National Heat Risk Commission will help councils tackle temperature threats
Announced this week, the new body will investigate and work on solutions to soaring thermometers
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Defra opens consultation on Packaging Waste Recycling Note system reforms
Many analysts believe the framework — which was introduced in 1997 — is in need
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We need to talk about groundwater drought (and rehydrating the planet)
Hiding beneath our feet, the world’s subterranean H2O stores are rapidly running dry. The result
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Council moves forward with major 4,000-home development plan
Rushcliffe Borough Council has taken a step forward in its plans for a major housing
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Deception in housing claim can mean intentional homelessness
A mother who obtained a council house by deception can be classed as ‘intentionally homeless’,
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Government unveils seven new towns in major housing push
Labour has named seven locations for proposed new towns, part of its most ambitious housebuilding
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Councils call for clearer EV charging rules as accessibility lags
Local authorities are urging central government for clearer guidance and faster action to ensure the
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How farm fields are fooling air quality forecasts
Air quality forecasts used by regulators might be failing to account for an important piece
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Large firms to face new ethnicity and disability pay gap rules
The government has confirmed plans to introduce mandatory pay gap reporting for ethnicity and disability,
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Mass electronic tagging to track offenders in England and Wales
Tens of thousands of criminals will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing
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Consultation opens on change to corporate re-domicilation rules
Proposed reforms aim to make it simpler and less expensive for overseas companies to move
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Disabled Norwich man left homeless after council mishandling
A Norwich man with disabilities endured nights on a concrete floor after the council mishandled
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MPs grill leading figures at Google, Meta, TikTok and X
Inquiry into misinformation and harmful algorithms asks gruelling questions of senior figures in social media
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Battery-manufacturing apprenticeships in Somerset
Skills England partners with Agratas in Bridgwater to develop needed skills for new gigafactory and the wider
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£51m for ultra-cold quantum in the north west
Government invests in new National Cryogenic Facility (NCF) at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory to support next-generation
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From systems to people: how Bromley is transforming social care
Digital change in adult social care is urgent. In Bromley, a partnership with the Social
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Mental Health Bill shake-up: what it means for learning disability services
To give people with learning disabilities and autism more independence, Louise Wilson of Hill Dickinson
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How to mitigate water shortages and floods with one method
Decision-makers must square two connected problems: intense storm runoff and increasing scarcity of drinkable and
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