council tax support
- Protections for councils
- RAC survey on parking profits
- Red tape cut reduces further burdens
- Response to inaccurate reports of ‘censoring councils’
- Supporting rural areas
- The Academy Conversions (Transfer of School Surpluses) Regulations 2013. SI2013/3037.
- The Children’s Homes and Looked after Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013. SI2013/3239.
- The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2013. SI2013/2936. (C. 120)
- The Council Tax (Reductions for Annexes) (England) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2977.
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013/3181.
- The Education (Pupil Information and School Performance Information) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013. SI2013/3212.
- The Family Absence for Members of Local Authorities (Wales) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2901. (W.280)
- The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013. SI2013/2989.
- The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2902. (W. 281)
- The Local Authorities (Funds) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013 2974.
- The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2013. SI2013/3193. (not Wales)
- The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers) (England) Order 2014. SI2014/2.
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2013. SI2013/2931. (C. 119)
- The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2013. SI2013/2978.
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/3104.
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2013. SI2013/3194.
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2013. SI2013/2932.
- The Transfer of Functions Concerning School Lunches etc. (England) (Amendment) Order 2013. SI2013/3111.
- UK set to lead the way for smart cities
- £8 million technology boost for the high street
- May
- Bonds agency could save councils more than £1 billion
- Budget 2014: No great surprise for local government
- Call for evidence: Role of councils in challenging local economic markets
- Councils receive share of roads repair funding
- Councils should create and maintain new schools
- Disposal of land by local councils
- Goods worth over £400 million are ‘binned’
- Government supports locally led garden cities
- Involving businesses in Neighbourhood Plans
- LGA to manage Audit Commission contracts
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011
- Making it easier to create Town and Parish Councils
- National Minimum Wage increase
- New forest and woodland strategy
- Parishes in bid to light up new community powers
- Pavement repairs
- Pay Award: employers offer “meagre” 1% increase
- Plans to eradicate bovine TB unveiled
- Review of local authority role in housing supply: call for evidence
- Sensible risk in local government
- The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/829)
- The Legislative Reform (Payments by Parish Councils, Community Councils and Charter Trustees) Order 2014 (SI 2014/580)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 (SI 2014/900) (C.39)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2014 (SI 2014/940) (C.42)
- The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/925)
- The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/924)
- The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2014 (SI 2014/856)
- The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2014 (SI 2014/494)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions, Savings and Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/525)
- The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014
- The Planning (Local Listed Building Consent Orders) (Procedure) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/551)
- The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/565)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment and Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/564)
- The Town and Country Planning (Revocations) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/692)
- Warning against CCTV parking ban
- Welsh National Assembly a Top 50 Employer of Women
- June
- Access to information on councils (Wales)
- Allotments being lost, destroyed and sold off
- Better pension management could save £660 million a year
- Betting shop clusters
- Blue Badge fraud prosecutions double
- Changes could cut some of the 4.6 million road signs
- Cornish granted minority status within UK
- Councillors more trusted than MPs
- Dangerous dogs: owners face tougher sentences
- Electronic dispatch of agendas accepted
- Government action on council publications: LGA response
- Grave shortage of space
- New life for housing developments
- New threat to rural affordable housing
- Proposed changes to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002
- Quiet deliveries to reduce road congestion
- Rogue landlords and ‘hell-hole homes’
- Rural Community Buildings Loan Fund (England)
- Sharing services saves taxpayers £350 million
- Small sewage discharges: new approach to regulation
- Taxi licensing reforms risk public safety
- The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1024)
- The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1197)
- Water Act gains Royal Assent
- Welsh Government, Community and Town Council news
- July
- A thousand community assets protected in listings bonanza
- David Sparks to be next LGA chairman
- Department for Transport Drivers’ hours and HGV levy: historical offences
- Department of Health The Care Act 2014 Updating our care and support system: draft regulations and guidance.
- European Commission
- Fracking benefits should be enshrined in law
- Governance and accountability for local councils
- Housing, education and social care decisions made locally
- How to tackle criminal landlords
- Independent commission on local government finance launched
- Landmark 250th ‘chuggers’ agreement signed
- Love Your Local Market success goes global
- New money for councils to support families with SEND
- Plan for joint local authority company
- QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS
- Report shows extent of sexism in local government
- Restore school intervention powers to councils to bring stability
- Return school accountability to councils
- The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1531) (C.60)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1375)
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure and Section 62A Applications) (England) (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1532)
- Time to put the heart back into community
- Village and community halls: the legal framework
- August
- Bring statutory notices into the 21st century
- Community Rights: Parish Pulse Survey 2014 launched
- Councils given £168 million to fix local roads
- Devolution, Democracy and Delivery White Paper – reforming local government (Wales)
- Fire deaths fall by 40% in ten years
- Government bans use of CCTV ‘spy cars’ for on-street parking
- Growth deals to help boost local economies
- Head of Advisory Services at SLCC
- Inspiring sport locally
- New Cabinet appointments
- New fund to help councils fight fraud
- New measures to increase transparency on council home values
- Official figures reveal ‘room to improve’ council tax collection
- Proposals to make private vehicles smoke free when carrying children
- The Local Audit (Auditor Resignation and Removal) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1710)
- The Local Audit (Liability Limitation Agreements) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1628)
- The Local Audit (Professional Qualifications and Major Local Audit) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1627)
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1596 (C.62)
- The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1514 (W. 155)
- The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2014 ISBN 978-0-11-111695-1
- The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI 2014/1713) (W. 173)
- The Requirements for School Food Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1603)
- The Special Educational Needs (Personal Budgets) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1652)
- Wales commits to increasing representation of women in public life
- £100 million fund will put power in the hands of tenants
- September
- Bidding opens for £200 million to build homes on brownfield land
- Combined agency to safeguard animal and plant health
- Commissioning Academy helps to improve public service provision
- Crowdsourcing campaign to map brownfield sites
- David Hoare is new Ofsted chairman
- English principal council spending cut by almost 30% since 2010
- Eric Pickles save taxpayers £220 million by bunking with Home Office
- First independent Chairman of Planning Inspectorate appointed
- Florrie’s law: cap on council house repair costs
- Government estate programme expands
- Green belt development: government response
- Have your say on the National Minimum Wage
- Increasing support for leaseholders
- Local development orders for housing development on brownfield land: invitation to bid
- Local government workers to strike over pay
- Matthews to lead Highways Agency
- Ministerial changes
- Press freedom boosted by new ‘right to report’
- Regions helped to develop locally sourced heat
- Revised guidance: naming and registering local council websites
- Rice heads School Teachers’ Review Body
- Sir Philip Dilley appointed chairman of Environment Agency
- Street works permit schemes: changes to regulations
- The Care Planning and Care Leavers (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1917)
- The Local Audit (Delegation of Functions) and Statutory Audit (Delegation of Functions) Order 2014 (SI 2014/2009)
- The Local Authorities (Elected Mayors) (Elections, Terms of Office and Casual Vacancies) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2172)
- The Local Authority (Duty to Secure Early Years Provision Free of Charge) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2147)
- The Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2014 (SI 2014/2060)
- The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2095)
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI 2014 1772 (W.183))
- The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2026)
- Value Added Tax – helping local communities
- Whistleblowing: prescribed persons - reporting requirements
- ‘Convenience culture’ drives high street revival
- October
- Charities urged to report serious incidents to their regulator
- City Growth Commission calls for local control of council tax bands
- CLA and welfare charities call on Government to stop fly grazing
- Commission highlights fundamental implementation problems with proposed local audit regulations for 10,000 parish councils
- Community Assets and Services Grants – The Social Investment Business
- CPRE and other leading environmental groups challenge politicians to build a greener Britain
- Cutting red tape to boost British housebuilding
- De-registration of village greens Adamson and others (Respondents) v Paddico (267) Limited (Appellant) Francis) (Appellant) v Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Limited (Respondent)
- Fracking money should be drilled down to parishes
- Government boosts coastal access and parks
- Government urged to create up to 40 garden cities
- Inspired Facilities – Sport England
- Local authorities audit report: “areas of good practice, but clear room for improvement by all”
- Macclesfield votes for a town council
- National Minimum Wage increase 1 October 2014
- New law needed to put cycling and walking investment on a long-term footing
- New plans would enable British high streets to adapt to meet the changing needs of today’s modern consumer
- Parish council ‘clusters’ could provide local services
- Pickles offers £5 million to councils that reward recycling
- Planning and travellers
- Right to challenge yellow lines and unfair parking charges
- Sale of voters’ personal details to junk mailers ‘demeans democracy’ and must stop
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Permitted Temporary Activities) (Notices) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2417)
- Thousands of small shops across the country getting new tax breaks
- Town council for Penrith?
- Water voles return to every county in England
- November
- Adapt and strive
- Brownfield sites must be a priority
- CLA appoints new external affairs director
- Community assets
- Councils can do their bit to get Britain building
- Dangerous dogs: tough law to help stop attacks
- Education commissioner for Birmingham
- Give power to parishes Lib Dems told
- Government must act on planning
- Government response: devolution in England
- Green belt protections strengthened
- Law gives greater protections to tenants
- Local service reforms to save £10 for every £1 spent
- Loughhead replaces Mackay at DECC
- Ministers move to defend independent free press
- NALC and SLCC join forces
- Nature recovery plan for Wales
- New company takes on key audit commission role
- Possession of wild bird eggs: changing the defence
- Roberts elected SLCC national president
- Solar farm subsidies cut to save farmland
- Taxpayers to get town hall data they deserve
- The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Commencement No. 7, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 (SI 2014/2590 (C.113))
- The Local Government (Transparency Requirements) (England) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2680)
- Underground drilling access
- Welsh councils seek EU solutions on austerity
- Where next for local services in Wales?
- £4 billion settlement for council services
- December
- 2013 Editions
- December edition
- ACRE Network pays off
- Barn conversion plans will damage National Parks
- Calls for Evidence: Agriculture and Fisheries
- Co-op Bank withdraws from principal council business
- Community Budgets: Select Committee Report
- Community governance courses – recruiting now!
- Councils must provide an efficient planning service
- Devolving more power to Wales: a response
- Digital savings
- England’s bathing waters see record improvement
- English parishes given Sustainable Communities Act powers
- Environment Research Council
- Filming council meetings
- Intervention in struggling schools
- Loan fund is a lifeline for village halls
- Maximum speed limit for tractors on public roads
- More government land for self-build housing released
- New CLA chief
- New night flights regime
- No second night on the streets
- Owners of dogs who kill could face 14 years in prison
- Parish Council Precept Statistics (England)
- Parish councils clamp down on dog fouling
- Parish payments go electronic
- Recommended basic hours for part-time clerks
- Rents for social housing from 2015 to 2016
- Review “outdated” licensing system
- Simply making planning easier
- SLCC elects new president
- Suggested savings
- Sweet chestnut and plane tree controls introduced
- The Education (Admission Appeals Arrangements) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2535 (W.250)
- The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013. SI2013/2878 (C.116)
- The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Local Development Orders) (Consequential Provisions) (England) Order 2013. SI2013/2879
- The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 8) Order 2013. SI2013/2871
- The Local Authority (Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases) (Date of Referendum) (England) Order 2013. SI2013/2682
- The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2688
- Time to cross
- Transforming the Highways Agency
- Wind turbine developers must consult communities
- £3.5 million to tackle rough sleeping
- November edition
- Cash boost for councils backing neighbourhood planning
- Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery in Wales
- Dog Law
- Greater town hall transparency wanted on union interests
- LGA secures further £21 million from failed Icelandic bank
- Lottery to help mark important anniversaries
- Marine litter
- Minister urges parishes to get involved in Our Place! programme
- Motorists pay over £1,000 a year in Treasury taxes
- Motorists pay over £1,000 a year in Treasury taxes
- National Minimum Wage
- New Communities Minister
- New homes bonus cut could hit house building schemes, councils warn
- New licensing rules for scrap metal dealers in force
- New parking reform proposals to support local shops and high streets
- Plastic bag charge set to benefit the environment
- Right to campaign for residents in jeopardy
- Somerset badger cull pilot extension approved
- The British Nationality (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013/2541.
- The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Functions and Responsibilities) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI2013/.2438 (W. 235).
- The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013. SI2013/2356.
- The Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Review) Regulations 2013. SI2103/2299.
- The Sustainable Communities (Parish Councils) Order 2013. SI2013/2275.
- The Torfaen (Communities) Order 2013 (Wales only). SI2013/2156 (W.211).
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) (No. 4) Order 2013. SI2013/2435.
- Village greens to get new planning measure
- ‘Can do’ councils lead transformation of local government
- ‘Enterprising libraries’ get £450,000 for future local business
- £6 million funding for local authority heat networks
- October edition
- Area of Green Belt under threat nearly doubles in a year
- Biodiversity offsetting
- Can I keep a crocodile …?
- Communities consulted on radioactive waste disposal site
- Councils should not be hoarding billions
- Councils warn of rising demand for primary school places
- Doctors and English language capability
- Expert training helps high streets modernise
- Making a difference
- More parking places, please
- New chief executive for DVLA
- New guide on designing community flags
- New streamlined planning guide launched online
- Power to the people
- Putting communities in control
- Schools urged to help parents keep uniform costs down
- Seaside towns to be given £29 million to boost growth
- The Control of Noise (Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes etc.) (England) Order 2013. SI 2013/2036. (Not Wales)
- The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Abolition of Conservation Area Consent) (Consequential and Saving Provisions) (England) Order 2013. SI 2013/2146.
- The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2013. SI 2013/2143 (C.89).
- The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013. SI 2013/2277.
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/1975.
- The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/2258.
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) (No. 3) Order 2013. SI 2013/2147.
- The Town and Country Planning (Public Path Orders) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/2201.
- The Town and Country Planning General (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/2145.
- September edition
- 2013/14 National Salary Award for Local Council Clerks
- Agriculture red tape to be removed
- Allotments law: a summary
- Apprenticeships funding reform in England CONSULTATION
- Car Allowances for Local Council Clerks
- Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges Act 2013. SI2013/c.
- Economic priorities CONSULTATIONS
- Economic priorities CONSULTATIONS
- EU fund boosts early warning system for trees
- First World War centenary is one year away
- Government shifts cycling up a gear
- Greater community say on wind turbines and solar farms
- Greater flexibilities for change of use CONSULTATION
- Green Deal Communities
- Harnessing the potential of the UK’s natural resources: a fiscal regime for shale gas
- Hundreds of new chargepoints for electric cars
- Illegal traveller sites
- Imports of sweet chestnut trees banned
- Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013. 2013 anaw 4.
- New director of public prosecutions
- Next steps to zero carbon homes: allowable solutions CONSULTATION
- Profits from parking
- Rural dwellers to be forced out by bedroom tax
- School and early years finance regulations 2013 CONSULTATION
- Spitting in the street
- Tax cuts help to boost local enterprise
- The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Code of Practice for Surveillance Camera Systems and Specification of Relevant Authorities) Order 2013. SI2013/1961
- The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013. SI2013/1966.
- Tough new measures to stamp out bovine TB
- UK Woodland Carbon Code launched
- Waste prevention programme for England CONSULTATION
- Welsh local government news
- Winners of 2013 Open Space Award
- “Locked out” of key planning decisions
- August edition
- Affordable housing investment
- Being good is easy to do
- Bus subsidy reforms give councils more control
- Clampdown on council bailiffs
- Climate change programme report published
- Communities are the priority (not Wales)
- Data protection fee for parish councillors under scrutiny
- Date of 2014 local elections
- Draft Deregulation Bill
- Five-year freeze on council tax
- GMB members accept pay offer
- Government continues action on payday lending
- Length of the bathing season in England
- LGA call for the abolition of six core Whitehall departments
- Lights, camera, democracy in action (not Wales)
- New chief executive for ACRE
- New edition of greens bible
- Queen’s birthday honours recognises community service
- Registration of village greens
- Save our Countryside Charter
- The Bathing Water Regulations 2013. SI2013/1675
- Village greens law complies with human rights law
- Waste management plan for England
- Whistleblowing framework: call for evidence
- £15 million fund for rural energy projects opens (not Wales)
- £4.3 million boost to put communities in control
- July edition
- Antisocial behaviour, policing and crime measures unveiled
- Bill to reform intellectual property laws in the UK
- Bill today to tackle roadside litter
- Britain’s bins contain millions of pounds of untapped riches
- Charity Commission invites comments on proposals to change the Annual Return 2014
- Charity Commission reissues warning to charities linked to business rates relief
- Electoral fraud
- Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes new framework agreement with government
- Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes new framework agreement with government
- Essential reading for village hall volunteers
- European Commission proposes new practical rights for all EU citizens
- European Commission proposes new practical rights for all EU citizens
- Fixed penalty levels for motoring offences
- Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 – village greens
- Insurance: navigating the minefield
- International accolade for the Open Spaces Society
- Local Audit and Accountability Bill
- Local newspaper week marked by end of “town hall Pravdas”
- Minister calls for pensions review
- NALC and local councils to play key role in supporting community action
- New permitted development rules could drain the life from high streets
- New rights for park home residents
- Parish Council Precepts (England)
- Roadworks taskforce focuses on quality and compensation
- June edition
- Chief Social Workers for children and adults appointed
- Council employees offered 1% pay increase
- Council Tax Support Grant, electronic payments, electronic agendas and the Parish Precepts Bill
- Fire and rescue service savings
- Funding opportunities
- Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- HCA appointment
- Individual Electoral Representation
- MP leads national campaign for parish financing
- Neighbourhood Planning grants for local groups
- Neighbourhood Planning – Update Spring 2013
- New project launched to protect oak trees from harmful caterpillar
- Pickles wants England to reclaim historic county names
- Pub companies and tenants: making it easier to trade
- Reforming environmental guidance and information obligations
- Seven towns to receive share of £1 million High Street Renewal Award
- The Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI 2013 982
- The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2013. SI 2013 969 (C.39)
- The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2013. SI2013 1124 (C.49)
- The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) Regulations 2013. SI 2013 1102
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013.SI 2013 1101
- Two more communities vote in favour of their neighbourhood plan
- May edition
- ACRE urges village halls to respond to consultation
- Animals in circuses
- Community Budgets inspire public service revolutionaries
- Community Right to Bid buys pub
- Council views on Localism Act (England) sought
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Ed Lester New Land Registry chief executive
- GOV.UK website wins award
- Grand Designs comes to town
- Grants from Coastal Communities Fund
- Lifting restrictions on use of Temporary Stop Notices
- Meetings and procedures
- Michael Fallon appointed as new energy minister
- National Forest Company
- National Minimum Wage rates
- National Parks posts
- New step for localism as regional plans are revoked
- Office share
- Police powers for dangerous dogs
- Section 137 Expenditure: Limit for 2013/2014 (Wales)
- The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/570 (W.66)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/588 (W.67)
- The Electoral Registration (Disclosure of Electoral Registers) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/760
- The Electoral Registration (Postponement of 2013 Annual Canvass) Order 2013. SI 2013/794
- The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2013 SI 2013/702 (C.31)
- The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2013 SI 2013/695
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2013 SI 2013/797 (C.38)
- The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) (Amendment) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/798
- The Public Bodies (The Office of Fair Trading Transfer of Consumer Advice Scheme Function and Modification of Enforcement Functions) Order 2013. SI 2013/783
- The Town and Country Planning (Temporary Stop Notice) (England) (Revocation) Regulations 2013. SI 2013/830
- Written Ministerial Statement by Brandon Lewis, Local Government Minister, on moving the date of the English local elections in 2014
- ‘Freedom day’ for business
- £180 million helps vulnerable stay at home
- April edition
- 12-month pay plan for council tax
- ACRE’s chief executive retires
- Advice line helps locals set up community pubs
- Arts funding can pay dividends
- BIS offers more protection for whistleblowers
- Defra badger culls to go ahead
- Lost in translation
- New SLCC chairman
- nland fisheries sector – future stakeholder engagement structure
- Number of councils intending to freeze bills jumps
- Overwhelming yes for neighbourhood plan
- Red tape for coast projects and investments to be cut
- Residents trust council to improve services
- Rural council tax bills are higher
- Tackle six-figure pay packets
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 SI 2013/432
- The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 SI 2013/409
- The Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) (Amendment) (England) Order 2013 SI 2013/502
- The Non-Domestic Rating and Council Tax (Definition of Domestic Property and Dwelling) (England) Order 2013 SI 2013/468
- The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 c.10
- The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 SI 2013/376
- Top of the tree
- Town hall pensions can invest more in local infrastructure
- Trade union funding
- Transition funding for council tax support
- Transport guidance for rural communities
- Waste prevention programme for England
- Welsh Cabinet reshuffle
- March edition
- Adapt or die
- All dogs in England to get free microchips
- Ban on shooting White-fronted Geese (Wales)
- Boundary Commission for England closure of 2013 review
- Calls for crackdown after bird of prey poisoning maps are published
- Car parks information sheet
- Changes to Environment Permitting Regulations
- Charities push for greater people power in health and care services
- Common sense restored to Health and Safety
- Driving test language support
- Empower councils to end their ‘subservience’ to Whitehall
- English competition
- Finalised local government settlement delivers 1.3% change
- Flood defences get green light
- Freedom of Information
- Homes bonus boosts spending power for local communities
- Interactive map of the green belt now on show
- New models of devolution
- New public body will protect forests for future generations
- New support for local libraries and businesses
- Offices into homes
- Parish and town council borrowing approval
- Power to clamp down on road works disruption
- Proposed changes to managing and controlling pests and diseases
- Red tape is cut and the Red Tape Challenge focuses on planning administration
- Seaside towns to get a £16 million boost for projects from Coastal Communities Fund
- Street Trading and Pedlary Laws: a joint consultation on draft regulations to repeal the Pedlars Acts (UK wide) and make changes to the street trading legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012; SI2012/3173(C.124)
- February edition
- 50 ways to save
- Boost for business as government sets out plans to update employment legislation
- Bureaucracy busting boost for street traders
- Business Minister pledges tougher action to boost enterprise
- Care for elderly is top priority for local government
- CD247 - Public consultation on a National Local Authority Enforcement Code – Health and Safety at Work, England, Scotland and Wales.
