The Department for Transport has announced £3.4 million for trials for wireless charging of electric taxis in Nottingham.
Wireless charging at taxi ranks could provide an alternative to plugs and chargepoints, meaning multiple taxis can recharge at once, supporting drivers to charge up more easily. It would also reduce clutter on our streets. The new technology could also be rolled out more broadly for public use, helping everyday drivers of electric vehicles charge more easily on the go.

Over 141,000 premises across West Yorkshire can now enjoy faster, fibre broadband.

City of York Council has awarded over £1.6 million to five bus companies to make their vehicles more environmentally-friendly.

The Adam Smith Institute has argued that the high street needs to be made fit for purpose in the next decade.

Proposals have been announced for a project that could improve a number of health areas in Liverpool through better use of data.

Almost one in four private renters have felt physically ill or sick because of housing problems or worries in the last year, according to Shelter.
The new study, carried out by YouGov for the homelessness charity, shows the dramatic impact that housing worries like affording the rent, poor conditions and the threat of eviction are having on people’s physical and mental health.  

Oxford City Council-owned ODS has contributed over £37 million to the economy of Oxford and Oxfordshire in its first year.

A state-of-the-art energy centre that will boost Newcastle’s efforts to tackle climate change has officially opened.

A LGA survey has revealed that business rates avoidance is costing local services an estimated £250 million a year.

The New Local Government Network has identified Cornwall and other rural areas as the UK’s ‘Land of Opportunity’.