NEWS

Ambitious strategy to tackle air pollution

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched an ambitious, long-term strategy to tackle air pollution and reduce particulates across much of the country by 2030.....read more

£5m sought to balance books in East Sussex

Financially-struggling East Sussex County Council has revealed plans to make savings of £5.1 million to deliver a balanced budget in 2019-20.....read more

Quarter of carers report mental ill-health symptoms 

Almost 27 per cent of 'sandwich carers' show symptoms of mental ill-health while caring for both sick, disabled or older relatives and children, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS).....read more

Campaign launched to end outsourcing of public services

The GMB has launched a Go Public campaign to end drive to outsource public services as it warns that the government hasn’t learned its lesson one year on from the collapse of Carillion.....read more

Third of schools unable to cover their costs 

New research has revealed that nearly a third of local authority secondary schools in England are unable to cover their costs, with the number of schools with budgets in the red having almost quadrupled in four years.....read more

FEATURES

Exploring air pollution and health 

Clean air is expected to be a substantial part of the upcoming Environment Bill. Pauline Castres, air pollution policy officer at the British Lung Foundation, looks at the Toxic Air at the Door of the NHS report and the urgent need for action.....read more

The battle for planning approval success 

There are no short cuts to local authority planning approval, says Sam Dewar, director of planning experts DPA Planning, who believes that following best practice and close co-operation are the key to securing success in 2019.....read more

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