The Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities has urged for a radical change in how the countryside is looked after.

Aberdeen City Council has taken delivery of the world’s first hydrogen road sweeper to join one of the largest hydrogen fleets in Europe.
The converted DAF truck, provided by ULEMCo, will help the council make emission savings of approximately 30 per cent through its ability to run on both diesel and hydrogen fuel. The council has said that the hybrid vehicle will use hydrogen for around a third of its use.

The LGA has expressed concern over an initiative for children leaving care only having enough funding to support one in five young people.

Homelessness Minister Heather Wheeler has announced that councils are set to receive a share of £215 million to prevent homelessness.
The funding, which will be made available in 2019, includes a £15 million fund for London councils to support their work together to prevent and reduce homelessness and is the latest funding from the third round from the government’s Flexible Homelessness Support Grant programme.

Greater Manchester has set out their priorities for building community safety across Greater Manchester.

Sir James Bevan has opened debate on whether communities at the highest risk of flooding should be abandoned and their residents permanently relocated.

Sajid Javid has announced that Greater Manchester, the West of England and Oxfordshire will receive shares of nearly £300 million for new homes.

A planned merger between Somerset’s West Somerset and Taunton Deane Borough councils has been approved despite growing criticism.

The CIH has revealed that government investment in building new homes has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared.

Marie Curie has reported that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives.