The government is unlikely to meet by 2020 its target to release sufficient public sector land to build 160,000 homes.
The UK can end its contribution to global warming within 30 years by setting an ambitious new target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
A lack of women candidates in local elections is leaving councils ‘behind the times’ as only 34 per cent of the people running today are women.
Councils have been urged to remember pavement potholes when repairing their roads to enable the most vulnerable to feel safer using their streets.
Investment-based crowdfunding can provide local authorities with a competitively-priced source of capital and increased levels of civic engagement.
A national campaign has been launched to encourage those who are eligible to vote in the upcoming EU elections to register.
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy is arguing for a rural strategy to help realise the potential of rural economies.
The government needs to take urgent action to help close the privilege gap as ‘inequality is now entrenched in Britain from birth to work’.
The Electoral Reform Society has warned that the government’s mandatory voter ID plans could ‘undermine the right to vote’.
A digital health hub piloted in Nailsea has proved to be such a success that the NHS is scaling it up across England.
A BBC investigation has found that new-builds constructed by Persimmon Homes and Bellway Homes have potentially dangerous fire safety issues.
A new report has warned that constricted funding and increasing demand have left children’s services in England at breaking point.