- Councils could build 60,000 new homes if Government scrapped unnecessary borrowing cap
- Dog control draft Bill
- Geraint Jones appointed as reviewer for the Office for Fair Access
- Government seeks views on proposed Marine Conservation Zones
- Government sets out strategy to tackle Chalara dieback in ash trees
- Government support for “lifeline shops”
- Green bank opens for business
- Hundreds of playing fields protected annually
- Key findings of the Winter Readiness Survey 2012/13
- Key milestone for smart meters rollout
- LGA and PFRA launch new national agreement to improve street fundraising standards
- Local Government Challenge 2013 kicks off
- Local public bodies improve financial reporting and accountability
- New cash backing more communities to put neighbourhood plans together
- New chairman of IDAB
- New speed limit guidelines for councils
- New team to lead NALC
- New Year Honours List 2013
- No place like home
- On track to plant one million new neighbourhood trees in England
- Outdated farm labour laws abolished
- Planning practice guidance should be simpler
- Plans for traineeship to help young people into work
- Pub landlords promised help
- Review of Environment Agency and Natural England begins
- Shoddy streetworks threaten small businesses and costing taxpayers £200 million
- Sir Harry Studholme appointed interim chairman of Forestry Commission
- The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012 (12/3112)
- The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2994)
- The Building (Repeal of Provisions of Local Acts) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3124)
- The Care Council for Wales (Appointment, Membership and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (2012/3023) (W.307)
- The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/314)
- The Contracting Out (Local Authorities Social Services Functions) (England) (Amendment) Order 2012 (SI 2012/3003
- The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3086)
- The Council Tax (Demand Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3087)
- The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3085)
- The Disabled People’s Right to Control (Pilot Scheme) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3048)
- The Energy Act 2011 (Amendment) (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3170)
- The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3118)
- The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) (Wales) (Revocation) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2978 (W.304))
- The Health Service Commissioner for England (Special Health Authorities) Order 2012 (SI 2012/3072)
- The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3040)
- The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2914)
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional, Transitory and Savings Provisions) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2913) (C.115)
- The NHS Bodies and Local Authorities (Partnership Arrangements, Care Trusts, Public Health and Local Healthwatch) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3094)
- The NHS Foundation Trusts (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2950)
- The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (SI 2012/3173)(C.124)
- The School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2991)
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2012 (SI 2012/3109) [not Wales]
- The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2012 (2012/3095)(W.312)
- The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2012 (SI2012/3138)
- Two new members of the Competition Commission appointed
- Unconventional fossil fuels (eg shale gas) in Europe
- December edition
- 2012 Editions
- June 2020
- 3.5 million apply to EU Settlement Scheme
- All Wales care homes to be tested
- Billions invested in road and rail during lockdown
- Birmingham mows grass in 2m 'channels' to promote social distancing
- Boost for high streets and town centres
- Bovine TB: authorisation for supplementary badger control in 2020
- Business rates revaluation postponed
- Care home support package
- Cash grants boost community radio stations
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Council funding allocations
- Councils want power to close schools at higher risk of Covid-19
- COVID-19 detection dogs trial launches
- Emergency funding to support most vulnerable
- Extra £35 million for Wales in virus fight
- Extra £95 million to tackle coronavirus in Wales
- Guidance for social landlords on essential moves
- Human genomes to fight coronavirus
- INQUIRY: Implications of e-scooters
- NALC publishes first report on local council elections
- New era for cycling and walking
- Public advised to cover face in open spaces
- Roadmap taskforces named
- Rough sleeping taskforce
- Samaritans support
- Site visits to begin, more digital case events planned
- Social housing sector coping with operational challenges
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/500)
- The Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner (Coronavirus) (Postponement of Elections and Referendums) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020
- The Statutory Sick Pay (Coronavirus) (Funding of Employers’ Liabilities) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/512
- The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure, Listed Buildings and Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/505)
- Top-up to local business grant funds scheme
- Tracing app trial on Isle of Wight
- Tree cover target must be more ambitious
- Vaccine taskforce
- Virus test for care homes
- Welsh council staff used for Covid-19 contact tracing
- What’s in a name, Wales?
- £14 million financial support for England’s zoos
- December Edition
- Action on ash tree disease Chalara
- Bathing water standards published [not Wales]
- Call to use local markets
- Clamping down on metal theft
- Consultation to scrap motor insurance certificates launched
- Councillors need DPI dispensations to take part in precept decisions [not Wales]
- Councils ‘more efficient’ at fighting fraud, but new threats emerging [not Wales]
- Government Growth Plan is an attack on the environment
- Government heralds energy efficiency revolution
- Government proposals to ensure a better deal for energy consumers
- Judicial review changes unfair, unfounded, undemocratic
- Local Government Finance legislation gains Royal Assent [not Wales]
- Local Government pay claim 2013/14
- Local Government Transparency [not Wales]
- Localism in action - making it easier to set up parish councils [not Wales]
- New powers for homeowners and businesses to improve their properties
- Planning changes could lead to a mobile phone mast ‘free for all’
- Plans unveiled to increase lorry speeds to boost growth
- Repeal of “two signatories” rule
- The new home on the web for DFT and DCLG
- The transition to Inside Government on GOV.UK
- Town Hall pension changes could unlock up to £22 billion for infrastructure
- Unnecessary road schemes costing £30 billion will ruin precious countryside
- £10 million to spur on innovation in offshore wind
- November Edition
- Community shares scheme launched [not Wales]
- Ending abuse of village green legislation will unlock growth and boost aspiration [not Wales]
- Equality and Human Rights Commission welcomes age regulations
- Getting rid of outdated labour restrictions will mean more jobs
- Government plans could lead to ‘unsightly, out of place development’, councils warn
- Government publishes draft Banking Reform Bill
- Government to address staggering scale of uncollected debt
- Greater freedom for local councils to prevent unauthorised traveller sites
- Greater rights for motorists
- Local government embraces social media
- Local Government Ombudsman (Wales): Policy Change
- Lord Taylor to review practical planning guidance
- National Minimum Wage rises from 1 October 2012
- New Bill will deliver neither lasting growth nor infrastructure [not Wales]
- New chairman appointed to close down the Audit Commission [not Wales]
- Protecting playing fields [not Wales]
- Public Liability for tree root damage
- Review of e-books in public libraries
- The Assets of Community Value (England) Regulations 2012 SI 2012/2421) [not Wales]
- The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 212 No. 2372) [not Wales]
- Third year of council tax freeze announced [not Wales]
- Village greens: law, registration and protection
- £700 million now recovered from failed Iceland banks
- October Edition
- Cash boost for communities supporting neighbourhood planning [not Wales]
- Clamp down on illegal encampments [not Wales]
- Common sense planning reform to create more homes and boost the high street [not Wales]
- Consultation on bus subsidy reform
- Councils’ record planning permissions create a 400,000 new home building backlog
- Employers and unions back new pension scheme
- Helping train operators improve services for cyclists
- Independent report recommends improvements to planning in Wales [Wales only]
- Major clampdown launched on ‘beds in sheds’
- Ministerial team at the Department for Communities and Local Government [not Wales]
- New proposals to streamline employment law will boost business
- New resource for communities wanting to set up a community shop [not Wales]
- New ‘contract’ to give rural communities power to hold Government to account on rural growth [not Wales]
- Only by working together will we eradicate bovine TB [not Wales]
- Owen Paterson MP [not Wales]
- Plan to boost British housebuilding, jobs and the economy
- Planting the seeds for community grown food [not Wales]
- The Cabinet as at 6 September 2012
- The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012 (SI 2012/1956)
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2012 (SI 2012/2257) [not Wales]
- Town halls must tackle £1 billion council tax benefit fraud and error through localisation [not Wales]
- Town Team partners to benefit from multi-million pound support
- September Edition
- 101 ways councils will be helping Police and Crime Commissioners
- A new vision for National Trails [not Wales]
- Codes of conduct and pecuniary interests for local councillors
- Consultation on section 106 agreements [not Wales]
- Councils save millions by sharing services
- Councils urged to give voluntary sector a leading role [not Wales]
- Department for Communities and Local Government now publishing all spend over £250 [not Wales]
- EU rules choking off councils’ money saving efforts
- Hodgson Review calls for a ‘new settlement’ for charities
- Important next steps for the Green Deal
- Law Commission: consultation on wildlife law
- Living Streets welcomes Government guide to revitalising urban spaces
- Multi million package of support to revive the country’s high streets [not Wales]
- NALC welcomes move to update payment rules [not Wales]
- New Bill introduced to tackle roadside litter [not Wales]
- New Draft Map of Open Country and Registered Common Land Issued [Wales only]
- New guidance to help councillors with new transparency agenda [not Wales
- NGOs join forces to break England’s bag habit [not Wales]
- Parades, freedom of borough and street naming for Olympic heroes
- Paths for Communities (P4C) – Natural England [not Wales]
- Planning Portal - DCMS consults on reform of listing regime [not Wales]
- Rescue our secret paths before they are lost for ever
- The Community Right to Challenge [not Wales]
- The Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2031) [not Wales]
- August Edition
- Changing face of library service takes shape
- Civil Service Reform Plan published
- Community Right to Challenge comes into force [not Wales]
- Councils sign up to cut energy costs and protect homes, schools, parks and roads
- First stretch of England Coast Path opens in Weymouth [not Wales]
- Hidden costs of powering homes
- House of Lords Reform Bill
- Local Audit Bill to create robust new regime and help save taxpayer £650 million [not Wales]
- New rules to ensure greater town hall transparency [not Wales]
- Next steps to improve the planning system and support sustainable development [not Wales]
- Party politics ‘will be the decisive factor’ in police and crime commissioner elections
- Popular council services under threat
- Progress at Rio+20 towards greener future
- Stalled building sites to get helping hand
- UK’s leading allotment society refreshes its image for 2012
- Vulnerable households set to save on water bills
- Way forward for digital radio agreed
- July Edition
- Agreement struck to prepare communities for climate change
- Cigarette butts a major part of roadside litter
- Communities to get more barrier-breaking powers
- Councils call for urgent action to tackle soaring rise in metal thefts
- Dodgy caravan site owners hitting taxpayers in the pocket
- EC sets out steps to move the single market up a gear
- Hefty bin fines cut
- High Court find in favour of the landscape over wind
- Ministers miss opportunity to tackle lighting nuisance
- Parish council bodies propose plan for auditor procurement
- Pennine Bridleway goes all the way
- Pension reform proposals agreed with unions
- Planning permission powers firmly in the hands of communities
- Rural Communities short-changed
- Section 137 of the local Government Act 1972 and the power of general competence
- Strategies to revive neighbourhood shops
- The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2012 (SI 2012/1465)
- The Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012 (SI 2012/965)
- The Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1464)
- Tighter checks to keep cowboy builders out
- £56 million endowment grants
- June Edition
- Audit of small bodies and scales of fees 2012/13 to 2016/17 [not Wales]
- Clampdown on dangerous dogs
- Consultation begins on managing National Trails more flexibly [not Wales]
- Countryside caught in a hurricane of new wind turbines
- Draft Local Audit Bill [not Wales]
- Government introduces legislation for individual electoral registration
- Highway Code app launched to improve road safety
- HLS agreement recognises the vital role of commoners to the future of Dartmoor [not Wales]
- LGA launches offer for police and crime commissioners
- Local government ombudsman to champion residents’ cause [not Wales]
- National fraud-busting initiative on course to exceed £1 billion payback to the public purse [not Wales]
- New plans to simplify recording rights of way [not Wales]
- Promoting Local Democracy: Welsh Government White Paper [Wales only]
- Queen’s Speech 2012 Full list of Bills
- Revamped Right to Buy to deliver thousands of new homes [not Wales]
- May Edition
- An extra £15 million for smart ticketing and bus payments devolved to local authorities
- Bringing common sense back to health and safety
- Cattle grid blocks bridleway Kind v Northumberland County Council
- CPRE’s initial analysis of the National Planning Policy Framework [not Wales]
- Government issues new planning guidance on traveller sites [not Wales]
- Late night bars and clubs levy should pay for early hours cleanups
- Local fight against fraud stepped up
- Localism Act: Power shift to communities continues [not Wales]
- Natural England - Diamond Jubilee beacons guidance for land managers [not Wales]
- Neighbourhood councils to play key role in delivery of open public services
- New look energy advice will help homeowners save money on bills
- New protection for common land in Wales
- New reforms will stop town hall corruption and culture of malicious complaints [not Wales]
- New timetable clarifies automatic enrolment starting dates
- Over 180 bids to improve or reinstate weekly rubbish collections [not Wales]
- Potholes Review - Prevention and a better cure [not Wales]
- The National Planning Policy Framework could benefit local communities [not Wales]
- The Parish Councils (General Power of Competence) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2012 (SI 2012/965) [not Wales]
- The powers of parish meetings in parishes without councils
- Up to £1 million to help communities shape the future of their high streets [not Wales
- ‘Portas-Plus’ plan to revive ailing high streets
- April Edition
- Audit Commission will reduce audit fees by 40 per cent [not Wales]
- Better access to public sector information moves a step close
- Budget 2012
- Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes human rights review
- Existing constituencies look-up feature
- Government announces action to improve implementation of the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives [not Wales]
- Government approves new £6.19 Minimum Wage
- Government gives residents a real-terms council tax cut [not Wales]
- Letter from the Local Government Association to the staff side of the NJC re wage arbitration
- LGA poll finds support for high street powers
- Local authorities meet deadline for broadband plans [not Wales]
- New Community Led Planning Resources [not Wales]
- New planning powers continue to be a hit with communities [not Wales]
- Repeal of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996
- Results of Diamond Jubilee Civic Honours Competition announced
- Review of dismissal procedures
- Right of way “for all purposes”
- Significant cuts in audit fees for town and parish councils [not Wales]
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2012 (SI 012/628)
- The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/637) [not Wales]
- The Standards Board for England (Abolition) Order 2012 (SI 2012/668) [not Wales]
- The Town and Country Planning (Compensation) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/749) [not Wales]
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2012 (SI 2012/748) [not Wales]
- The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/767) [not Wales]
- The Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012 (SI 2012/989)
- Village green – use as of right
- £101 million bus boost for passengers [not Wales]
- March Edition
- Access system needs to be modernised
- Councils must consider equality laws when changing services
- Councils receive first £100 million in Icelandic bank payouts
- Councils respond to local government pay claim
- Eric Pickles gives councils back the freedom to pray (not Wales)
- Eric Pickles: New local pay guidance to help tackle tax avoidance
- Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion announced as successor to Bill Bryson (not Wales)
- Freeing up farming to reach its full potential
- Landowners plan public-path grab
- Mayoral referendum election date confirmed (not Wales)
- Planning Portal hits the million app mark
- Planning principles & the Localism Act 2011
- Save water now to limit the effects of drought
- Seaside town rejuvenation: £24 million fund opened
- The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012) S
- The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums)(England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/323) (not Wales)
- The Local Authorities (Elected Mayors) (Elections, Terms of Office & Casual Vacancies) (England) R
- The Local Authority (Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/460) [
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012 (SI 2012/411)
- The majority of councils looking to freeze or reduce council tax (not Wales)
- The Right Way Forward: The CLA's common sense approach to access in the countryside 2012
- February Edition
- A million more trees by 2015: Defra pledge on track (not Wales)
- A new era in policing
- Arrangements relating to the abolition of Standards for England (not Wales)
- Britain to have new national high-speed rail network
- Commission on the consequences of devolution for the House of Commons established
- Community Budget pilots move one step closer as shortlisted areas named (not Wales)
- Councils are coping with reduced funding, at least for now
- Cutting red tape that stops the public from flying flags (not Wales)
- Date set for elected city mayors (not Wales)
- Difficult choices to be made as England's councils prepare for 'inevitable' job losses (not Wales)
- False 'village green' claims made on car parks & beach huts
- Gratuities Update
- Historic powers in the Localism Act pass down to communities
- New assessment shows risks of no action on climate change
- New powers for public to stop council tax rises this year (not Wales)
- New site funding offers fairer deal for travellers & the settled community (not Wales)
- New strategy to deliver homes & strengthen the economy
- New survey finds public want farmers to be custodians of the landscape for future generations
- OSS responds to local government association's attack on new village greens
- Public given chance to vote off the weakest regulations
- Royal street party fever grips nation once more
- Rural councils need to think outside the box to deliver homes on the farm
- The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 (SI 2011/3050)
- The Local Government Byelaws (Wales) Bill 2012
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1 & Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2896)
- The Localism Act 2011 (Commencement No.2 & Transitional & Saving Provisions Order (SI 2012/57)
- The Policing Protocol Order 2011 (SI 2011/2074)
- THE POWERS OF PARISH MEETINGS IN PARISHES WITHOUT COUNCILS
- Unnecessary bureaucracy cut as councils given new powers to redraw map
- June 2020
- 2011 Editions
