New figures show that levels of rough sleeping in the UK have risen by 20 per cent in just 12 months and doubled in the last five years.
The charity Crisis suggests 12,300 people are currently sleeping rough on the streets, while a further 12,000 will spend the night in tents, cars, sheds, bins or night buses during the festive period.

All government funded home chargepoints for electric vehicles must use innovative ‘smart’ technology from July 2019.

Research argues that only one in five local areas in the UK report having enough older people’s care to meet growing demand.

UKATA has encouraged all public sector employees to be asbestos-aware in order to better manage the ‘ticking time-bomb’ problem.

Local government spending power will rise to £46.4 billion next year, James Brokenshire has announced.

Birmingham City Council has published how its Clean Air Zone will work, which is due to be implemented from January 2020.
The zone will cover all roads within the A4540 Middleway ring road, and non-compliant vehicles entering the Clean Air Zone will be charged at £8 per day for private cars, taxis (both Hackney carriages and private hire) and vans, while HGVs, coaches and buses will be charged £50 per day.

New survey suggests that ongoing uncertainty and gloom about Brexit are set to hit the UK housing market well into next year.