Housing experts have been brought together to form a new expert panel to advise on the delivery of the social housing white paper.

Fibre broadband cables could be fed through water pipes as part of the government’s plan to speed up the nationwide roll out of lightning-fast broadband.

Council leaders have suggested that fines for fly-tipping must be significantly increased to act as a suitable deterrent.
Proposed changes to fly-tipping fines have been outlined in a letter to the Sentencing Council, which has been co-signed by the Local Government Association alongside 158 local authorities and 10 professional bodies.

People who are ready to be discharged from hospital risk end up staying longer than needed if vital additional funding is not confirmed this month.
In a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Chancellor, the NHS Confederation, NHS Providers and other national organisations call for additional funding for discharge to assess to be confirmed this month, or people who are ready to be discharged from hospital risk having to stay longer than needed, causing treatment delays for other patients.

The government is launching a new £5 million research programme to step up the UK’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.

The LGA says that giving councils the powers to consider the public health impact of licensing decisions is vital to protect communities from harm.

Colliers has estimated that the total loss to local authorities from business rates relief for holiday lets is currently around £110 million a year.