- December Edition
- £2 million allocated to playing fields: first round of investment made under Protecting Playing Fiel
- Arts Council & LGA announce the Libraries Development Initiative (not Wales)
- Communities asked to contribute their views on powers for new elected mayors (not Wales)
- Fightback against tree disease
- Freedom of information scope increased
- Future of the Local Standards Framework (not Wales)
- Government moves ahead with plans to abolish Regional Plans & protect the Green Belt (not Wales)
- Local areas are keen to form Local Nature Partnerships (not Wales)
- Localism Act 2011
- Majority of England's bathing waters meet strict quality standards (not Wales)
- Mapping the country's charging points
- More flexibility for councils to reduce council tax bills for hard working families (not Wales)
- New Environmental Stewardship guidance for common land (not Wales)
- New guidance on the design of shared space streets
- Open Space Award
- Parish power can save struggling village shops & pubs (not Wales)
- Plans for a second year's council tax freeze set out (not Wales)
- Protecting the public purse 2011 - Fighting fraud against local government (not Wales)
- Review of charity law
- Shaws & NALC join forces
- Well-run referendum shows elections can be better for voters
- Your parks & green spaces need you (not Wales)
- November Edition
- £250 million for councils to support weekly bin collections (not Wales)
- Bereaved families forced to pay 'death tax' before being allowed to hold funerals
- Carolyn Downs to be new Chief Executive of Local Government Association
- Council tax freeze
- Council transparency (not Wales)
- Councils submit pension reform proposal to Secretary of State
- Government helping high streets to thrive with support for local shops (not Wales)
- Government on track to provide land for 100,000 new homes
- Green light for trams
- Heritage, Localism & the Big Society (not Wales)
- LGA victory on EU fines
- Local Government Pension Scheme consultation begins
- Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (not Wales)
- Natural England Board recommends new National Park boundaries (not Wales)
- Silence of the plans risks building horror story (not Wales)
- Standards Board for England (not Wales)
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) (England) Order 2011 SI 2011/2460 (not Wales)
- The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011(SI 2011/2260)
- The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/ 2345)
- The Queen's Diamond Jubilee: message from NALC chairman
- THE ROLE OF COUNCILLORS
- The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2056) (not Wales)
- Twenty nine parish councils rapped for not filing accounts (not Wales)
- Unfair dismissal rule changes could save British business £6 million
- Urban green spaces set to grow (not Wales)
- Water customers no longer liable for sewerage repairs (not Wales)
- October Edition
- A fair deal for the voluntary & community sector - from Whitehall to town halls (not Wales)
- Abolition of the Inland Waterways Advisory Council
- Bowling greens to be given special protections under new planning rules (not Wales)
- Bringing an end to rush hour road works
- Carrier bag charge [Wales only]
- Councils to lead local path to growth boosting jobs & firms (not Wales)
- Environment regulations under the red tape spotlight
- Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011
- Government confirms commitment to create new charity to protect Britain's waterways
- Helping to meet a growing demand - new guide to help community orchards blossom (not Wales)
- Local ethical standards
- Marine Conservation Zone Project reaches a milestone
- Ministerial appointments to the House of Lords
- More communities chosen to try out new planning powers (not Wales)
- New power to local people over National Parks (not Wales)
- New strategy to save & protect England's Wildlife (not Wales)
- Positive planning to let good schools grow (not Wales)
- Regulated entertainment
- Small firms & small shops across country tax break support revealed (not Wales)
- Speed camera information now available (not Wales)
- The Audit Commission - appointment of new commissioners (not Wales)
- The Police Reform & Social Responsibility Act 2011
- Thousands better protected against floods (not Wales)
- September Edition
- £14 million to empower communities & build safer neighbourhoods
- Armchair auditors should act on their rights to inspect Town Hall books (not Wales)
- Audit Commission to outsource audit practice next year (not Wales)
- Badgers & bovine tuberculosis (not Wales)
- Coastal communities to receive a multi-million pound boost
- Councils freed from begging bowl put on path to growth: boost to local jobs & local firms under ra
- Department for Communities & Local Government publishes 2010-11 Annual Report & Accounts [not Wa
- Disposal of land by local councils
- Equality & Human Rights Commission launches human rights resource for public sector
- First public property map - councils could save billions (not Wales)
- High streets get boost from fairer parking (not Wales)
- Lawful Development Certificates
- Natural England invites views on changes to environmental enforcement rules (not Wales)
- Radical planning shake-up threatens green fields (not Wales)
- Reform of town & village greens registration system
- Simplification of planning guidance to encourage sustainable growth (not Wales)
- The Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regs 2011 (SI 2011/1824) not Wales
- August Edition
- Boost for 'meanwhile uses' of empty buildings (not Wales)
- Bottle deposits would deliver thousands of green jobs
- Bribery Act comes into force
- Council taxpayers could face £1 billion EU fines with no appeal
- Knowing your place: heritage & community led planning in the countryside (not Wales)
- Major survey lifts the lid on England's relationship with the Great Outdoors (not Wales)
- New plans promise flourishing future for the natural environment (not Wales)
- New transparency rules for speed cameras
- New voter registration steps set out
- New waste deal will cut business costs & improve services (not Wales)
- Opening up public services
- Outstanding Natural Beauty under threat (not Wales)
- Public expects councils to do thorough police checks on all taxi drivers
- Shaking up the 'computer says no' town hall culture (not Wales)
- Taking charge
- Taking charge
- Twenty nine bids received for second wave Enterprise Zones (not Wales)
- UK internet speeds are the most disappointing in Europe
- Underground technology could heat thousands of UK homes
- July Edition
- £68 million cost of stealth centralism (not Wales)
- Acquisition & appropriation of land by local councils
- Chairman of Electoral Commission calls on government to consider central co-ordination at elections
- Communities get power to protect green spaces (not Wales)
- Developing options for the most effective transfer of the Audit Commission (not Wales)
- Farming lobbyists attack greens & public paths
- Farming red tape to be unravelled
- Giving White Paper - making it easier to take part in a bigger, stronger society
- Localism Bill threatens open spaces (not Wales)
- Minister calls on communities to start building their vision for their local area (not Wales)
- National Grid attempt to bury real costs of undergrounding power cables
- New 'Inspiring Communities' guide launched to help people get involved in community [not wales)
- New powers for communities to cleanse their streets of clutter (not Wales)
- Pilots to make electoral register more accurate & complete
- Plans for a zero waste economy launched
- Positive planning: a new focus on driving sustainable development (not Wales)
- Proposals for a reformed House of Lords published
- Pylon design competition launched
- roads under pressure from traffic, weather, spiralling costs & budget cuts (not Wales)
- Shining a light on council spending could save up to £450 per household
- Tackling £1 billion cost of motorway closures
- The ABC of 'can do' councils protecting services (not Wales)
- Water companies must plan for a drier climate
- June Edition
- £10 million fund to protect playing fields (not Wales)
- Backdoor' bin charging not allowed (not Wales)
- Baroness Newlove joins the Department for Communities & Local Government to promote active, safer
- Creating a new local council (not Wales)
- Government launches single government website prototype
- Government must recognise our coasts & seascapes as more than just a view
- How will councils spend your £53 billion this year? (not Wales)
- Infrastructure must adapt to protect economic growth from the threat of climate change
- LGA survey shows 12.6 million Whitehall boxes for councils to tick
- Local government workforce shrinks as councils tighten belts
- Localising audit - delivering value for money for the tax payer (not Wales)
- Ministers consider a clampdown on car litter
- New powers for the green fingered to protect allotments (not Wales)
- New public sector equality duty comes into force on 5th April 2011
- Next steps in review of employment law
- Policy overkill costing Government departments £1.5 billion each year
- RTPI call for planning policy framework to be embedded in legislation
- Sharing responsibility for animal health & welfare policy (not Wales)
- Ten ways to tackle council fraud & recover £2 billion a year
- The Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1069
- The Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1066)
- The Equality Act 2010 (Public Authorities & Consequential & Supplementary Amendments) Order 2011
- The National Archives will take on the leadership role for the archives sector
- Village greens & planning permission
- May Edition
- Accounts & Audit (England) Regulations 2011
- Backdoor' bin charging not allowed (not Wales)
- Big Tree Plant hits 100,000 milestone (not Wales)
- Boost for voluntary & community groups as funding is extended (not Wales)
- Budget measures to support giving
- Campaign to shine a light on new energy labelling
- Councils to save millions through shared services
- Councils urged to tackle road works disruption (not Wales)
- European Commission approves £180 million of government support to the UK Post Office
- Free advice for communities to support neighbourhood planning (not Wales)
- Government approves new £6.08 minimum wage rate
- Government consults on plans to increase accountability & efficiency in local auditing (not Wales)
- Government urged to close car litter lout loophole
- LGA survey shows 12.6 million Whitehall boxes for councils to tick
- Localising audit - delivering value for money for the tax payer (not Wales)
- New approach to community activism
- New era for waterways
- New publicity rules for councils (not Wales)
- Stamping out compensation culture fears
- Terms of reference for independent review into Strategic Road Network published (not Wales)
- The Accounts & Audit (England) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/817) (not Wales)
- Time for fair play for all on planning (not Wales)
- Transport 2050: Commission outlines ambitious plan to increase mobility & reduce emissions
- April Edition
- A local approach
- Age discrimination to be outlawed under new government plans
- Audit Commission notes overall improvement in parish councils' financial reporting (not Wales)
- Audit Commission passes more cost savings on to public bodies in lower fees for 2011/12 (not Wales)
- Capitalisation guidance published to help councils deliver early savings (not Wales)
- Citizen journalists & bloggers should be let in to public council meetings (not Wales)
- Government boosts hill farm & upland communities support (not Wales)
- Green light for new trains & rail electrification
- local council clerks & PAYE..... LEGAL NOTE
- More than £100 million of extra funding to repair winter potholes (not Wales)
- New 2050 simulation puts power in public hands
- New Government Tourism Policy published
- New seamless arrangements for major infrastructure planning will ensure stability & a 21st century
- New skills strategy gets off to flying start with publication of key guide for very local councillor
- Reforms to quangos will deliver millions in savings
- Review could end council dependence on Whitehall grant (not Wales)
- The Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) (England & Wales) (Amendment) Rules 2011 (SI 2011/5
- Transfer of Environment Agency navigations to new waterways charity
- Update on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Welsh households pay £466 less a year for council services than English households
- What does the Yes vote mean for Wales?
- Whitehall set to relax grip on councils with first ever review of local government's legal duties [n
- March Edition
- Communities to be given a right to reclaim land (not Wales)
- Consultation on revision & consolidation of the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2003 (not Wales)
- Councils respond to local government pay claim
- CPRE brand Government housing scheme as cash for sprawl (not Wales)
- Crime on your street revealed
- Funding boost for local authorities as Government sets out transport strategy
- Get involved: NALC launches 2011 local council election materials
- Have your say on new community rights to challenge & run local services (not Wales)
- Local house building revolution
- NALC launches new Good Practice Materials
- New powers to help councils redraw the map (not Wales)
- New protections for residents of park homes announced
- New publicity rules for councils published (not Wales)
- New streamlined approach to anti-social behaviour
- Protection of Freedoms Bill
- RoSPA welcomes new help for firms looking for safety advice
- Self Regulation
- State of the countryside update: Market towns (not Wales)
- The future of forestry in England (not Wales)
- Town Hall transparency: code to decipher middle management maze (not Wales)
- Value Added Tax - helping local communities
- Voting referendum confirmed
- Workplace dispute reforms
- February Edition
- 140,000 council jobs set to be shed in the next year
- 2011 will be the year councillors become community champions (not Wales)
- A fair deal for local taxpayers (not Wales)
- Bee scientists to force killer mites to self destruct
- Big Society plan for a new culture of generosity
- Bill needs to give local communities real power
- Electoral Commission - change of address
- End of the line for the default retirement age
- England's special wildlife sites show dramatic improvement (not Wales)
- Extra time to celebrate Royal Wedding
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Future of the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council (not Wales)
- Giving Green Paper
- Government launches consultation on Consumer Credit Regulation
- Identity Documents Act 2010
- Lifting burdens from the backs of builders
- Local Government Act 2010
- Localism Bill
- Ministers to end the war on motorists
- Natural Environment White Paper discussion document: record response (not Wales)
- Neighbours from hell face swifter eviction (not Wales)
- New incentives to tackle the blight of empty homes (not Wales)
- New road safety evaluation website launched
- New skills vision launched to help support localist revolution
- New speed camera rules to improve transparency
- NJC car allowances 2010/11 - change of VAT rate: 4th January 2011
- One Voice Wales: Website Guidelines
- Opening up public bodies to public scrutiny [also see legal note]
- Planning paperwork to be radically cut back to help communities drive development (not Wales)
- Planning power from Town Hall & Whitehall to local people
- Playing field safeguards working (not Wales)
- Protecting the rights of homeowners
- Public Data Corporation to free up public data & drive innovation
- Public sector equality duties
- Reducing red tape for EU citizens
- Reform of Homes & Communities Agency unveiled (not Wales)
- Survey shows satisfaction among communities [not Wales
- The Big Tree Plant: new partnership to plant one million trees (not Wales)
- The Equality Act & the charities exemption
- Winter farmland bird plots a success (not Wales)
- December Edition
- 2010 Editions
- December Edition
- 100 councils open their spending to public scrutiny (not Wales)
- Anti-social behaviour- Crime & Disorder Act 1998
- CASES Highway maintenance-Yetkin v London Borough of Newham
- Communities Minister urges faith groups to inspire community action
- Councils quite right to dim the lights
- Defra publishes guidance on authorizing structures [not Wales
- Department for Communities & Local Government announces new top structure (not Wales)
- Environment Agency pledges focus on sources of river pollution through state of the art technology [
- Freedom for Councillors to champion their communities (not Wales)
- Have your say on our National Parks (not Wales)
- Local government & the spending review (not Wales)
- Local taxpayers to benefit from council tax freeze (not Wales)
- Localism Bill & planning (not Wales)
- New guidance on public open space transfer
- NJC car allowance rates
- Parliamentary Voting System & Constituencies Bill
- Public Bodies Bill
- Referendum clears another hurdle [not England]
- Sale of land by Uttoxeter Town Council (not Wales)
- Town centres at risk if supermarket-led development fails
- November Edition
- 9,000 Parish Councils to be freed from archaic payment rules (not Wales)
- Antisocial behaviour 'core business' says Theresa May
- Avalanche of paperwork swamping town halls
- Big Society strategy for charities, voluntary groups & social enterprises
- Call for councils to open books
- Coalition planning decisions will shape our countryside for a generation
- Depth & impact of fuel poverty amongst rural households (not Wales)
- Equality & Human Rights Commission launches guidance to help officials make fair financial decisio
- Equality & Human Rights Commission launches landmark report: How fair is Britain?
- Government plans for new council housing deal
- Lord Young restores common sense to health & safety & the compensation culture
- Millions of homes at risk of becoming uninsurable against floods
- No council tax revaluation tax rises pledge ministers
- Pledge to cut red tape on builders
- Proposed high speed rail network North of Birmingham
- Quango reforms herald new age of accountability in Government
- Reform of competition & consumer bodies
- Rights for travellers who play by the rules & protection for councils
- Safeguarding the future of Royal Mail & the Post Office
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1 & Savings (England & Wales) & Commencement No. 5 (Eng
- The Commons Registration (Amendment & Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2357)
- Village halls: establishing the legal framework
- White paper' shows how devolution will save billions
- October Edition
- A fair deal for the travelling & settled community
- Bureaucracy for summer fetes removed
- Charity Commission consults about online plans
- Councils can generate income without turning motorists into cash cows
- Councils get power to decide how best to support service improvements
- Councils urged to cut street clutter
- Cuts without reform will leave £20 billion shortfall at the frontline
- Electric dreams move a step closer to reality
- Government publishes Hooper Royal Mail update
- Law Commission says Government agencies could seek alternatives to criminal prosecutions
- Local control essential to prevent soaring bus subsidies
- New measures to control Bovine TB in badgers
- New research recommends introduction of a UK-wide deposit refund scheme
- No room for complacency as councils prosecute more fly-tippers (not Wales)
- Plans to scrap outdated byelaws (not Wales)
- Rural post offices threatened by Post Office Limited's neglect
- Secretary of State to confirm local nature reserve byelaws to be devolved to L.A's[not wales)
- The Building Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2214)
- The Water Use (Temporary Bans) Order 2010 (SI 2010/2231)
- Town halls could be used for court proceedings
- Urgent action on climate change - Caroline Spelman issues 'wake-up call'
- Voters to register individually by 2014
- September Edition
- Alcohol consultation launched
- Audit Commission finds largest public sector pension scheme will need reform (not Wales)
- Communities are ready for the Big Society
- Cutting red tape for summer fetes (not Wales)
- Cutting red tape to give a green light for greener development
- Defra announces changes to arm's length bodies
- Do or die challenge for rural communities (not Wales)
- Electoral Commission calls for action to ensure voter confidence
- Eric Pickles to disband Audit Commission in new era of town hall transparency
- Fifteen new Marine Protected Areas
- Garden grabbing concerns raised by new figures
- Getting level crossings law on track
- Government offers chance for public to input on new environment policy (not Wales)
- More choice on when to stop working
- New measures to stop 'lobbying on the rates'
- New steps to cut the cost of moving home & open up the books
- Radical reforms for police announced
- Red tape purge
- Sports Minister wants 'bonfire of costly bureaucracy' to help increase participation
- The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1901)
- What councils need to know about rights of way
- Where next for the Community Right to Build?
