The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on proposals to transfer ‘flood risk management activities’ of watercourses to local groups.
London’s January air quality is within legal limits for the first time in 10 years, City Hall has said.
New steps have been announced to tackle the problem of waste crime are to be granted, and further action opened for consultation in a crack-down on illegal sites.
HM Revenue and Customs has opened Tax-Free Childcare to parents whose youngest child is under nine.
A blueprint for the future of mineral prospecting and waste management in Buckinghamshire will go to public consultation before being sent to Sajid Javid, it has been agreed.
Home First, a Somerset health and social care initiative, is freeing up hospital beds by giving people the care they need at home.
Almost £2 million worth of improvements for Broughton village will be discussed by Lancashire County Council’s cabinet soon.
An Economy Strategy to build on Edinburgh’s success to tackle inequality and poverty has been published by the City of Edinburgh Council.
New figures show that there were almost 43,000 hospital operations to remove teeth in teenagers and children last year alone - 170 a day.
Construction giant Carillion has declared insolvency, threatening thousands of jobs.
A plan to use HS2 as the spark to create thousands of jobs for the Leeds City Region has been launched.
Greater Manchester is one of four UK settings chosen to ‘pioneer’ new ways of enhancing the natural environment.