NEWS

Local elections offering disabled candidates grant scheme

£250,000 will help people with disabilities run for elected office in next year’s council elections.....read more

£12m bid to boost ultrafast broadband across North of Tyne

The North of Tyne Combined Authority is seeking £12 million from the government to increase ultrafast broadband rollout.....read more

MPs say more evidence needed for energy drink ban

MPs have claimed that quantitative evidence alone is not sufficient to warrant a statutory ban on energy drinks sales to children.....read more

Don’t ‘throw out the rule book’ amid budget pressures

Local authorities have been challenged not to ‘throw out the rule book’ when redesigning services in the face of budget and resource pressures.....read more

Cash injection needed to avoid ‘catastrophic collapse’

Council leaders have demanded that a forthcoming cut in funding of £1.3 billion is cancelled to stop an impending ‘catastrophic collapse’.....read more

FEATURES

Hitting the brakes on traffic-related air pollution

Professor Gillian Leng discusses the dangerous impact that air pollution is having on our nation’s health and the role that NICE is playing in the fight against it.....read more

This green and pleasant land

The British Association of Landscape Industries explains what the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan could mean for local areas.....read more

EVENTS

Learning Technologies 2019

13-14 February, ExCeL, London

For twenty years Learning Technologies has been Europe's leading conference for organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work. With over 650 conference delegates, 70 leading speakers and a wealth of collaborative and networking opportunities, it is the must attend conference for all learning and development professionals.....read more

SPONSORS

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