- August Edition
- £10 million grants for UK offshore wind technology
- £15 million Government funding for green buses
- Alternative funding sources needed for future flood defences
- Call to arms in battle against red tape
- Call to cut planning & consents red tape
- Changes to police search powers
- Cutting council paperwork (not Wales)
- Eric Pickles to stop 'propaganda on the rates' killing off local newspapers
- Eric Pickles unveils radical plan for town halls to help cut red tape
- EU audit of agri-environment schemes in England (not Wales)
- Greater co-operation through new compact toolkit
- Guidance to protect community groups from surface water drainage charges (not Wales)
- Huhne to overturn ban on councils selling green electricity
- Knowing me, knowing EU
- Local government pay & the Chancellor's budget statement
- Major infrastructure stays on fast-track as planning quango closes
- New Minister vows to crack down on alcohol related crime & disorder
- New plan locks-in radical decentralisation course
- New task force to cut farmers' red tape (not Wales)
- Occupier's liability for calves
- Plans to reform defamation law announced
- Public Charter for libraries is 'timely initiative'
- Public sector reform could save £100 billion say council leaders
- Spelman announces agencies shake-up (not Wales)
- Statement on moving to CPI as the measure of price inflation
- £1 billion fund to help regional business (not Wales)
- July Edition
- A very cluttered country (not Wales)
- Action plan announced to end excessive regulation
- Allotments - from the benefit of the labouring poor
- An open & comprehensive offer from local government to the new coalition government
- Better not bigger - Hammond creates South East Airports task force (not Wales)
- Caroline Spelman highlights Defra priorities
- Culture Secretary launches rural broadband projects to kick start revolution in digital economy
- Decentralisation & Localism Bill
- English Heritage publishes guidance to help protect small to medium sized towns, suburbs (not Wales)
- Environment Agency announces bathing water quality improvement plans
- Government data to be opened up to the public
- Government sets out further detail on local government savings
- Home Office legislative programme announced
- Identity cards are to be scrapped
- Larger Councils' Network Launched
- More councils must be savvy shoppers
- New communications toolkit
- Review of waste policy announced (not Wales)
- Scrapping regional bureaucracies will save millions (not Wales)
- Securing a positive future for England's upland communities (not Wales)
- Society of Local Council Clerks launches Consultancy Service
- Transparency agenda reaches heart of government
- June Edition
- Crime & Security Act 2010
- Cutting central government emissions by 10% in 12 months
- Digital Economy Act 2010
- Energy Act 2010
- Flood & Water Management Act 2010
- Her Majesty's Government - May 2010
- How strong are your neighbourhoods? A mapping tool for local authorities & their partners
- Loans to parish & community councils - advice from the Public Works Loan Board
- Localism has a role in the new government
- Much Improved' councilsheads above the rest! (not Wales)
- New 'one stop shop' website for landlords on domestic gas safety
- Open Election Data project
- Planning Policy Statement: Planning for a Natural & Healthy Environment
- Skies awash with light pollution
- South Downs National Park inaugural meeting
- The 8th National Seminar on Common Land & Town & Village Greens
- The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Local Government) Order 2010 (SI 2019/1211
- The Sustainable Communities (Amendment) Act 2010
- May Edition
- £110 million cost to taxpayers of landfill tax extension
- Access to Ordnance Survey data will drive innovation & change
- Citizens are entitled to expect the best from public services
- Commons Councils (Standard Constitution) (England) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1204) (not Wales)
- Community & voluntary sectors are vital to local areas (not Wales)
- England's coastal path: the journey begins (not Wales)
- First Minister welcomes new law-making rights for the Welsh Assembly
- Governance & Accountability for Local Councils - A Practitioners' Guide (England) 2010
- Government departments publish plans to tackle climate challenges
- New power for parish councils to boost affordable rural housing (not Wales)
- New reports challenge broken Britain (not Wales)
- New rules to help reduce road works
- Over 300,000 young people benefit from Government action to tackle youth crime
- The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1055)
- The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (SI 2101/948)
- The Local Authorities (Petitions) (England) Order 2010 (SI 2010 No. 898) (not Wales)
- The Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2010
- The South Downs - England's newest National Park (not Wales)
- There is nothing permanent except change!
- Transfer of education powers: 'fantastic progress' in putting students & families first [not Wales
- April Edition
- £5.3 million boost to tackle surface water flooding (not Wales)
- Action plan launched to tackle future water pressures
- Combination of UK Parliamentary general election & parish & community elections
- Consents for development too complex & costly
- Consultation on extending the definition of qualified surveyor
- General Register Office introduces new charges
- High speed rail proposals
- New sites will lay the foundations for new deal in house building (not Wales)
- Phase-out for peat-based compost by 2020 announced
- Reconstructing the builders' rulebook to reduce emissions & bills
- Rural watchdog urges councils to involve communities in public spending decisions (not Wales)
- Sending less waste to landfill
- Strong local government support for the local standards framework (not Wales)
- Testing the water for wave & tidal potential
- The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 (SI 2
- The Town & Country Planning (Regional Strategy) (England) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/610) not Wales
- The Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 (SI 2010/653) not Wales
- March Edition
- Commons Act 2006 Implementation Update No.17 (not Wales)
- Energy Efficiency drive gives 21st century high street a new look
- Entry Level Stewardship applications resume (not Wales)
- Environment Agency & Natural England given new enforcement powers (not Wales)
- Grants boost security for small retailers
- Green Belts: more than lines on a map (not Wales)
- Improved flood warning service for infrastructure operators
- Independent appeals tribunals & cap on fines to be introduced to curb rogue wheel clampers
- Insurance: navigating a way through the minefield
- Local action on climate change (not Wales)
- Local Councils Advisory Service phone number change
- Local people to have power to challenge lap dancing clubs
- NALC standing orders
- New powers for councils to help communities thrive
- New powers to help residents fix local problems
- New powers to tackle teen drinking come into force
- Reforms proposed to reduce risk of disease in animals
- Right to connect to a sewer
- Savings in public sector information technology
- Simplification of speed limit rules for buses, coaches & heavy goods vehicles
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 5) (England) Order 2010 (SI 2010/61) [not Wales
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.9) 2010 (SI 2010/112
- February Edition
- £30 million for Green Buses to save jobs & reduce CO2 (not Wales)
- Action to improve lorry parking provision (not Wales)
- Are we being served?
- Blacklisting to be outlawed
- Boundary Committee publishes advice on unitary local government in Devon, Norfolk & Suffolk
- Compulsory licensing scheme unveiled to curb rogue wheel clampers
- Councils on course to deliver thousands of affordable homes thanks to extra HCA funding (not Wales)
- Diamond Jubilee
- England's first Marine Conservation Zone announced (not Wales)
- Food security & a beautiful countryside: two sides of the same coin
- Future of high speed rail
- Generous' Government grant up 4 per cent, as pressure grows for low council tax rises (not Wales)
- Government backs rural communities with best plans for the future (not Wales)
- Government launches consultation seeking views on future of Edited Register
- Government reveals tough new powers to tackle alcohol crime
- Higher penalties for contravening data protection principles
- Insurance against public liability Glaister & Others v Appleby-in-Westmorland Town Council
- Live music plans would lead to an increase in noise complaints, councils warn
- Local Government pay 2010-2011
- Major national initiative to tackle rural fuel poverty (not Wales)
- More measures to cut licensing red tape
- Natural England announces over £2.5 million to help create greater access to nature (not Wales)
- New ACAS Code of Practice on Time off for Trade Union Duties & Activities comes into effect
- New figures confirm playing field safeguards are working (not Wales)
- New Local Government Ombudsman appointed (not Wales)
- New powers put bus passengers first (not Wales)
- New Review of Consents for Development
- New task force to drive value for money for councils (not Wales)
- Office of Fair Trading refers local bus services to Competition Commission
- Offshore wind expansion is the biggest ambition in the world
- Pet owners urged to follow new Animal Welfare Codes
- Planning fees frozen to help developers on the road to recovery
- Poul Christensen appointed chair of Natural England (not Wales)
- Protecting small shops & boosting town centres (not Wales)
- Putting power into petitioning (not Wales)
- Quality streets' part of Government's action plan for quality spaces & places
- Re-introduction of animals into England - an overview (not Wales)
- Smarter government is leading to council to save billions
- The Accounts & Audit (Amendment No 2) England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3322) (not Wales)
- The Countryside Code
- The environment in your pocket
- The Local Democracy, Economic Development & Construction Act 2009 (Commencement No 2) Order 2009
- The Non-domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3343) (not Wales)
- The Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/3101) (not Wales)
- Tough new test for public services putting the customer first (not Wales)
- UK energy system gets smart
- Update on community & town councils - statement to the Welsh Assembly by Brian Gibbons, Minister f
- Widespread water metering & water efficiency essential for a sustainable future
- December Edition
- 2009 Editions
- December Edition
- Constitutional Reform & Governance Bill
- Defra welcomes encouraging signs for wild bird populations
- Hilary Benn urges England to get growing (not Wales)
- Hunt is on for deep heat
- Integrated rural transport showcased (not Wales)
- Land Registry announces five year transformation programme
- Landmark report on devolution in Wales reflects public mood on a referendum
- Local government financial management e-learning tool
- Ministers call for evidence on the default retirement age
- Natural England & species reintroductions (not Wales)
- New action to support value for money in local government (not Wales)
- New drive to free councils up to respond quicker to community concerns (not Wales)
- New scales of audit & inspection fees
- New waste campaign (not Wales)
- Protecting the public purse - Local government fighting fraud (not Wales)
- Queen's Speech: Bill-by-bill
- Seas get better protection after Marine & Coastal Access Bill receives Royal Assent England's sea
- Standards for England & Audit Commission sign Memorandum of Understanding (not Wales)
- Street trading & pedlary laws
- The cost of concessionary bus travel (not Wales)
- November Edition
- Building Britain's Future with Better Regulation
- Cashback from crooks as millions in seized assets pay communities back
- Changes to wildlife protection announced by Natural England (not Wales)
- Commentary on proposals put forward by rural local authorities under the provisions of (not wales)
- Councils repaid millions in Icelandic cash
- Drive for council efficiency saves millions for the taxpayer (not Wales)
- Economic success dependent on investment in natural environment (not Wales)
- Fairer business rates to benefit the majority of bill payers (not Wales)
- Fairer, faster planning decisions for major developments (not Wales)
- Fly-tipping drops by 9.3% (not Wales)
- Government to consult on tougher penalties for the misuse of personal data
- Government to ensure the survival of the market stall
- Hilary Benn announces review of England's wildlife & ecological network (not Wales)
- Investing in the UK's creative & cultural future: new funding for national film centre Stonehenge
- New design review network launched (not Wales)
- New pay & work rights helpline
- New simplified online applications process to help pubs, sports clubs & voluntary organisations
- Public's right to know upheld in ground-breaking court case
- R on the Application of Age UK v Secretary of State for the Environment
- The Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) (Amendment No.2) (England) Regulations 2009
- UK Supreme Court delivered on time & on budget
- October Edition
- £16 million for local community flood protection (not Wales)
- A bright idea - light bulbs go green
- Anti-poaching appointment boosts fight against wildlife crime
- Booze ASBOs' call time on problem drinkers
- Building better lives - Getting the best from strategic housing (not Wales)
- Consolidation of charity law
- Contra-flow lanes for cyclists to encourage greener travel
- Defamation on the internet
- Expansion of Heathrow Airport (not Wales)
- Government crack down on cowboy parking companies
- Healey gives green light to council house building programme (not Wales)
- Local government pay 2009/10
- New mapping opportunities available for local councils
- New rights for families
- Protecting the public purse
- Putting £4 million worth of squelch back into the countryside (not Wales)
- Review starts of the National Training Strategy for parish & town councils
- The Business Rate Supplements Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009 (not Wales)
- Tough new powers to tackle uninsured drivers
- Wales could make its own laws to strengthen community & town councils
- September Edition
- Affordable housing in rural areas safeguarded for future generations (not Wales)
- Biggest single transfer of power in a generation (not Wales)
- Bringing the buzz back to gardens & rooftops
- Businesses to save up to £90 million a year on planning applications under new reforms (not Wales)
- Change4Life corner shops to open across the country (not Wales)
- Consultation on fairer & better environmental enforcement
- Councils are basing important decisions on unreliable information (not Wales)
- Equality & Diversity Council
- Extra finance to start flowing for wind power
- Healey kick-starts work on 22,400 homes (not Wales)
- Hilary Benn announces decisions on water company plans (not Wales)
- Mapping the gaps in England's coastal access (not Wales)
- Modern planning system to conserve & enhance the historic environment (not Wales)
- New business rate support begins (not Wales)
- New consultation on Regional Strategies (not Wales)
- New guidance to help local councils put community cohesion at the heart of their services [not Wales
- New homes do not provide enough space for everyday activities such as preparing food easily
- New streamlined rules to help pubs, village halls & other licensed premises
- Overhauling the council housing finance system (not Wales)
- Public perception of councillors (not Wales)
- The Commons Registration (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/ 2018) (not Wales)
- Voters reminded to get set for a General Election
- August Edition
- Auditor General gives step by step good practice guide to governance & financial management
- Banning age discrimination
- Consultation on proposals to introduce a charge on single use carrier bags in Wales
- Councils gain new powers to increase prosperity (not Wales)
- Digital Britain White Paper
- Government consults on help with business rate bills (not Wales)
- Green light given on eco-town sites plus tougher standards for future homes (not Wales)
- HSE warns businesses not to be misled over new law poster
- John Healey announces radical dismantling of council housing finance (not Wales)
- Leaders urged to maximise regulatory services on road to recovery
- Millions fewer carrier bags on England's high streets (not Wales)
- New £30 million fund for Green Buses (not Wales)
- Next steps for local government in Norfolk, Suffolk & Devon (not Wales)
- Oneplace CAA gets a friendly face & digital access to millions via Directgov (not Wales)
- Planning portal forges greater links with local authorities
- Public given powers to check local action on anti-social behaviour
- Standards & Ethics at the 2010 LGC Awards (not Wales)
- The Green Infrastructure Framework: A blueprint for green planning in the South East (not Wales)
- The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009 (SI 2009/1834)
- July Edition
- 94% in favour of councillor's Code of Conduct (not Wales)
- Audit Commission scraps directors' bonuses & cuts £2 million from 08/09 pay bill (not Wales)
- Benn sends packaging waste packing
- Changes to the machinery of Government
- Charles Arnold-Baker OBE
- Community clout crucial to combat downturn (not Wales)
- Environment Minister Jane Davidson announces review of the Welsh planning system
- Equality & Human Rights Commission unveils findings of most comprehensive study into human rights
- Full list of Cabinet members & members of the government not in the Cabinet
- Government to move forward on constitutional renewal
- Government unveils action plan for the digital economy
- Greenest development gets go ahead (not Wales)
- Latest improvement to LGO website allows users to sign up for a free weekly email update (not Wales)
- Managing risk in play provision: Implementation guide (not Wales)
- Natural England publish new forecast on the non-native animals threatening to take hold (not Wales)
- New reports highlight £20 billion investment over 25 years needed to protect England from flooding
- Office of Fair Trading Estate Agent Public Register goes online
- Probity in planning: the role of councillors & officers - revised guidance
- Reform housing system to build 300,000 new homes (not Wales)
- The Audit Commission for Local Authorities & the National Health Service in England (SI 2009/1360)
- The Secret Millionaire
- The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal & Miscellaneous Amendments) (SI 2009 No.1307)
- UK ratifies human rights treaty for disabled people
- June Edition
- Budget 2009 & Digital Britain
- Budget provides real help now & for the future
- Byrne fast-tracks frontline ideas for reform of public services
- Environment Agency acts to reduce sewage overflows into sea & rivers
- Equality Bill
- Flood & Water Management Bill
- Free resource limit raised
- Government outlines plans to improve free bus pass scheme
- Making it easier to tackle inconsiderate & dangerous parking (not Wales)
- National Parks - bigger & better? (not Wales)
- New business strategy for Ordnance Survey announced
- New freedoms for councils (not Wales)
- New measures to give communities more say in justice
- New protections for 200,000 park home residents (not Wales)
- New single planning policy for economic growth (not Wales)
- Planning policy statement - Consultation paper on a new planning policy (not Wales)
- Standards one year on (not Wales)
- Tough new powers & mandatory code to tackle irresponsible alcohol sales
- May Edition
- 'Competition test' rejection is the right move for planning
- 2008 Greenhouse Gas Emissions statistics
- Businesses given more time to pay business rates
- Commission calls for radical approach to parental leave that gives mothers & fathers real choice
- Councils to develop new ways to keep their citizens better informed (not Wales)
- Cracking down on burglary
- Environment Agency sets out plan to tackle future water shortages
- Flexible working rights go to extra 4.5 million
- Forestry Commission launches partnership for greener towns & cities
- Full disclosure proposed for council top earners (not Wales)
- Government sets out plans to safeguard future of rural communities (not Wales)
- Natural England maps out a future for climate change (not Wales)
- New South Downs National Park announced (not Wales)
- Planning Inspectorate publishes guidance to improve appeals process (not Wales)
- Public have their say on how criminals payback
- Refurbishing empty properties (not Wales)
- Restoring open habitats from woodlands - consultation
- Sir Michael Pitt confirmed as Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (not Wales)
- The Big Lottery Fund helps village life (not Wales)
- UK recycles more packaging waste
- Unitary Councils 2009
- April Edition
- £100m boost to council coffers as they help communities through the credit crunch (not Wales)
- 2008/9 NATIONAL FINAL SALARY AWARD FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS
- 6,000 new Tasers for the police
- Active England (not Wales)
- Battle to improve our dirty streets must continue (not Wales)
- Benn announces deployment of injectable badger TB vaccine (not Wales)
- Cutting back on carrier bags
- Electoral Commission welcomes introduction of individual registration
- English Heritage launches first national survey of nation's most special places (not Wales)
- Equality & Human Rights Commission says one square mile of land would sort gypsy site provision
- Funding boost for local communities (not Wales)
- Government outlines new plans for achieving race equality in the UK
- Helping jobless must be council priority during downturn (not Wales)
- Invitations go out for the biggest standards event of the year (not Wales)
- It's your funeral: The eco burial movement gathers ground
- Local authorities reduce chewing gum litter by 43% (not Wales)
- New coalition launches Post Bank campaign
- Plan to plug offshore wind into the grid a step closer
- Plans for a new code regulating the activities of bailiffs
- Sporting opportunities in rural England (not Wales)
- The Accounts & Audit (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/ 473) (not Wales)
- The Charities Acts 1992 & 1993 (Substitution of Sums) Order 2009 (SI 2009/508)
- The Charter Trustees Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/467)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance & Accounting) (Amendment) 2009 (SI 2009/321) (not Wales)
- The Town & Country Planning (General Development) (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI 2009/453) (not Wales)
- Welsh Assembly's plan to get Wales walking & cycling [not England]
- March Edition
- £2.6 million offered to 23 cathedrals by English Heritage & the Wolfson Foundation (not Wales)
- £32 million available in 2009/10 for gypsy & traveller sites (not Wales)
- £4.3 million bee health funding increase announced (not Wales)
- Access improvements set for hundreds of stations
- Conservative Party's plans for local government - executive summary (not Wales)
- Environmental study to inform location of future offshore energy developments
- Equality & Human Rights Commission launches guide for small businesses on managing the downturn
- Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist
- Government boost to support new & improved local rail services
- Government doubles financial support for bereaved
- Healey confirms every council guaranteed grant increase despite downturn (not Wales)
- Heritage at risk from nighthawking
- Local authorities at the hub of all-new planning process (not Wales)
- Making public investment pay (not Wales)
- Multi billion pound recovery plan unveiled (not Wales)
- Nearly 50,000 charities, voluntary groups & social enterprises have their say
- New bill to equip the country in meeting the education & skills needs of the economy
- New laws focus on victims of crime & the bereaved
- Public parks persistently undervalued by local authorities
- Rural businesses vital to economy (not Wales)
- Stronger power to tackle gangs
- The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2009 (SI 2009/83)
- January Edition
- £4 billion boost for pensioners (benefit rates)
- £605 million for local authorities with plans for housing growth
- 'Access to Nature': connecting people with nature
- 1.5 million people to benefit from free cash machines in low-income areas
- Coroners & Justice Bill: focus on victims of crime & the bereaved
- Crime maps online across England & Wales
- Devolution to local government
- Engaging Places launched
- Environment Agency's green energy plan
- Government launches consultation on the publication of candidates' addresses on ballot papers
- Government saves the pint & the mile
- Healey - 100 days to bang the drum for new councils
- Healey confirms fair & affordable local government funding increase
- Leading supermarkets pledge to cut carrier bags in landmark move
- Local government pay dispute to go to arbitration
- Making it easier to change your council's leadership structure
- More handy help at home for older people
- NALC elects new leadership
- National identity scheme a step closer to reality
- New death records scheme to tackle identity fraud
- New green farming guide launched
- New guidance for consulting with the third sector
- New power & guidance to tackle alcohol-related crime
- New proposals to make the 2016 zero carbon homes target a reality
- New report released on neighbourhood policing
- Next steps towards new nuclear power stations
- Parish power in London
- Place matters - location joins up government
- Planning Act will now accelerate renewable energy
- Planning application process shake-up to slash unnecessary red tape
- Planning play for the future
- Policing & Crime Bill: putting people first
- Private sewers & drains transferred to water company ownership
- Queen's Speech: summary of Bills
- Return to vendor - public support return of the bottle deposit return to vendor
- Review of Councils' publicity rules
- Stronger voice on local policing for every community
- Supporting communities to support individuals
- The Companies (Model Articles) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/ 3229)
- The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2008 (SI 2008/3055)
- The environment in your pocket 2008
- The Land Registration (Proper Office) Order 2008 (SI 2008/3201)
- The Parish Councils (Power to Promote Well-being) (Prescribed Conditions) Order 2008 (SI 2008/3095)
- The Parks for People (England) Joint Scheme (Authorisation) Order 2008 (SI 2008/3103)
- Welcome help for farmers to manage valued upland landscapes
- December Edition
- 2008 Editions
- December Edition
- £30 million healthy towns kick start Change4life
- 2008/9 national interim salary award for local council clerks
- Call for evidence - independent Walker review of charging for household water & sewerage services
- Chronic under-representation of women, disabled, & minority ethnic people in the House of Commons
- Creating a less risky rental market for landlords & tenants
- Environment Agency calls for action to improve bathing water quality
- Farmers facing up to climate change
- Healey - wellbeing power is forgotten tool in tough economic times
- Local authorities encouraged to utilise flexibility of landfill scheme
- Natural England challenges water companies' failure to address water consumption
- New triggers bring comprehensive land register nearer to completion
- Next steps in delivering parish power
- People show Government a better way
- Post Office awarded card account contract
- The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2009) Order 2008 (SI 2008/2857)
- Voters go to polls once in a month as next year's local & European elections are moved to same day
- Water quality standards met by 96 per cent of England's swimming spots
- November Edition
- £25 million to kick-start better buses
- Audit Commission statement on Icelandic banks
- Cave Review of water markets publishes interim report
- Economic challenges can be faced with efficiency savings
- Eliasch Review on international deforestation published
- Five years left to tackle waste or pay the price
- Flytipping down 7.5 per cent across England
- Goodwill payments - Do they benefit communities or bring planning into disrepute?
