George Osborne is set to announce this week that he is cutting the bureaucracy surrounding a £1bn green tax but has ruled out scrapping the levy, known as the carbon reduction commitment.
Households could be given cash back through their electricity bills if they reduce their consumption by installing green light bulbs and appliances, the Government said last night.
According to Einstein, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So why are we surprised when aspects of government activity, that for decades have failed to change the trajectories of peoples’ lives, still don’t work?
Localis’ Alex Thomson speaks to Planning Magazine at the IED Conference 2012 about the performance and future of Local Enterprise Partnerships.
Joined-up health and social care should become the norm in the next five years, the Department of Health and Department for Communities & Local Government have said.
Delayed plans to roll out high-speed broadband to more remote parts of the UK can finally begin after the EU gave approval for state aid for the project.
Millions of people will be able to extend their garages, offices and industrial buildings without asking for council permission, under government plans.
NHS patients will be given online access to their health records in the next three years under plans to be announced by the Government today.
Professors George Jones and John Stewart highlight Localis’ recent Catalyst Councils report as they consider how the responsibilities of local authorities for services can be expressed in new ways of working.
Local health and wellbeing boards will be able to decide for themselves which councillors to appoint as members, rather than having to reflect the political make-up of the council, the Department of Health has said.