A FOI request has revealed that at least 954 fax machines remain in use across local councils, police forces, universities and fire services.

Leaders from the public and private sectors in Glasgow have made a joint call to lead Glasgow's race to carbon net zero by 2030.
Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, launched the Sustainable Glasgow partnership, alongside city chiefs from academia and civil society, to tackle the city's fight against climate change. With Glasgow declaring a climate emergency in May 2019, it is intended that Sustainable Glasgow will provide a focal point for achieving the city's ambitious target for carbon reduction.

Rough sleeping across Birmingham has reduced thanks to the support of community groups and council commissioned services.

Research has found that the 2011 Housing benefit reform was a false economy, and simply shifted burdens to local councils.

Plans for the design of the largest smart city-wide energy system in the UK have been unveiled by Peterborough City Council.
The two-year Peterborough Integrated Renewables Infrastructure project has been granted funding to begin the design of a local, smart energy system, and will combine a next generation heat network, electricity network and EV infrastructure under one holistic scheme.

Bright Blue has suggested an increase of fixed penalty notices to a minimum of £500 to individuals caught littering by local authorities.

Six of the 10 largest independent groups of providers of children’s residential and fostering placements had more debts and liabilities than tangible assets last year.
The Local Government Association is concerned this is placing the stability of placements for children in care at risk, particularly as the private children’s social care providers offering the most homes for children increasingly operate using a private equity model which relies on large debt to drive growth.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an extra £236 million to help get people off the streets.

Oxfordshire County Council has revealed plans to become a more dementia-friendly organisation.

The Ultra Low Emission Zone and the Mayor of London’s other air quality policies will save the NHS around £5 billion over next 30 years.