The LGA has warned that more than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built.

Three new projects will help to place the West Midlands as a global leader in the field of low-carbon energy, following government funding.
Nearly £3 million of government money is being given to projects in Coventry, Rugeley and Sandwell, attracting match funding and interest from global investors. The projects will intelligently link energy supply, storage and use, and design ways to power heating and transport that will dramatically improve efficiency and reduce costs to local residents.

Participants from around the capital will be wearing individual pollution monitors to track changing pollution in their environment.

A new campaign is looking to inspire residents, businesses and policy makers to work together to put nature at the heart of Greater Manchester.
Unveiled at the Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group Conference, the new partnership brings together the likes of the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Royal Horticultural Society, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, City of Trees, United Utilities, and Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

Grants, council tax relief and business rate relief have been announced for people and businesses in areas affected by flooding.

Priti Patel has launched a new points-based immigration system, in a bid to ‘move away’ from relying on ‘cheap labour’ from Europe.

New research has found that closing a loophole in the UK’s asylum policy could benefit the public purse by millions of pounds each year.
Carried out by the British Red Cross and the London School of Economics and Political Science, the research claims that extending the support provided to new refugees in the UK would not only benefit the economy by £7 million pounds each year, it would also far outweigh the costs of doing so by up to three times.

An opportunity of a lifetime is slipping through our fingers, unless public land is used to provide genuinely affordable homes.

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has warned that the Scottish Government’s Budget will hit vulnerable communities the hardest.
Councils have said they believe the budget will have a major impact on the government’s ability to address the four priorities of inclusive growth, tackling child poverty, wellbeing and climate change, and puts Scottish Government commitments at risk if no further funding is found as part of the Budget Scrutiny process.

A scheme is now available to Birmingham residents to install central heating for free into fuel poor and vulnerable homes.
Supported by Birmingham City Council, the Connected for Warmth scheme aims are to reduce bills, increase comfort in non-gas households, and improve health outcomes for residents.
It is estimated that across Birmingham, more than 8,000 homes are without central heating and are unable to heat their home to the temperature needed to stay healthy and warm.