The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has published new research that clearly demonstrates a drinks container deposit refund scheme (DRS, ... read more
Councils across England brought nearly 2,500 prosecutions for fly-tipping in 2009-10, an increase of more than twenty per cent on the previous ... read more
Local Government Minister Grant Shapps has outlined plans to give councils a new power to review and revoke outdated byelaws. This means that ... read more
New rural post offices set up in shops, community centres and mobile vans are in danger of closing because of a lack of support from Post Office ... read more
Powers to confirm local nature reserve byelaws will shortly be devolved from the Secretary of State for the Environment to English local authorities. ... read more
These Regulations revoke and replace the Building Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2531) (the 2000 Regulations), and consolidate all subsequent amendments ... read more
Section 76 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (the Act), as substituted by section 36 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29), ... read more
The first national assessment of how well prepared the UK is for climate change has been published by the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC). Speaking ... read more
Voters will be asked to register individually from 2014 in order to modernise the electoral registration system and tackle fraud, the Government ... read more