- Government to build on success of ethical framework for councillors
- Healey announces support for councils to deliver equal pay
- Her Majesty's Government - October 2008
- Home extension freedoms begin today
- How do you know if it's an eco-town?
- How do you know if it's an eco-town?
- Major data study holds key to unlocking brownfield sites
- Ministerial responsibilities at the Department of Energy & Climate Change
- New one-stop shop for cohesion launched
- Pay Update
- Publication Schemes for information under the FOI Act
- The Sustainable Communities Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2694)
- Time off to take part - new opportunities for community volunteers
- Walk England
- October Edition
- £130 million grassroots grants scheme opens its doors to small local voluntary & community groups
- Better rules will help home improvements & world heritage sites
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- Charities & Public Benefit - Summary Guidance for Charity Trustees
- Charities Act 2006 - registration of excepted charities
- Closing the Gap
- Communities in the driving seat' - Blears unveils new round of pilots
- Consultation begins on Heathrow equalities impact assessment
- Crackdown on those who don't use seatbelts
- Ensuring a fair housing market for all
- Excessive use of right of way
- Forestry as a renewable energy source: Scoping project launched
- Government watchdog calls for urgent new solutions for rural transport
- Harman strengthens Women's National Commission
- Healey proposes scheme to encourage councils to work together to boost economic growth
- Helping councils clean up: Local Environment Quality Survey is complete
- Higher standards for private water supplies
- Home Secretary announces 6,000 new Special Constables
- Local authorities take up the fight against climate change
- Local government Minister announces more rate relief for small businesses
- Lost chance to claim compensation over highway - ruling by the Local Government Ombudsman
- Managing Airport Noise: Shaw Calls For Views
- Millions allocated to fight youth crime
- More power transferred to new unitary authorities
- New chairman of the Local Government Association
- New Infrastructure Levy will help communities thrive & give developers certainty
- New laws passed to communities & councils to tackle public safety
- New measures will cut red tape in the fight against knife crime
- New nuclear is indispensable says John Hutton
- New survey shows overwhelming support for changes to electoral register
- Noise & council tax valuation
- Plans to deter inconsiderate parking announced
- Restored heath provides new home for slow worms
- Sustainable development indicators in your pocket 2008
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4 & Savings) (England) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1960)
- The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1961)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2425)
- The Removal & Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2367)
- The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No 2) (SI2008/2362)
- The Town & Country Planning (Trees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/2260)
- Traffic signs in Britain - biggest review in 40 years launched today
- Tranquillity - action on roads
- Village green - as of right
- Waste pilots - consultation on draft recycling service guidance
- August Edition
- £300 million council cash boost for local business growth
- Citizenship Survey - Empowering communities
- Compact powers to be reviewed
- Draft Floods & Water Bill to deliver improved management of surface water flooding
- Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime
- Environmentalists & industry must work together to secure a low carbon future
- Experts lay down the gauntlet to eco-town developers
- Government responds to Casey report
- Healey urges councils to spend tax as efficiently as they collect it
- Hedges fund wealth of wildlife & landscapes
- Local areas will tackle environmental challenges
- Millions of workers set to benefit from right to request time to train
- Neighbourhood Watch website launched
- New arrangements give home buyers & sellers a better deal
- New research reveals public support for the development of eco-towns by a ratio of 5:1
- Operational Efficiency Programme
- Recognising healthier eating in the public sector
- Target shake up delivers stronger focus on issues that matter to the public
- Tenfold renewables increase to propel UK toward low carbon future
- The Estate Agents (Redress Scheme) (Penalty Charge) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1713)
- The Estate Agents (Redress Scheme) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1712)
- The Quality Parish & Town Council Scheme
- Waste pilots - draft guidance published
- White Paper delivers power shift to local people
- July Edition
- Be aware, be prepared, take action
- Better access to justice for park home residents
- Blears heralds a new era of 'parish power'
- Boost to planning aid giving everyone the right to be heard
- Consultation on timing of next year's local elections
- Detailed noise maps available at the click of a mouse
- Discussions on hosting geological disposal facility for radioactive waste
- England needs a new approach to conservation
- Funding reforms will tackle spending 'arms race'
- Getting tough on irresponsible dog owners
- Governance & Accountability for Local Councils: A Practitioners' Guide 2008 (England)
- Government invites partnership approach to waste
- Local planning boost to help communities thrive
- Natural England leads the way on greater access to nature
- New push for recycling in public places
- New research gives landfill sites a green future
- NJC car allowances 2008/09
- Non-native species threat to be tackled
- One in three councils considering adopting Alcohol Disorder Zones
- Planning Partnership guide to speed up new large scale developments
- Reducing flooding naturally - one year on from 2007 summer floods
- The Local Authorities (Alcohol Disorder Zones) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1430)
- Tougher penalties to crack down on waste crime
- Wind power takes off with new agreement on radar & aviation
- June Edition
- Consumer law to be simplified
- Delivering the Government's Draft Legislative Programme
- Environmental talent key to economic growth
- Financial penalties for utility companies which fail to give proper notice of street works
- Five million people waiting for social housing by 2010
- Flexible working to help 4.5 million more parents
- Good progress' on environmental stewardship
- Heritage Protection Bill
- Home Information Packs - benefiting consumers
- Home Secretary: We're fighting back
- Legislative programme promises a better trained workforce
- LGA responds to Councillors' Commission
- Local assessment toolkit published online
- Local Government Association
- New guidance on freedom of information for public bodies
- New weapon to combat lollipop rage
- Parks & public gardens to be at the heart of the Thames Gateway
- Severn tidal power feasibility study: BERR appoints contractors
- Small businesses to get free access to public sector contracts
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
- The Value Added Tax (Buildings & Land) Order 2008 (SI 2008/1146)
- Three new rights to right local wrongs - new Community Empowerment Bill to harness petition power
- Time to Waste: Tackling the landfill challenge
- Using design to stop crime
- May Edition
- 15 locations shortlisted for next stage of eco-towns programme
- Benn takes the fight against climate change into homes & communities
- Bill Bryson says - 'Stop the Drop'
- Children in disadvantaged areas to get adventure playgrounds
- Consultation on a strategy to protect the health of honey bees
- Further £300 million for Local Business Growth
- Heritage Protection Bill published
- Keeping traffic moving & cutting disruption - new powers come into force
- Local government to have more power to enforce high standards of conduct
- New powers needed to tackle litter louts
- New unitary councils in Bedfordshire
- Planning consultation
- The Charities Act 2006 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional Provisions & Savings) Order 2008 (SI 2008
- The Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2008 (SI 2008/ 956)
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 5 & Transitional,
- The Local Government Finance (England) (Substitution of Penalties) Order 2008 (SI 2008/ 981)
- The Standards Committee (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1085)
- The Town & Country Planning (Fees for Applications & Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England)
- Weekly food waste collections
- April Edition
- Charities (Accounts & Reports) Regulations 2008 SI 2008/629)
- Consultation on Sustainable Communities Act 2007
- Cutting road works' disruption - better training & more powers for councils
- End of the road for 'Discovering Lost Ways': a new beginning for historic rights of way?
- Government approves new £5.73 Minimum Wage Rate
- Government toilet plans: All cisterns go
- Institute for Sport, Parks & Leisure (ISPAL)
- Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: Housing in an Ageing Society
- Local Authorities acclaimed for exceptional public service
- Local authorities working together on waste: consultation published
- Local Democracy needs you
- New consultation to give people greater say over local spending
- Playing field safeguards secure a better deal for sport
- Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
- Putting communities in control
- Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972
- Solar power homes get the go-ahead for April start
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.4) Order 2008
- The Local Government (Parishes & Parish Councils) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/625)
- The Local Government Finance (New Parishes) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/626)
- Trials highlight satisfaction with Home Information Packs & buyers acting on energy ratings
- Unitary solution confirmed for Bedfordshire - New flagship unitary councils approved for Cheshire
- March Edition
- Audit Commission advises principal authority auditors EU parish polls unlawful
- Caroline Flint is appointed Housing minister
- Common Land & Town & Village Greens
- Government response to the Commission on Integration & Cohesion
- Healey confirms inflation-busting settlement for councils
- Heritage at risk (not Wales)
- List of standard powers that apply to all Police Community Support Officers
- New powers for councils to raise millions more to support new homes
- Powers to create parish councils confirmed
- Private rented sector to be the focus of independent review
- The Charity Tribunal Rules 2008 (SI 2008/221)
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 15) Order 2008 (SI 2008/308
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No.2 & Savings) Order
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/239)
- UK welcomes EU climate change proposals
- January Edition
- £25 million in grants issued for micro wind turbines & solar panels
- £3.9 billion boost for English countryside
- £45 million cultural investment in seaside resorts
- £9.6 million extra for National Parks
- Bus passengers asked for views on new champion
- Climate change initiative welcomed
- Contacting your council online can help save the planet
- Councils should use competition more effectively to cut costs & boost services
- Defra framework for pro-environmental behaviours
- Defra to continue investment in the Rural Community Action Network
- Delivering a better deal on property searches
- Employment Bill
- Fair & affordable funding to keep down council tax
- Fields in Trust
- Further protection for vulnerable agency workers
- Government charts progress towards disability equality
- Government drives minimum wage campaign
- Government invites new nuclear power into the energy mix
- Government powers help local authorities get tough on litter
- Green light for five flagship Unitary Councils
- Local authorities reduce chewing gum litter by two thirds through Government backed campaigns
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Maintaining & improving high standards of conduct in local government
- Matthew Taylor Review issues call for evidence
- More electrical equipment recycling
- Nation urged to Pull your finger out! & stay safe from fire
- Natural England receives £2.9 billion to help safeguard the natural environment
- New agency will have key regeneration role
- New panel to review councillors' allowances in Wales
- New standards to rubber stamp tyre recycling
- Pensions Bill
- Petition power kicks off New Year of community action
- Planning Bill
- Plans for a major expansion of offshore wind - equivalent to all UK homes could be powered by offsho
- Police Community Support Officers' role strengthened
- Putting noise on the map ‑ Defra publishes airport noise maps
- Rural watchdog calls for more backing for community-led personal finance solutions
- The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3570)
- The Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3538)
- The Government accepts urgent recommendations from Pitt report on summer floods
- Time to look again at way elections are run
- Transforming tribunals
- Two flagship unitary Cheshire councils to proceed
- December Edition
- 2007 Editions
- December Edition
- 2007/8 NATIONAL SALARY AWARD FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS
- Britain tops landfill league & wins 'Dustbin of Europe' award
- Bus passengers to benefit from local Transport Bill - new Passenger Champion to be created
- CAR ALLOWANCES FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS
- Consultation on further protection for UK wildlife from non-native species
- Defra sustainable development tools go live for all
- Designing green towns of the future
- Equality & Human Rights Commission calls for 'representative actions' to plug the persistent pay g
- Foundations for 'New Era of Devolution' set: Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act
- Governance & accountability consultation
- Government seeks to extend right to request flexible working
- Green light to sub-regional jobs boost
- Legal Services Act given royal assent
- New hosepipe rules 'bang up to date'
- Queen's Speech
- Serious Crime Act 2007
- South Downs inquiry reopens
- Strengthened Climate Change Bill
- The Agricultural Land Tribunals (Rules) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3105)
- The Local Government & Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1 & Savings) Orde
- The Police Reform Act 2002 (Standard Powers & Duties of Community Support Officers) Order 2007 (SI
- November Edition
- A helping hand for raising trees from seed
- Action on alcohol-related criminal behaviour
- Animal welfare delivery strategy published
- Drivers could be left 'high & dry' by road pricing
- Empowering people
- Energy guzzling light bulbs phase out to start next year
- Government gives councils more financial flexibility on equal pay
- Hazel Blears challenges councils to match Government on devolution
- Making an application for consent to carry out works on common land after 1st October 2007
- Millions of workers benefit from increased pay & leave entitlements
- Monitoring the impact of EU Agriculture Council's decision on 0% set aside rate for 2008
- More power for local councils results in better services
- National Parks get new powers to ban off-road vehicles
- Natural England one year on
- New powers to tackle gun & knife crime
- Pledge on coastal access an historic commitment
- Post offices facing the axe could be saved by local councils
- Public right of way - intention to dedicate
- Revised Highway Code unveiled
- The Parochial Fees Order 2007 (SI 2007/2850)
- Time for a greener green belt, says Natural England
- October Edition
- Acceptable behaviour contracts working to tackle Anti-Social behaviour
- Benefit reform could cut council tax for one in three
- Call for new members for National Park Authorities, The Broads Authority & the Cotswolds Area
- Changes to improve & update the blue badge disabled persons' parking scheme
- Code of Conduct DVD released
- England sees biggest rise in cigarette litter
- Independent review of police presented
- National bus pass for older & disabled people unveiled
- New gambling laws in force from 1st September 2007
- New power to tackle drunken louts
- Planning & land use to support sustainable rural communities
- Record numbers in work mark another step towards full employment
- Standards Board for England publishes paper on predetermination
- Starting on the road to sustainable clothing
- The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2007
- The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2404)
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2595)
- The Deregistration & Exchange of Common Land & Greens (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2007
- The National Park Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2542)
- The Works on Common Land (Exemptions) (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2587)
- Time to deliver on devolution
- Undisturbed countryside could be lost within a lifetime
- Waste Evidence Programme will help build knowledge
- September Edition
- £1 million cash boost for rural tourism
- 2007/08 Pay Negotiations Update
- British Youth Council
- Business waste
- Carbon trading councils can lead the way
- Consultation on £10 million Social Enterprise Risk Capital Investment fund launched
- Consultation on the proposed merger of the HSC & HSE
- Cut emissions & bills with the smarter way to read meters
- Cycling Infrastructure Design
- Ending gridlock on the grid; connecting more renewables to Britain's electricity network
- Fighting crime from the drawing board
- Fly the flag
- Getting tough on cowboy builders
- Guidance to help repair flood damaged roads
- Have your say on the future of waterways
- Home Information Packs - Office of Fair Trading advises estate agents on their obligations
- ID cards procurement process
- New map highlights massive building plans for England & Wales
- New youth facilities for every community: Ten Year Youth Strategy published
- Next stage for Home Information Packs & Energy Performance Certificates announced
- Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007
- Recycle on the Go consultation launch
- Red tape slashed to help businesses go green
- Society of Local Council Clerks office move
- The Dedicated Highways (Registers under Section 31A of the Highways Act 1980) (England)
- Water metering to become an option in long term plans
- August Edition
- Coalition calls for speedy resolution to land tax uncertainty
- Coastal access - consultation letter, 19th June 2007
- Consultation on updating the commons registers: implementation of part 1 of the Commons Act 2006
- Electoral reform needed to improve turnout & enhance democracy
- Final report from the Commission on Integration & Cohesion
- Government consults on long-term radioactive waste management plans
- Government moves to prevent deliberate dereliction of empty shops, offices & factories
- ICO launches new data protection strategy
- Is rural England facing a future without young people? State of the Countryside report 2007
- New cremation regulations to prevent another Shipman
- New game licensing regulations from 1st August
- Offsetting code to go ahead
- Refuse Collection - Government's waste charge plans half-hearted & likely to fail
- Revised guidance to the Licensing Act 2003
- Speedier local planning decisions
- The Heather & Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2003)
- The Rights of Way (Hearings & Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2007 (SI 2007/2008)
- Tough new powers will tackle disruption caused by digging up the road
- July Edition
- Alcohol limits for leisure mariners to be introduced
- Defra looks into new affordable rural housing programme
- Defra publishes strategy to cut waste
- Defra sets out future carbon cutting role for energy companies
- Department for Transport proposes further changes to cycling rules in the Highway Code
- Dirty drains pose a problem says new report
- Draft Bill to improve public transport & tackle congestion
- England's trees key to future well-being
- Extra holidays for up to six million workers
- LGA publishes prospectus for the future of local government
- Minister praises councils for improving council tax collection
- Modernising the burial system
- New initiative to increase employment opportunities for disabled people
- New measures to tackle rogue hauliers
- Prioritisation plan for unitary bids
- Rave renaissance ruining rural England
- Tackling discrimination, modernising the law
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1493
- The Gambling Commission publishes updated conditions & codes for the gambling industry
- The Rural Planning Network
- The Street Litter Control Notices (England)(Amendment) Order 2007 (2007/1524)
- UK's biggest ever survey of the countryside begins
- Updated guidance for charities' trading operations
- Yeah but, no butts - say council leaders
- June Edition
- £12 million for home generators
- £3 billion land fill tax could hit councils, new figures show
- Accident on a village green Cole v Davis-Gilbert & the Royal British Legion
- Climate change poses unprecedented challenge to England's cathedrals
- Councils set to step in to deal with cigarette litter
- Councils should encourage householders to produce energy from renewable sources
- Councils treble enviro-crime fines to keep the streets clean
- Councils urged to reap the benefits of handing assets to communities
- Defra publishes Quality Status Report
- Global community must deploy low carbon technologies now to tackle climate change
- Government backs new campaign to slash CO2 emissions
- Major planning reforms for a sustainable future
- Minister pledges support for low energy rated homes
- New Equalities Legislation
- Obesity crisis hits crematoriums
- Rate reform boost for small businesses & town centres
- Rita Donaghy to be interim chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
- The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/1032)
- The Standards Board for England welcomes revised Code of Conduct
- Tougher laws & serious fines are needed to crackdown on excessive packaging
- VAT & petrol element within the NJC car allowances 2007/08
- May Edition
- A workable & affordable Local Government Pension Scheme from April 2008
- Animal Welfare Act is launched
- Coalfields discover they have a second life
- Councillors Commission calls for evidence
- Design manual aims to put well-designed residential streets at the heart of sustainable communities
- DirectgovKids: Giggles, Gigabytes (and Government)
- DTI consults on streamlined workplace dispute resolution
- Electoral Commission sets out agenda to enforce democratic standards
- Home Office responsibilities to change
- Hosepipe ban rules to be updated
- Low level radioactive waste policy announced
- Minister launches new drive for council improvements
- Minister launches official countdown to smoke free England
- New Hedgerow Handbook to boost biodiversity
- Park home 'commission rate' moves towards greater transparency
- Sixteen successful bids for unitary status to improve local services
- State Veterinary Service to become Animal Health
- The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1030)
- The Dog Control Orders (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/702)
- The Highways Act 1980 (Gating Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/306)
- The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1159)
- The way the Treasure Act 1996 is administered is changing
- April Edition
- ASBO (Anti-social behaviour order) - no potential victim
- Booking opens for the standards committee event of the year
- Councils launch bid to save post offices & their services
- Driver testing & training revamp: three year Road Safety Review published
- Government welcomes Lyons report
- LGA launches an Independent Climate Change Commission
- Minister says householders need facts & not fiction on council tax
- National Minimum Wage rises for a million workers
- New Bill & strategy lay foundations for tackling climate change
- No adverse health impacts from alternate weekly collections
- On the road with the Standards Board
- Polytunnels
- Review of the quality town & parish council scheme - Defra letter to parish & town councils
- Shared Responsibility - the Way Forward for Local Government in Wales
- Tackling the threat of invasive non-native species
- The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2007 (SI 2007/499)
- The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (England) 2007
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions & Savings) (England) Order 2007
- The Commons Registration (Objections & Maps) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/540)
- The Smoke-free (Penalties & Discounted Amounts) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/764)
- The Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/783)
- Tougher measures to crack down on illegal outdoor advertisements
- UK Government Sustainable Procurement Action Plan launched
- UK retailers sign up to cut the environmental impact of carrier bags
- March Edition
- Advice for planners on managing flood risk
- Boost for energy performance certificates to help tackle climate change
- Government confirms funding for local councils
- Government publishes Independent Review of Licensing Fees
- Increase in limits on payments under employment rights legislation
- Kelly sets out timetable for devolution - New measures to improve health & waste services unveiled
- Kelly welcomes proposals to improve local services
- Key dates for Parish Elections
- Local councils urged to have their say on updated licensing guidance
- NALC & Electoral Commission launch Elections Pack
- New approach to urban flooding to be tested
- New planning disaster campaign launched
- New powers will help local authorities work together on waste
- Offices & pubs may face responsibility for clean-up of workers' litter
- Planning Together: new guide to help shape sustainable communities
- Ruth Kelly announces drive to support councillors
- Six million workers set to benefit from extra holiday entitlement
- Stop the racket
- The LGIU Guide to (LGiU) Planning for Parish Councils
- The Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/268)
- The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2007 (SI 2007/236)
- Tough new penalties for illegal mobile phone use from 27th February 2007
- January Edition
- 500 red tape busting actions - over £2 billion business savings
- Anti-social behaviour orders continue to bring respite to communities
- Barker Review of Land Use Planning: Final Report - Recommendations
- Barker up the wrong tree?
