Manchester an early adopter of Hackitt’s Review

21 January 2020
Manchester an early adopter of Hackitt’s Review
Manchester City Council is one of the first local authority ‘early adopters’ of the Hackitt Review’s recommendations for building safety.

Funding for on-street chargepoints doubled

21 January 2020
Funding for on-street chargepoints doubled
Government funding will be doubled to £10 million for the installation of chargepoints on residential streets next year.

Charging Clean Air Zone in Bath approved

21 January 2020
Charging Clean Air Zone in Bath approved
Bath & North East Somerset Council has provided the final green light for a charging Clean Air Zone for central Bath.

New housing design is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’

21 January 2020
New housing design is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’
The design of new housing developments in England is overwhelmingly ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’, with less-affluent communities the worst affected.

Clean energy only for Welsh homes from 2025

20 January 2020
Clean energy only for Welsh homes from 2025
Proposals for all new homes in Wales ro be heated and powered only from clean energy sources from 2025 have been outlined.