New plans set out to slash red tape from 5G roll out

Street lights and bus shelters will host more mobile network equipment to boost mobile coverage as part of a new scheme to install more 4G and 5G kit.

Study finds access to public play spaces is unfair and unequal

A FOI survey carried out by the Association of Play Industries has revealed that some UK regions have almost five times the free-to-access play provision of others.

Attempts to move civil servants out of London have stalled

A new report by the Onward think tank has claimed that ministers’ efforts to relocate large numbers of civil servants out of London are going

Funding for social housing energy efficiency upgrades

Thousands of social housing tenants will have their energy bills cut and homes made warmer as the government improves energy efficiency.

Funding reduction could impact road maintenance

Councils have warned that they will have to scale back road maintenance as local authorities face a £500 million funding reduction.

Councils given access to a share of £54.1bn in funding

Councils will have access to a share of £54.1 billion in funding for the coming financial year, including more than £1 billion for social care.

New Code of Practice to level out parking charges

Motorists are set to benefit from a government crackdown on rogue parking firms which will see fines slashed and a clearer appeals system created.

Newcastle bids to become climate-neutral and smart city

Newcastle City Council has submitted a bid to the European Commission for the city to become one of its 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030.

Number of workers on universal credit up by 1.3 million

The TUC has warned that millions of low-income workers face a ‘perfect storm’ this April with Universal Credit falling behind the cost of living.

New greenfield housing remains designed around cars

Transport for New Homes has found that housing developments on former farmland are adding hundreds of thousands of extra car journeys to England’s roads.

NHS mental health access for children a ‘postcode lottery’

The Children’s Commissioner for England has claimed that children’s access to specialist NHS mental health services remains ‘a postcode lottery’.

Council spend on all culture halved across England

The Public Campaign for the Arts has found that local authority expenditure on all cultural services has halved across England since 2009-10.

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Event Diary

DISCOVER | DEVELOP | DISRUPT

UKREiiF has quickly become a must-attend in the industry calendar for Government departments and local authorities.

The organisers of the world’s largest dedicated hydrogen event, World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition have announced it’s return to Rotterdam in May 2024, with an expansion of a whole extra summit day. Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) are partnering with the Government of the Netherlands, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the City of Rotterdam, and the Port of Rotterdam to host an extended, larger scale Summit in 2024, to expand the event to meet the surging demand.