- Boost for road safety: Road Safety Bill granted Royal Assent
- Caring about electrical waste needn't cost the earth
- Charities Act 2006: Implementation Plan
- Community tax investment scheme
- Darling: 'relentless focus' on cutting red tape
- Defra's simplification plan shows commitment to reducing red tape
- First Commissioners For New Equalities & Human Rights Body
- Free & easy access for all to UK Statute Law
- Government invests £1.25 billion to improve local transport
- Government sets out proposals to preserve national Post Office network
- Green light for Environmental Stewardship
- Improving Outcomes - Disability Equality Scheme
- Keeping council tax rises down
- Landbankers selling rural England by the pound
- Launch of public consultation on options for implementing the Environmental Liability Directive
- Legal duty to co-operate at heart of Local Government Bill
- Less central government interference good news for homeowners
- Lyons Inquiry to advise Government on the implications of Barker, Leitch & Eddington
- Major Milestones for Devolution. Legislation pushes forward agenda for prosperous communities
- Miliband calls for a shared vision for the future of farming
- Minimum standards of water efficiency
- Modernising Operator Licensing: The way forward
- New measures make voting more secure
- New powers for tenants to tackle anti-social behaviour
- Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing (PPS3)
- Responsibility & cost sharing for animal health & welfare: Defra seeks views on principles
- Rollout for Standard Planning Application Form (1APP) announced
- Strengthening the partnership between government & the third sector
- The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2006 (SI 2006/3045)
- The Living Spaces programme
- The Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) (England & Wales) Rules 2006 (SI 2006/3305)
- The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England & Wales) Rules 2006 (SI 2006/3304)
- Towards a zero carbon future
- Two-thirds of English local authorities met or exceeded their household recycling targets last year
- December Edition
- 2006 Editions
- December Edition
- Accounts & Audit (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/564)
- Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
- Animal Welfare Act 2006
- Charities Act 2006
- Climate change legislation
- Electoral Administration Act 2006
- Further £7.5 million allocated to tackle congestion
- Good Enforcement Practice Outlined
- Litter levels at five year low
- Major UK retailers & brands urged to stand up & be counted on packaging & food waste
- Minerals Planning Guidance for England
- More money needed to protect coastal areas
- New £4 million road safety scheme launched
- New figures show potential 7 million tonne home carbon savings
- New guide to fly-tipping
- New look Local Government Pension Scheme
- New National Housing & Planning Advice Unit
- Queen's speech - 14th November 2006
- November Edition
- £12 million for radical new research into future intelligent transport systems
- Age discrimination in the workplace outlawed
- Boost for 1,300,000 low paid workers
- Call to clear countryside clutter led by CPRE & RAC Foundation
- Flood risk
- Government Connect to be free for Local Authorities
- Keeping traffic moving: Consultation on street works regime
- Local Government White Paper
- New champion for the environment
- New codes of conduct designed to tighten the social use of gaming machines
- Nuclear proposals will reduce right to be heard
- Plans set to give consumers a stronger voice
- Recycling up & landfill down latest figures reveal
- River access
- Rural Advocate sets out the key issues for the future of rural England
- The environment in your pocket 2006
- October Edition
- Adopting the European Charter on Local Self-Government
- Car boot sales becoming 'breeding ground for criminals'
- Commission on Integration & Cohesion
- Councils crackdown on £2 billion abandoned trolley blight
- Donations & loans to political parties
- How green is my valley?
- Improvement recognised with extended freedoms & flexibilities for local government
- LGA launch independent commission
- New human rights convention for disabled people agreed at the United Nations
- New national packaging waste database proposed
- Office of Climate Change starts work
- One million new homes could be built on brownfield land
- The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional Provisions & Savings) (England) Order 2006
- The Standards Board for England responds to A Question of Standards: Prescott's Town Hall Madness
- Towards Natural England
- Traffic authorities to review local speed limits
- Wind beneath their wings
- September Edition
- £700 million PFI funding boost for local authority street lighting
- Deadline for bad design
- Fairer rules on parking unveiled
- Fly the flag
- Government sets new housing management standards to tackle anti-social behaviour
- Government, firefighters & business work together to promote new, simpler & safer fire laws
- Greater planning protections for sports buildings & Green fields
- Guide to state of our environment, society & economy
- Imaginative & innovative rural services set a new standard
- New approach to risk management on the coast proposed
- New youth facilities for every community: Ten Year Youth Strategy published
- Overhaul in rubbish needed to help tackle fly tipping
- Planning obligations could help fund more affordable housing
- Scrutiny Council's Report on the Licensing Laws
- Sweeping reform proposals for 'outdated' game laws
- The Commons (Severance of Rights) (England) Order 2006 (SI 2006 No. 2145)
- The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice
- August Edition
- All Party Parliamentary Group on Community Governance
- Building on planning reform: Barker publishes interim report
- Commons Act receives Royal Assent
- Council tax collection rates show further improvement
- Delay in programme for coastal access
- Government announces phased HIP roll-out to begin with energy certificates
- Government to cut planning restrictions for micro-generation
- Huge response to badger culling consultation - reports published
- Kelly to raise the bar on design standards
- Kelly ushers in an era of trust between central & local government
- New council action pack to tackle climate change
- New pamphlet calls for better neighbourhood governance
- Power devolved is energy released
- Publication of the planning inspectorate's annual report & accounts for 2005/06
- Ruth Kelly sets out her agenda for devolution
- There's no such thing as a free hedgerow
- Water supply in the long term - Water Saving Group outlines progress on action plan
- July Edition
- Action to tackle nuisance neighbours
- Content of UK family shopping baskets revealed
- Government action to boost rights for home buyers & sellers
- Government launches compulsory energy rating for homes to help cut carbon emissions
- Government signals a step-change on environmentally sustainable behaviour
- Local authorities challenged to call time on bad design
- New code of practice on disability discrimination
- New gypsy & traveller task group to champion better enforcement action
- New measures to stop unauthorised gypsy & traveller sites
- New regulations to protect wildlife come into force
- Outdoors for all?
- Planning system must support renewables
- Practical advice & ideas for sustainable waste management
- Registration of village greens
- The Home Information Pack Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1503)
- Up to two million low paid workers to benefit from more annual leave
- June Edition
- All our futures: the challenges for local governance in 2015
- Campaigns to reduce gum litter get under way
- Connect your council campaign is launched
- EU funding stuck in 'bureaucratic quagmire', council leaders warn
- Forestry review
- Government welcomes report on affordable rural housing
- Habitats Directive consultation launched
- Initiative to help citizens shape their local services ‑ report
- Land Registration Fee Order 2006 (SI 2006/1322)
- Machinery of Government changes made on 5th May 2006
- Minister approves application for exchange of common land
- New planning guidance to promote thriving & vibrant tourism
- New rights of way legislation comes into force
- Night-time movements limits at Heathrow to stay the same
- Outdoors for all? Action needed to bring benefits of countryside & green spaces to everyone
- Park homes consultation on commission rates
- Sunday shopping cost benefit analysis published
- The Lyons Inquiry into Local Government
- The Natural Environment & Rural Communities Act 2006 (Commencement No.1) Order 2006 (SI 2006/1176)
- The Restricted Byways (Application & Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006
- May Edition
- £3.1 Million extra funding for National Parks & Broads
- Amendments to agricultural tenancy legislation
- Consumer Credit Act 2006
- Ending age discrimination in the workplace
- Home Information Pack activity accelerates
- Local authority byelaws in England: a discussion paper
- New agency is launched to fight serious crime
- New controls on agricultural waste
- New guidance will protect & promote Local Sites
- New planning reforms to promote thriving town centres & better design
- New powers to clean neighbourhoods come into force
- Securing the Regions' Futures - strengthening delivery of sustainable development
- Steps to reduce stink from sewage works
- The Disability Discrimination (Premises) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 887)
- The Natural Environment & Rural Communities Act
- Three new Acts become law
- Vehicle speeds in Great Britain: 2005
- April Edition
- A fine mess: 40% of fines for littering remain unpaid
- Applications under the Inclosure Act 1847 - charges to be imposed
- Committee on Standards in Public Life begins its eleventh inquiry into the Electoral Commission
- England's butterflies increasingly at risk
- England's cities: best opportunity for 100 years to join Europe's elite
- Government Timeline for Home Information Pack Reform published
- Living with a changing coastline ‑ Government sets out priorities for the future
- Maintenance of leisure facilities - negligence
- New campaigns to reduce gum litter
- ODPM publishes its sustainable development action plan
- Stronger Code for Sustainable Homes as Government implements new building standards
- The country needs a thriving & profitable farming industry
- The Highways Act 1980 (Gating Orders) (England) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 537)
- Town & Parish Council Standard:06
- March Edition
- Adverse possession of land
- Advice on the management of byways & rights of way
- Borrowing by Community & Town Councils Loan Sanction for 2006-07
- Department of Trade & Industry seeks views on Sunday trading law
- Energy debate kicks off as ministers warn doing nothing not an option
- Four areas chosen for coastal access study
- Going local: new DVD on local investigations & hearings issued
- Local Government Association announces new Chief Executive
- National Minimum Wage
- New consultation lays foundations for government's future sustainable construction strategy
- New plans for simpler, stronger consumer protection
- New project to increase land open to all
- Powerful new equality & human rights body gets the go-ahead
- Road traffic in Great Britain
- Rural housing needs major shake-up, says Rural Watchdog
- The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England)
- The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 SI 006 No. 246)
- Transport trends: 2005 edition
- February Edition
- Barker Review of Land Use Planning
- Better enforcement & more authorised sites needed to address problem gypsy & traveller sites
- Biggest animal welfare reform for a century
- Brownfield development reaches new record level
- Campaign to reduce gum litter
- Circular 01/06: Planning for Gypsy & Traveller Caravan Sites
- Clamping down on illegal roadside adverts
- Consultation on Planning Policy Statement 25: Development & Flood Risk
- Consultation Paper on New Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3): Housing
- Defra & its agencies publish sustainable development action plans
- Defra allocates more cash for local waste services
- Defra launches 'community halls for rural people' online
- Defra publishes advice on the management of byways & rights of way
- Defra seeks improvements in local authority inspections
- Environmental Stewardship payments begin ‑ £47 million in first year
- Full engagement on best governance arrangements
- Further support to help Local Authorities manage waste
- Grant increases for all local authorities
- Gypsy & Traveller Accommodation Assessments: Draft Practice Guide
- Home Information Packs will bring better buying & simpler selling for consumers
- Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel Interim Report Published
- Major fire safety reform - government gives stakeholders more time to prepare
- Modernising operator licensing
- New code of practice for using pesticides
- New planning pilots launched for large developments
- Respect' drive targets troublesome families
- The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 (SI 2006 No. 88)
- The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 87)
- The Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 99)
- December Edition
- 2005 Editions
- December Edition
- Adapting to climate change: Defra survey
- Buses to get £20 million boost
- Cigarette ban tipped to spark litter crisis
- Councils exceeding efficiency savings expectations
- DCMS Tackles Red Tape & Regulation
- Electoral Administration Bill
- England's bathing water quality better than ever before
- Get safe online
- Government invests over £100 million to preserve & support our rural heritage
- Helping local authorities tackle anti-social behaviour
- Home Information Packs 'go-live' date announced
- Minister encourages take-up of e-services
- New regulations governing microwave antennae on buildings
- New research findings about rise in non-voting habit & postal voting
- Pressure on council taxpayers to fund £2.2bn black hole
- Reverter of site of school
- The Highways (Schools) (Special Extinguishment & Special Diversion Orders) (Wales) Regulations
- The Public Rights of Way
- November Edition
- Car crime plummeting, says top civil servant
- Commencement Orders bring Gambling Act changes into force
- Cost of replacement trees
- Council tax delay is 'bad news' for councils & residents
- Drug related litter: new guidance published by Defra
- Fly-tippers to pay for environmental crime
- Government pushes pedals to boost cycling
- Historic right of access is completed across England on 31st October 2005
- Local licensing decision-making means tougher protections for local people
- New crackdown on the menace of uninsured driving
- New powers to protect national parks from traffic damage
- ODPM publishes Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill
- Public consultation on wild boar announced
- Raising the standards of animal welfare: new bill published
- Solicitors (Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services) Order 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2749)
- Temporary Event Notices Available Now
- The Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005 (Commencement No.2, Transitional Provisions
- The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2774)
- The Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005 (Commencement No. 1 & Transitional Provisions
- The Waste (Household Waste Duty of Care) (England & Wales) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2900)
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 735)
- Unsupervised swimming
- Views sought on clean neighbourhoods guidance
- October Edition
- Celebrating the cream of local government
- Consultation on vehicular access over common land launched
- Countryside on the road to ruin?
- Environmental enforcement under review
- Government announces review of the Greater London Authority's powers & responsibilities
- Government seeks views on updated water abstraction & impounding licensing proposals
- Government to end Crown immunity from planning controls
- Guidance on the disposal options for common ragwort
- Lyons inquiry & council tax revaluation: Government extends Lyons inquiry
- New figures reveal surge in recycling
- New professional body for common land officers announced
- Packaging waste: Defra publishes target proposals
- People asked to have their say on heather & grassland burning
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005
- Revised building regulations to tackle climate change
- The environment in your pocket 2005
- September Edition
- Better enforcement needed to address the problem of unauthorised gypsy & traveller sites
- Consultation launched on byelaw-making procedures
- Councils do the business, now they pledge to prove it
- Countryside Agency appoints Chief Executive
- Defra invites views on introduction of new powers to divert public rights of way
- Defra to map some of England's noisiest roads
- Delivering cleaner, safer, greener communities - two new guides launched
- Extra funding for England's finest landscapes
- Government offers incentive for business creation
- Home information packs draw one step closer
- National park authority boards shape up to face the future
- Packaging waste: Defra publishes target proposals
- Protection for valuable habitats strengthened in new planning policy
- Residents set to benefit from licensing reform
- The Licensing Act 2003 (Second appointed day) Order 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2091)
- The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2019)
- Walkers celebrate permanent right to access forestry estates
- What future for rural communities?
