To meet increasing demands, Bristol Waste Company, the council-owned waste business, has launched a commercial waste and recycling service.
Offering businesses across the city a ‘bespoke’ waste management service, the newly formed Bristol Waste Commercial will provide general waste and recycling collection, shredding, commercial skips and clinical waste, as well as source-segregated recycling in order to provide a ‘more effective’ recycling service.

According to new figures by hoping charity Shelter, half a million low earners have had to borrow money to pay their rent during the past year.
Reported on in the Guardian, the data shows that a large number of private renters were having to resort to ‘desperate or dangerous debts’ to keep a roof over their head, borrowing money via credit cards, overdrafts and other sources.

The Green Party has pledged new laws to protect Britain's nature, wildlife and countryside in the wake of Brexit.

Cheshire East Council has secured a landmark ruling in the Supreme Court to better protect residents from speculative housing developments that threaten the countryside.

New analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) has highlighted a £2 billion funding gap is expected to open by 2020 as pressures facing children’s services are rapidly becoming unsustainable.

Research by Localis has indicated that only a third of council members have a clear understanding of how an accountable care system (ACS) works, prompting concerns over the future integration between health and social care as part of an ACS.