Bristol City Council has achieved its previous target of a 50 per cent reduction in carbon emissions three years ahead of schedule.

Local authorities are increasingly turning to commercialisation to drive forward their communities and look beyond current austerity measures.

New research has revealed that property developers are avoiding building thousands of affordable homes each year due to a legal loophole.
Freedom of Information requests, collated by housing charity Shelter, show that a ‘viability assessment’ means that developers have avoided building 79 per cent of social homes they had initially committed to.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed that a new draft Tenant Fees Bill will be introduced to Parliament to ban letting fees.
With evidence showing that the level of fees charged are often not clearly or consistently explained, the bill will set out the government’s approach to banning letting fees for tenants, helping millions of renters by bringing an end to costly upfront payments.

Hertfordshire County Council has unveiled its Local Transport Plan which promotes the use of walking, cycling and public transport.
The plan, which is out for public consultation until 23 January 2018, paves the way for less-reliant use of cars in the county. Due to an expected increase in the number of people living in Hertfordshire, 175,000 more by 2031, the council warns that a journey that currently takes an hour could take 15 minutes longer.

William Hague has warned that holding another Brexit referendum would be ‘divisive’ and encourage ‘hate-filled’ campaigns.

The Industrial Strategy Commission has urged the government to commit to a universal basic infrastructure and tackle Britain’s regional imbalances.

Britain’s seven regional and city-wide Mayors are to urge the government to significantly increase the pace and scale of city-region devolution.

The NALC and the Alzheimer’s Society have signed a strategic plan to encourage local communities in fighting dementia.