- August Edition
- £2.3m campaign to save our ancient woodland jewels
- Access all areas: England's new right of access starts on 31st October
- Commission to examine affordable rural housing
- Commons Bill
- Consultation on Policy Statement on Charities & Public Service Delivery by the Charity Commission
- Getting the measure of environment, society & economy
- Government sets out capping decisions
- National Trust new central office opens
- Native & ancient woodlands gain extra protection
- New measures will tackle causes of anti-social behaviour
- Planning obligations - new circular
- Progress on tackling appeals backlog
- Reducing the burden of Whitehall controls
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2005 (SI 2005/1901)
- Town & Parish Standard
- Transforming your organisation - creating real & lasting change
- What about us? - Diversity Review research
- July Edition
- £500,000 available to tackle rural stress in England
- Building homes & protecting the countryside
- Chewing gum campaign is launched in Preston, Manchester & Maidstone
- Consultation on night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted
- Council tax collection rates continue to improve
- Defra consults on detailed foot & mouth disease control legislation
- Government Confirms Licensing Act Timetable
- Hazardous waste: the rules are changing
- Historic right of access begins in northern England
- Inconsiderate hedge owners to be cut down to size under new legislation
- Local area agreements rolled out to all top tier authorities
- Minister urges communities to work together to beat the arson blight
- New measures to clean up neighbourhoods
- ODPM announces plans for Britain's national spatial address infrastructure
- Only fair that 'polluters' pay for effects of binge drinking
- Salary scales for local council clerks
- Sheffield named as headquarters of new environmental body
- The essential trustee
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill published
- June Edition
- Changes in the listing of buildings of special architectural or historic interest
- Charities Bill
- Defra ministerial team
- Equality Bill
- Her Majesty's Government - full list of Ministers
- Joint approach to local government agenda
- Licensing introduced for wheel clampers
- Ministerial team at the Home Office
- Natural Environment & Rural Communities Bill
- New accounting regulations guidance in Wales
- ODPM ministerial responsibilities
- Queen's Speech 17 May 2005
- Review of the Code of Conduct in Wales
- Safety & security: Home Office outlines legislative agenda
- Serving communities, building respect: delivering neighbourhood policing
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000
- Transport (Wales) Bill
- May Edition
- 2005/6 national salary award for local council clerks
- Audit Commission Board appointments
- Bill to clean up our neighbourhoods becomes law
- General Election
- Government to commission research on future development of mobile phone masts
- Joint crackdown on underage drinking
- Margaret Beckett names new champion
- Review of British Waterways
- Serious Organised Crime & Police Act 2005
- Statutory consultation on local government pensions commences
- Strengthened planning policy for flood risk areas
- The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000
- The High Hedges (Appeals) (England) Regulations 2005
- Town & Country Planning
- Village green registration
- Working with our finest landscapes
- April Edition
- £5 million programme to boost cleaner, safer, greener 'know-how'
- 100,000 local authorities call for G8 action on climate change
- 2005/6 national salary award for local council clerks - reminder
- Commission for Rural Communities - tackling rural disadvantage
- Cycling England & a new national standard for cycle training
- Fairer & faster business rate appeals system unveiled
- Historic day for the New Forest
- Liability for straying animals
- List of Quality Parish & Town Councils as at 25th March 2005
- New powers to halt unauthorised gypsy & traveller developments - as councils told to identify more
- New research shows true extent of fly-tipping: 75,000 incidents a month
- Prince of Wales supports the expansion of Pub is the Hub scheme
- Rural transport schemes help tackle social exclusion
- The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (England) Order 2005
- The New Forest National Park Authority (Establishment) Order 2005
- March Edition
- A single civil court: a good idea?
- Age of candidacy to be reduced to 18
- E-government: councils set to meet 2005 target & deliver £1.2 billion efficiency savings
- Falconer hails new freedom of information era
- Grant increases for all local authorities
- Home improvements without the red tape: the Householder Development Consents Review
- Home office moves home
- Local e-government : future strategy outlined for national project products
- Natural Environment & Rural Communities Draft Bill published for pre-legislative scrutiny
- Planning system will deliver more affordable housing
- Tackling the causes of problem gypsy traveller sites
- The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2005 (
- The Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2005 (SI 2
- Town & Country Planning (Temporary Stop Notice)(England) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 2
- February Edition
- Assessment & Qualifications Alliance
- Charities Bill will back voluntary & community sector's work to change lives
- Delivering the Essentials of Life - Defra publishes five year strategy
- Guidance on unauthorised camping - Wales
- Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004
- Implementation of the national agreement on salaries & conditions of service of local council cler
- Licensing Act 2003 Fees- Briefing note
- New projects will bring improved support services for vulnerable people
- Park homes licensing under consultation
- Power of Detention for Community Support Officers
- Right of access to the countryside - new appeals process for landowners
- Rowdy takeaways
- Standards Board hits the road as cases go local
- The Commons Bill
- Use of mechanically propelled vehicles on public rights of way
- Wildlife & Countryside Act to be updated
- January Edition
- Better local government performance
- Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Bill
- Community groups get millions to create living spaces in their neighbourhoods
- David Clementi publishes report on regulatory review of legal services
- Government moves to increase number of authorised gypsy & traveller sites & improve enforcement
- Key steps towards electoral modernisation - Government responses to the Electoral Commission reports
- Minister calls for more consultation on mobile phone masts
- New rules to reduce faulty home electrical installations come into force
- Next steps in planning reform
- Planning for the future - new guidance to deliver renewable energy
- Planning statistics
- The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2004 (SI 2004/3122)
- The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004 No. 3372)
- The Non-Domestic Rating (Rural Settlements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2004 (SI 2004/3153)
- The Non-Domestic Rating (Small Business Rate Relief) (England) Order 2004 (SI 2004 No. 3315)
- The Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amount of Penalty) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2004 (SI 2004 No.
- The Town & Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2004 (SI 2
- December Edition
- 2004 Editions
- December Edition
- Building for the future - a planning system fit for the 21st century
- CASES
- Consultation on guidance for setting local speed limits
- Efficient use of resources is key to enhancing services
- Government blitz on nuisance vehicles
- Government crackdown on illegal gypsy & traveller camps
- Home information packs
- More homes on recycled land
- Planners given help in managing pollution issues in development
- Significant progress on tackling anti-social behaviour
- Solicitors' complaints under the spotlight
- Spot fines extended in crack down on petty crime
- The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2004 (SI 2004/2989)
- The Queen's Speech, 23 November 2004
- Town & Parish Standard: 02
- Transport Secretary launches new vision for rural railways
- November Edition
- Affordability & sustainability' key to the future of Local Government Pensions
- CASES
- Consultation on property information for council tax lists
- Consultations begin on future of mapping needs
- Councils to investigate less serious misconduct allegations
- Fire & Rescue Services Act 2004 comes into force
- Forest fuel crops to help tackle climate change
- General disposal consent (Wales) 2003: disposal of land in Wales by authorities for less than best c
- Government Publishes Gambling Bill
- Government responds to select committee report on local government finance
- Government's new school-protection law runs aground
- Help for first-time buyers to get into the property market
- National Training Strategy for Town & Parish Councils - Clerks' Bursary Fund
- New appointment to Standards Board for England
- Statement by DEFRA on private sewers
- Stop thinking of waste as rubbish - recycle now
- The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004 No. 2596
- Twenty-one local area agreement pilots announced
- October Edition
- Action to crack down on uninsured driving
- CAR ALLOWANCES FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS
- Creating a new legacy of rural design for 21st century
- Draft bill on regional assemblies published
- Independent inquiry to advise on council tax reform
- Local area agreement pilots - details published
- NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT 1998
- Parish & Town Council Borrowing Approval System
- Park Homes - Consultation on Implied Terms & Written Statement
- Proposals to reduce business rates for small businesses
- Registration opens for the largest sustainable communities summit in the UK
- Ten-year forward look on local government launched
- The Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.1) Order 2004 (SI 2004 No. 2097)
- September Edition
- 2004/5 national salary award for local council clerks - August 2004
- 2004/5 national salary award for local council clerks - August 2004 (part 2)
- Action to crack down on uninsured driving
- Creating a new legacy of rural design for 21st century
- Draft bill on regional assemblies published
- Independent inquiry to advise on council tax reform
- Local area agreement pilots - details published
- Parish & Town Council Borrowing Approval System
- Park Homes - Consultation on Implied Terms & Written Statement
- Planning a vital role for renewable energy in sustainable communities
- Proposals to reduce business rates for small businesses
- Registration opens for the largest sustainable communities summit in the UK
- Ten-year forward look on local government launched
- The Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Commencement No.1) Order 2004 (SI 2004 No. 2097)
- August Edition
- £2million boost for neighbourhood wardens
- £38 billion for sustainable communities
- Cases
- Customer satisfaction surveys highlight the need for councils to improve communications
- Further freedoms for high performing local authorities
- Government sets out capping decisions
- Home Office publishes strategic plan
- House price index - May 2004
- Improved planning performance
- New Countryside Code launched
- The Conduct of Members (Model Code of Conduct) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2004 (Welsh SI 2004
- The Government's rural strategy 2004
- The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) (Wales) Order 2004 Welsh SI 2004/1508 (W.1
- July Edition
- Farmers get help to cut pollution & boost profits
- Guidance on Local Government Investments in Wales
- Guidance on local government investments issued by the National Assembly for Wales under section 15(
- National ID Card Scheme
- Open access to the countryside - government decision on public places legislation
- Planning reform
- Regional quality of life indicators highlight progress & challenges across English regions
- State of the countryside 2004
- The future of local government
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance) (Consequential, Transitional & Saving Provisions) Order 20
- June Edition
- Cases
- Consultation on the future of British Waterways
- Energy efficiency action plan aims to deliver big carbon cuts
- Government identifies high spending councils for capping
- Heritage Open Days 2004: Communities Invited to Discover Hidden Heritage
- Housing Bill strengthened to tackle empty homes & protect tenancy deposits
- Less waste going to landfill as more recycle
- More communities to benefit from success of urban regeneration companies
- One Voice Wales
- Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act receives Royal Assent
- Planning out crime to make our streets safer
- Proposals to reform fire safety laws unveiled
- Regional timetable released for new right of access
- Rural funding: new website offers a chance to have your say
- The Crime Prevention (Designated Areas) Order 2004 (SI 2004/1239)
- May Edition
- 28 per cent drop in crime in neighbourhood warden areas according to new research
- Cases
- Foresight report published: Looking ahead to reduce flood risks
- From wasteland to parkland
- Funding helps councils to refurbish gypsy & traveller sites
- Godfray report on Badger Culling Trial published
- Government Consults On Commercial Lease Reform
- Government prepared to act to protect taxpayers
- Land deal to provide more affordable homes
- Local government act gives councils more freedom
- Lottery fund gets new name
- More green belt than ever before
- New planning advisory service
- Planning reform begins at home
- Shadow to be lifted for those facing high hedge misery
- The Litter & Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) Order 2004 (SI 2004/909 (W.92))
- The Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England & Wales) Rules 2004 (S
- Valuation Tribunal Service takes on Non Departmental Public Body status
- April Edition
- A Guide to Community & Town Council Borrowing & Loan Sanctions
- Burial law & practice in the 21st century
- Cases
- Consultation on planning policy
- Government action plan puts consumers & competition at the heart of the taxi & private hire vehi
- Government brings a broadband Britain even closer
- Government unveils radical congestion-busting bill
- Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Bill
- Local investigation & determination of misconduct allegations
- Margaret Beckett confirms new agency will have strong independent status
- New national minimum wage for sixteen & seventeen year olds
- The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2004 (SI 2004/690)
- The Audit Commission's summary of electors' rights in relation to local authority accounts
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) (Wales) Order 2004
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2004 (SI 2004/292)
- The Removal of Obstructions from Highways (Notices etc.) (England) Regulations 2004
- The Removal of Obstructions from Highways (Notices etc.) (England) Regulations 2004
- The Removal of Obstructions from Highways (Wales) Regulations 2004
- March Edition
- 7.3% increase in funding confirmed for local services
- Achievements over the first year of the Communities Plan
- Cases
- David Prince named as new Standards Board for England chief executive
- Local Government Finance Settlement
- More than just a gateway
- New law puts police back on the beat with tougher powers to fight crime & terrorism
- New planning power for elected regional assemblies - regional decision making process strengthened
- New powers help communities continue crackdown on anti-social behaviour
- No change to night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick & Stansted Airports in 2004-05
- Railways & Transport Safety Act 2003
- Rise in payments under employment rights legislation
- Setting a new course for local elections?
- The Local Government (Ordinary Day of Election) (Wales) Order 2004 (Welsh SI 2004 No. 218 (W.22))
- Tightening up safety regulations for fireworks
- February Edition
- A bigger say for the community in planning matters
- A study of England's rural communities alongside the Review of the Rural White Paper
- ACRE delivers advice to Government on Farm-Scale Evaluations
- Cases
- Co-Ordinated On-Line Register of Electors (CORE)
- County councils will have a key role in new planning system
- Elected Regional Assemblies: Consultation on fees & charges for counting officers in the regional
- Hazardous waste - an action plan for its reduction & environmentally sound management
- Is it fair? Radical council tax revamp gives a local answer
- New car tax rules
- New powers for councils to limit council tax discounts on second homes & empty properties
- Property Price Report shows 10.62% Increase in Prices
- Proposals for streamlining performance plans unveiled
- Role & responsibilities of the Land Registry
- The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 Commencement No. 1 & Transitional Provisions) Order 2003 (SI 20
- The Local Government Best Value (Exemption) (England) Order 2003 (SI 2003/3343)
- January Edition
- Cases
- Defra launches The Environment in your Pocket 2003
- Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3038)
- Increased council funding for seventh year running
- Lord Haskins' report on rural delivery
- New proposals on off-road vehicles on rights of way
- On-line local services take another step forward
- Prescott challenges local authorities & developers to help make a planning system to be proud of
- Quality street wardens scheme announced
- Sustainable Farming & Food Strategy - one year on
- The Fireworks Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3085)
- The Local Authorities (Capital Finance & Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 3146)
- December Edition
- 2003 Editions
- December Edition
- Combined European Parliamentary, Local Authority & Greater London Authority Elections 2004 in Engl
- Employees' Code of conduct
- Household Waste Recycling Act 2003
- New Commission for Equality & Human Rights to fight discrimination
- New drive to combat fast food littering
- New guidance to help planners & improve plans
- Proposal to change the date of the 2004 local elections in Wales
- Research Study into Community & Town Councils in Wales
- Research Study into the Role, Functions & Future Potential of Community & Town Councils
- The Employment Equality Regulations 2003 - key questions
- The Queen's Speech
- Your say' campaign launch heralds a new era
- November Edition
- £5bn funding strengthens government affordable homes commitment
- Authorities seek to shine in beacon scheme
- Cases
- Consultation paper on proposed amendments to legislation when 'Roads Used as Public Paths' are recla
- Draft Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 7 - Sustainable development in rural areas
- Fireworks Act 2003
- Government bill to give high hedges the chop
- Home Secretary: Communities must not take no for an answer on anti-social behaviour
- House Price Index - August 2003
- Land Registration Act 2002
- New sustainable buildings task group
- Technology - savvy councils lead the way on local E-democracy
- October Edition
- £21 million for cleaner & safer neighbourhoods
- Agricultural Management of Common Land
- Cases
- Council Tax - the facts
- Electoral pilots - a consultation paper
- Land Registration Fee Order 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2092)
- Local Government Act 2003 - summary by ODPM
- Minister invites local partnerships to join the fight against arson
- New house price index offers clearer picture of house values
- Review to crackdown on uninsured driving headed by independent economist
- Royal assent for local government bill
- The Access to the Countryside (Dedication of Land) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2004)
- The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2260)
- September Edition
- £89 million to reclaim parks & public spaces
- A guide to definitive maps & changes to public rights of way
- Disposal consent 2003
- Equality & diversity: age matters. A consultation on proposals for outlawing age discrimination in
- Fears of repeat fridge fiasco as European Commission bans pesticides
- Government works with builders to shut out noisy neighbours
- Land disposal by local authorities
- Licensing Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2003)
- New moves to prevent ragwort poisoning
- Planning Statement by the Minister of State for Housing & Planning, Office of the Deputy Prime Min
- The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 1923)
- The way forward on Crossrail
- August Edition
- Action for Market Towns - 2003 Convention
- Cases
- Consultation on review of existing private sewers & drains in England & Wales
- Council tax collection rates improve again
- Country Parks - a forgotten treasure?
- Increased penalties for wildlife crime
- Joint Guidance Note from NALC/SLCC on Employment Issues arising from the Quality Parish & Town Cou
- New Chief Executive for the Audit Commission
- Providing indemnities to relevant authority officers & members
- Rural economies are missing an untapped resource
- Statement to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister on referendums about establishing elected regio
- Support the wider rural economy
- The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/1021)
- The Quality Parish & Town Council scheme - Guidance now available
- July Edition
- Central Local Partnership - A Framework for Partnership
- Closure of alleyways
- European Commission proposes 10 priorities for employment reform
- Maternity leave - changes: a basic summary (PL507 Rev 3)
- Municipal waste statistics 2001-02
- The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/994 (W.143))
- The Countryside Access (Dedication of Land as Access Land) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/135 (W.
