A trial is underway in Conwy, north Wales, in which bins will only be emptied once a month in a bid to boost levels of recycling.
In an attempt to cut the council’s £1.75 million annual bill for disposing of unnecessary waste in landfill sites, black bin collections will only be collection to once in every four weeks. The council found that more than half the items placed in black bins in the county should have been recycled.

The Liberal Democrats are prepared to raise taxes to fund an NHS ‘that meets the needs of everyone’, the party's annual conference will hear.

Millions of pounds in unpaid business rates are being written off by councils due to a loophole in licensing and business laws being exploited.
The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for new powers to allow town halls to suspend the licences of businesses which wilfully or persistently fail to pay their business rates, with licences only then being reinstated when the debt has started to be paid off.

Smoking rates in England have fallen to the lowest on record, with the availability of e-cigarettes a likely reason for the drop.

Belfast City Council has unveiled plans to transform three of its leisure centre with a £60 million cash injection.

The control of education services in Slough is set to be returned to the powers of the council, after the Department for Education ordered that the children centres be run by Cambridge Education.

Prime Minister Theresa May is set to criticise the West’s response to the migration crisis, at the UK summit in New York, calling for a new approach to tackling the crisis.

Local authorities have commissioned surveys to examine waste and identify those who fail to separate rubbish and recycling.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has has called on the government to legally compel food manufacturers to include ‘traffic light’ nutrition labels on packages.

The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has launched an inquiry into corporate governance, with a specific focus on executive pay, worker representation in the boardroom and the lack of women in senior positions.
BP, WPP and Smith and Nephew have been among the big companies where investors have revolted against boardroom pay.
The news comes after BP chief executive Bob Dudley received a pay rise worth £14 million, despite shareholders voting against the increase.