Barnet Council will install LED lanterns in all its streetlights in order to save £750,000 per year and improve the borough’s carbon footprint.

An educational energy programme trialled by schools across Bath & North East Somerset is being rolled out nationally.

RIBA has named Goldsmith Street in Norwich as the winner of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize, awarded to the UK’s best new building.

More than 2.6 million employees aged 45 and over expect that they will have to leave their jobs in order to care for a relative or partner.

Those workers living in seaside areas are likely to earn on average £1,600 less per year than those living inland.

The Home Office has confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales, amid the 20,000 increase drive.
The government is providing £750 million to support forces to recruit up to 6,000 additional officers onto our streets by the end of 2020-21, the first stage in Boris Johnson’s plans to drive numbers back to the numbers they were at before 2010.
The recruitment targets announcement follows the establishment of a £25 million Safer Streets Fund.

As part of National Libraries Week, Leeds City Council has announced that it is abolishing all fines and ID requirements at its libraries.
As such, all members returning overdue books will benefit from a ‘fines amnesty’, with historic fines written off, meaning that local residents will have better access to library services and enjoy everything from free resources to inspiring activities. From 17 October, fines and ID requests for new members will end.
A fine-free policy has succeeded in public libraries around the world, from Chicago to Blackpool.

New research has shown that millions of people are struggling to pay council tax and other essential bills.