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- June Edition
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- Cases
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- State of the Countryside 2003: Rural areas could lose out as digital divide widens
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- May Edition
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- Greenways - every council should have one
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- Parliamentary Statement on Town Centre Planning Policies
- Rural Stress Action Plan receives £300,000
- Satellite Dishes & Other Antennas: Consultation on Possible Changes to Planning Regulations - summ
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- Thame Community website
- The State of the Countryside 2020
- The Town & Country Planning (Prescription of County Matters) (England) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 N
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- April Edition
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- March Edition
- £2.25 million boost for voluntary & community organisations
- 2006 salary award for local council clerks
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- Annex A - Code of practice on workforce matters in local authority service contracts
- At least £75,000 extra for every local planning authority
- Electoral Commission to review local government electoral cycles in England
- Government strengthens measures to tackle two-tier workforce in local government
- Housing the people - Growing the economy
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- Redressing the balance - Prescott sets out action plan for sustainable communities
- Spaces between the places get £201 million boost
- February Edition
- Businesses 'BID' to help communities thrive
- Cases
- E-voting to face its biggest test yet in May
- Government & Industry join to map out the future for sustainable farming & food
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- Major review of local government funding
- Majority of councils set to meet 2005 e-Government target
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- Your region - your say
- January Edition
- Don't fall out over the garden hedge
- Freedom of information
- Funding boost for best value town & parish councils
- Licensing Bill
- Local Government Act 1972: General Disposal Consent 2003
- Planning Bill
- Review of rural delivery arrangements
- Review will improve government delivery in rural areas
- Rolling programme for open countryside recreation
- Sellers' packs will modernise home buying & selling process
- December Edition
- 2002 Editions
- December Edition
- Bill paves the way for England's first directly elected Regional Assemblies
- Cleaner & safer public places - options for reform
- Cleaner, Safer, Greener - Government sets out aims for Britain's public spaces
- Clear water policy priorities for the future
- Consultation begins to streamline the 2004 European & Local Elections
- Cornish language to receive official status
- Councils freed from Whitehall controls
- Guide to Better Access for Disabled People
- James Strachan appointed Chairman of Audit Commission
- New powers for councils to improve services by limiting discounts on second homes
- New powers for parish councils will benefit communities
- Plans to improve rare habitat protection
- Rural communities need affordable homes too, says Rooker
- Summary of The Queen's Speech, 13 November 2002
- The Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2002
- The Statutory Paternity Pay & Statutory Adoption Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2002
- November Edition
- 2002/3 NATIONAL SALARY AWARD FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS OCTOBER 2002
- 2002/3 NATIONAL SALARY AWARD FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS OCTOBER 2002 (part 2)
- Beacon applications rocket
- Cases
- Consultation on the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2003
- New chief planning inspector
- Planning enforcement
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- The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
- October Edition
- Access to Information in Local Government
- Cases
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- Consultation on the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2003
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Government consults on council performance measures
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- Government sweeps away red tape on council tax bills
- Helping local authorities plan for better recreational land & buildings
- Measures to tackle poorly performing councils
- More brownfield land available
- New Rural Standards to boost services for local people
- Noise Codes
- The Common Lands of England: a Biological Survey Executive summary
- The Local Government Act 2000 (Model Code of Conduct) (Amendment) Order 2002 (SI 2002/1719)
- Working together to deliver improvements in public services
- September Edition
- Cases
- Code to ensure fair terms for employees working on local government contracts
- Improvement in butterfly populations
- Local Access Forums will improve recreation in England's open countryside
- New legislation to streamline business tenancy renewals introduced
- New planning guidance to ensure protection of sports pitches
- New web guide for planners
- Nick Raynsford welcomes spending review boost for local government
- No change in status for Ordnance Survey
- Online one stop shop for council performance information
- Planning to drive communities' future
- The Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1836)
- The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2002
- Your Region, Your Choice: Revitalising the English Regions. Frequently asked questions
- August Edition
- £1 million for sustainable development projects in National Parks
- £140 million to speed up recycling
- 1,000 miles of dry stone walling through the Countryside Stewardship Scheme
- A new approach to tackling unauthorised traveller camps
- Access to the Countryside (Provisional & Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1710
- Action on crime hotspots & rights of way obstructions
- All Best Value authorities invited to become first time Beacons
- Annex A (2) - Principles for the Assessment of Local Government Planning Requirements
- Annex A - Beacon Council themes for Round Four
- Cases
- Councils encouraged to consult local residents on council tax
- Councils to take final decision on mayoral referendums
- Enforcement of highway authorities' duty to prevent obstructions on rights of way: consultation pape
- Government moves to drown out noisy neighbours
- Letter from the local government department of the National Assembly for Wales
- New leaflets about the Weeds Act 1959
- New principles to halve plans burden on councils
- New vehicular access rights for homeowners
- Rural White Paper Implementation Plan
- The Local Government Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2002 (SI 2002/1718)
- The Local Government Act 2000 (Model Code of Conduct) (Amendment) Order 2002 (SI 2002/1719)
- July Edition
- 2000-01 survey of English housing: main results (SEH 00-01)
- Cases
- Clear standards set for councillors' propriety
- Extra £22.5 million to fight street crime
- Fair deal over vehicular access to common land
- Government plans crackdown on faulty home electrics
- Local authorities are not using powers to tackle rural crime
- New Ethical Framework - Bulletin No. 9
- New Ethical Framework Bulletin Number 8
- New freedoms for councils will improve services - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister publishes draf
- New powers to help British Waterways' public private partnership
- New responsibilities for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Outline of provisions in the draft Local Government Bill
- Review of grants for new woodlands in England
- The Lotteries (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2002 (SI 2002 No. 1410)
- June Edition
- £1.9m deal to map out the future
- Beacon council themes announced
- Cases
- Improved rights for leaseholders enshrined in new act
- Motorists urged to be careful around horses
- New commercial leases code of practice - more flexibility, choice & information
- New guidance will help axe 'double tax'
- New targets for better bus services
- New vision for future of parks & green spaces
- Postal & electronic voting prove to be a hit
- Tackling crime on buses
- The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) (Dispensations)
- The Removal & Disposal of Vehicles (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002
- The Town & Country Planning (Fees for Applications & Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England)
- Your region - your choice' - a new era for England
- May Edition
- A new system of local government borrowing
- Abandoned cars crackdown
- Assembly Proposals to Reshape Audit in Wales
- Cycling in Great Britain - Key points
- Implementation plan to deliver better local public services
- Outdated system for calculating local authority borrowing is abolished
- Survey of concessionary bus fares: England 2001
- The Disability Discrimination Code of Practice (Goods, Facilities, Services & Premises) (Appointed
- The Litter (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002
- The Local Authorities (Access to Meetings & Documents) (Period of Notice) (England) Order 2002 (SI
- The Town & Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2002 (SI 2
- Transforming public services: draft national strategy for local
- Upping the anti on neighbours from hell
- Website Trial Gives Hampshire Residents a Vital Link to Local Auditor
- April Edition
- Allotments Guide
- Cases
- Further funding to help councils maintain gypsy sites
- Golden Jubilee street parties - local authorities urged to waive fees
- Government acts to cut red tape in local government
- Government acts to reduce burden on councils
- Greater openness in councils' decision making
- New parish & town council borrowing arrangements
- New schemes trialled to reduce roadwork disruption
- One million extra men to get cheaper fares
- Parish Council Standards Cases: An estimate of their volume & nature
- Public rights of way : Rules Highways Act 1980
- The Relevant Authorities (Standards Committee) Regulations 2002
- March Edition
- £2 million national cycling fund
- A Householder's Planning Guide: Installation of Satellite Television
- Annex
- Cases
- Cases
- Consultation on possible changes to the Use Classes Order & Temporary Uses Provisions
- Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000: proposals for regulations on dedication of access land under
- DTLR New Ethical Framework - Bulletin Number 7
- England's paths fail to make the grade
- Farming & Food: A Sustainable Future
- Funding boost for local authorities confirmed
- Guidance regarding written undertakings to observe a code of conduct adopted under section 51 of the
- Help for Green Transport
- Local Government Employees' Code of Conduct
- New voice for rural communities
- Rural group warns of devil in the detail of regional campaigners' blueprint
- The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2002 (SI 2002/10)
- Village hall funding crisis threatens rural renewal
- February Edition
- Cases
- Conservatories come in from the cold
- Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000: DEFRA consultation on proposals for regulations on exclusion
- Draft Guidance to Local Highway Authorities on the preparation of Rights of Way Improvement Plans -
- DTLR New Ethical Framework - Bulletin Number 5
- Electoral Commission takes over responsibility for local authority electoral arrangements
- England's paths fail to make the grade
- Government to tackle background noise
- New powers to help home-owners
- Planning a Future for the Inland Waterways: A Good Practice Guide
- The Environment in your pocket
- The Local Elections (Declaration of Acceptance of Office) Order 2001 (SI 2001/3941)
- The Standards Committees (Grant of Dispensations) (Wales) Regulations 2001
- Think before ploughing
- January Edition
- Cases
- Compulsory Purchase & Compensation - the Government's proposals for Change
- Faster, fairer planning for all
- Government consults on Council Tax proposals for second & long term empty homes
- Government increases support for councils by £3.3 billion
- Local Authorities get set for freedom of information
- Local Government White Paper
- Local Government White Paper - parishes
- Main announcements
- Multi-million pound parks scheme launched
- Planning Green Paper fact file
- Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change - Next steps
- Rural Homes - more than for the weekend
- Spellar announces new camera visibility rules
- The Accounts & Audit (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001
- December Edition
- 2001 Editions
- December Edition
- Case Studies
- Cases
- Come & talk about where you can walk
- Consultation Paper on Changes to the Designation of Rural Areas for the Purposes of the Village Shop
- Employment Bill
- House of Lords reform White Paper
- Investment in rural services can pay dividends
- Local Government White Paper will set out new vision for Local Government
- National code of conduct for councillors published
- Planners must to better to help farmers
- Planning Applications: April to June 2001
- Quality parish councils
- Rural Task Force identifies next steps to help rural recovery after FMD outbreak
- Rural transport system will provide choice, safety & conserve our countryside
- The Local Government Elections (Wales) Order 2001 (Welsh SI 2001 No. 3540 (W.287))
- November Edition
- Byelaws
- Cases
- Changes to the Working Time Regulations
- Connecting with Communities: Improving Communications in Local Government
- Consultation on improved structural safety of buildings
- Councils invited to modernise democracy at next election
- Councils on target to deliver all public services online
- Falconer issues challenge to plan for a better tomorrow
- Life-saving cameras to be made more visible
- Local government web site wins award on first birthday
- New Chairman for the Local Government Ombudsman
- New powers to improve bus services
- Radical Review of the Criminal Courts
- Rural Recovery Co-ordinator Lord Haskins publishes recommendations for economic recovery
- The Access to the Countryside (Maps in Draft Form) (England) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/ 3301)
- The Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/ 3384)
- Trees & Problem Hedges
- October Edition
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex A
- Cases
- Consultation begins on council allowances
- Criminal Justice & Police Act 2001
- Extra funding to strengthen Regional Chambers
- Great Ways to Go - a flexible & innovative approach to rural transport
- Local Products Key for Rural Local Economies
- New Ethical Framework - Bulletin No.1
- New Ethical Framework - Bulletin No.2
- New Ethical Framework - Employees' Code of Conduct
- New Ethical Framework - Parish Councils
- New Ethical Framework - Standards Committees
- New Ethical Framework for local government
- One-stop-shops are key to the future of rural services
- September Edition
- £50m for 100 new Street Warden schemes to benefit 250,000 households
- Annex
- Businesses to think rural
- Councils invited to become leading lights
- Extra £20 million available for rural bus services
- Extra funding to strengthen regional chambers
- Government boost for England's flood damaged roads
- High performing councils to be rewarded
- Land Use Change in England
- Meeting the Challenge of Better Council Services
- National Minimum Wage
- New code of practice to be agreed on commercial leases
- New Lighter-Touch Audit Regime for Parish Councils
- Proposals for regulations on Local Access Forums under sections 94 & 95 of the Countryside & Right
- August Edition
- £18 Million Means Brighter Future for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- 2001 NATIONAL SALARY AWARD FOR LOCAL COUNCIL CLERKS - JUNE 2001
- 2001 Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Bill gives one million extra men cheaper fares
- Cases
- Cash into Communities - A Solution to Rural Exclusion
- Create a Green on your Doorstep
- Energising the Countryside
- Making local government finance fairer - timetable announced
- New measures will speed up major planning decisions & safeguard public debate
- Planning Applications: January to March 2001
- Planning decisions must be speeded up
- The Local Council Clerk's Guide
- Tough guidance for flood risk development
- July Edition
- £300 Million boost for Local Government to deliver better quality services
- Cases
- Changes to former DETR responsibilities
- Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill published
- Government help for English flood damaged roads
- Government launches £46 million urban bus challenge
- Homeless helped by new bill
- Rights of Way; A guide to law & practice
- Tackling the school run - Government is committed to more transport choice
- THE GENERAL ELECTION - GOVERNMENT CHANGES
- The Queen's Speech (20th June 2001)
- Traffic levels fall in 1st quarter of 2001
- Your local strategic partnership needs you!
- June Edition
- £43 million for 43 more market towns
- £50 million to crack down on neighbourhood nuisances
- 2000 national Road Maintenance Condition Survey results published
- Accounts & Audit Regulations
- Assembly's free admission to museums policy looks set to thrive in May
- BIDs - a scheme to improve local quality of life
- Cases
- Common land, town & village greens - latest developments
- Extra help for working parents
- Government pledges £30 million for Home Zones
- House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
- Innovative Rural Housing Addresses Local Needs
- Other legislation
- Rating Former Agricultural Premises & Rural Shops Act 2001
- Voluntary Town Centre Partnerships
- May Edition
- £4.2 million for sustainable living
- Business Tenancies Legislation in England & Wales - Consultation Paper
- Cases
- Charity Accounts
- Fifty Years of Finest Countryside
- Funding Boost for those Hit Hardest by Foot & Mouth
- Guidelines on Management Agreement Payments on SSSIs
- Help for rural businesses
- Improving access to information in Local Government
- Local Strategic Partnerships - Government Guidance Summary
- More cash, more footpaths
- New Bill to give business rate relief for farm diversification & village food shops
- New planning guidance on transport published
- New rights & responsibilities in the countryside
- Opening up the countryside - new guidance & help announced for local authorities
- Proposals for Regulations on Draft Maps under Section 11 of the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000
- Rateable value appeals
- State of the Countryside 2001
- Village pubs' & rural petrol stations' rate bills cut in half
- April Edition
- £62 million for rural buses
- Cases
- Community forestry partnerships bring massive environmental regeneration
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- New guidance paves way for sustainable waste management
- Rural Task Force: Foot & mouth disease: Government advice to the general public on countryside act
- Rural White Paper Implementation Plan
- The Local Government Best Value (Exclusion of Non-Commercial Considerations) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No.
- The Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 2001 (
- War on litter
- March Edition
- Boost for council funding confirmed
- Cases
- Councils sign on the dotted line for better services
- Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2001 (SI 2001 No 21)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- General Principles of Conduct in Local Government: The Government's Final Proposals
- Good news for wildlife, walkers & horse riders
- Government to consult on impact of seller's pack on low value homes
- New analysis of deprivation highlights rural problems
- Planning watchdog publishes seventh report & welcomes the appointment of new chairman
- Regeneration Minister breathes fresh life into urban green spaces
- Rural areas miss the mark on rights of way
- Setting new standards in local government - first Chairman of the Standards Board appointed
- The Deregulation (Sunday Dancing) Order 2000 (SI 2000 No 3372)
- The Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2000 (S
- The Local Elections (Parishes & Communities) (Amendment) Rules 2001 (SI 2001 No 80)
- The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2001 No 207)
- Traffic levels unchanged between 1999 & 2000
- February Edition
- Cases
- Constitutions made clear for local people
- Consultation on the date of the next local government elections in Wales
- Homes Bill
- Let the mapping commence!
- Local leadership - chosen by local people for local people
- Local people to lead on regional planning
- New Council Constitutions: Local Government Act 2000. Guidance to English Local Authorities
- Noise at night
- Standards Committees: Appointments & Procedures. Consultation Paper
- Tough plans to give new deal to water consumers
- December Edition
- 2000 Editions
- November Edition
- £800 Million boost for deprived areas
- Annex to Circular
- Bus stop - don't stop
- Cases
- Civic Trust, Civic Society Briefing Issue 25, September 2000
- Closer scrutiny of greenfield housing developments
- Development of greenfield sites
- Government investment speeds rural map updating
- Government moves to cap common right-to-drive charges
- Government pledges safety shake-up
- Housebuilding: August 2000
- LGA calls for youngest age of councillors to be lowered to 18
- Limestone pavements - an unsustainable resource
- Municipal waste management 1998/99
- New construction orders: August 2000
- Notes to Editors
- One-stop shopping for councils on the way
- Part I of the Local Government Act 2000
- Planning Appeal Rules
- Public attitudes & proportional representation
- The Pollution Prevention & Control (England & Wales) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/1973
- The Public Contracts (Works, Services & Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/2009
- Transport Statistics Great Britain 2000 - 26th Edition
- Vehicle speed data
- October Edition
- ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary & grievance procedures
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Annex 3
- Audit of parish, town & community councils
- Cases
- Change tack for rural vitality
- Clerks' salaries 2000-2001
- Government help for rural economies & the countryside
- Local Authorities' (Discretionary Expenditure Limits) (Amendment) (Wales) Order (SI 2000/1029 (W.51)
- Local Government (Best Value) (Exemption) (Wales) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1029 (W.64))
- Local Government Finance Green Paper: England
- Local Government Finance Green Paper: Wales
- New flood warning codes
- Planners Urged To 'Befriend Farmers'
- Ramblers' Association - change of address
- September Edition
- Boundary review
- Brownfield land database
- Cases
- Clerks' salaries 2000-2001
- Councils keep close to business
- Councils told: Tackle fraud
- Dog ban is now reviewed
- Environment views are sought
- Funding Boost
- Horse society campaign
- Local Authorities urged to prioritise health & safety
- Local Government Act 2000
- Migration from North 'not responsible for pressure on homes in the South'
- More funds sought
- New job for Porritt
- New library standards
- New opportunities for rural areas
- New targets for recycling of packaging waste
- New Welsh Language Service
- Parking charges U-turn
- Planning must see faster decisions
- Pollution monitoring
- Powers for neighbour disputes
- Rural vitality: Agency advises
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Sustainable communities
- Task force to review local government commissioning & procurement
- Tougher rules for demolition
- August Edition
- £180 billion ten-year investment plan for the transport system
- Access to buildings for the disabled
- Annex 1
- Annex 2
- Cases
- Close working between businesses & councils
- Director General appointed for the Regional Co-operation Unit
- Disabled people to get full access to buses
- Government adviser on sustainable development
- Improving Urban Design Skills
- Local Authority performance on planning applications
- National Land Information Service
- New Code of Conduct for Councillors
- New environmental risk assessment guidelines
- New rules for planning appeals
- Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/1551)
- Planning Conference
- Planning Inspectorate's performance
- Poor waste sites
- Public Works Loan Board
- Reduction of ill health retirements
- Representation of the People Act 2000
- Strengthening the role of the Regional Development Agencies
- Tackling food deserts
- Use of brownfield sites for new housing
- Working Time Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/3372)
- July Edition
- Adverse possession - Land Registry notice
- Better support services
- Boost to the rural economy
- Cases
- Community strategies
- Control of Japanese knotweed
- Councils to spearhead rural regeneration
- Countryside Focus
- Development in the South East
- E-commerce planning service
- Electronic conveyancing
- Green Flag Parks Award Scheme
- Hedgerows of England
- Heritage Open Days
- Improving controls in conservation areas
- Light Pollution
- Local communities will help manage areas of outstanding natural beauty
- Mediation used to speed up planning
- National land use database
- New advisory group to advise on building control
- New guidance to improve safety for children in parks
- Occupational Stress
- Preparing community strategies
- The waste mountain
- Views of disabled people on buildings for the future
- May Edition
- A budget for transport & the environment
- A local government finance system for the future
- Annex 1 : Draft code of practice on disciplinary & grievance procedures
- Cases
- Finance Bill 2000 - stamp duty
- HMLR annual review of property prices
- New appointments to quangos
- New blue parking badges for disabled people
- New water rights
- Promotion of sustainable development
- Proposed changes to East Anglia & South East Regional Planning Guidance
- Regional Competitiveness Indicators
- Tougher targets for the planning inspectorate
- Trade Union & Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
- Wellingborough - the UK's first cyber-council
- November Edition