MPs have urged the government to be less prescriptive in its approach to tackling waste and improving recycling levels.

Empty shops are turning into vibrant community centres under new plans to take back control of vacant high streets.

A partnership approach involving the public, businesses, councils and government is needed to tackle harmful levels of air pollution.

The DfE has invited views from across the education system on applying some of the financial measures used in academies to local authority run schools.

A renaissance of historic county flags is well underway as the government publishes guidance to help councils celebrate their rich heritage.

Councils are warning that homes created using permitted development rights are a potential threat to people’s health and well-being.

The government’s plans to introduce a compulsory register for home-educated children risk failing children’s safety, warns LGA.

The government’s failure to back Greater Manchester’s clean air proposals with fair funding could put jobs and businesses at risk.

The beaches receiving international Blue Flag and Seaside Awards have been announced by the Keep Britain Tidy charity.

Universal Credit is draining cash and resources from already hard-pressed councils and their not-for-profit housing companies.

Keep Britain Tidy is calling on parents across the UK to make time to visit their local green space with their child.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are combining their efforts and launching a county-wide campaign to tackle fly–tipping.

New research has warned that working parents will have to find £828 on average for six weeks of holiday childcare per child this Summer.

Child poverty is becoming the norm in some parts of the UK, with more than half of children living trapped in poverty in some constituencies.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a new inquiry into progress on devolution in England.

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