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MP urges council action on energy efficiency

By Nick Appleyard | 23 May 2012

Government advisers have warned top-down action is needed to ensure local authorities engage in e...

London launches 'healthy travel' reward scheme

By Nick Appleyard | 08 May 2012

The country's first incentive scheme aimed at encouraging Londoners to walk and cycle started today.

TfL wins key taxi ruling

By Nick Appleyard | 26 April 2012

Transport for London (TfL) has won a legal battle against taxi firm, Addison Lee, preventing its ...

New DfT advice on reducing road costs

By Nick Appleyard | 10 April 2012

The DfT today issued new guidance designed to help local highway authorities reduce the multimill...

Nottingham implements workplace parking levy

By Nick Appleyard | 02 April 2012

The nation's first workplace parking levy went live in Nottingham yesterday as part of efforts to...

Budget 2012:Osborne vows to prioritise road building

By Nick Appleyard | 21 March 2012

Chancellor George Osborne vowed to prioritise new road building during his Budget speech in the C...

The council role in climate change

By Nick Appleyard | 23 February 2012

Councils have a crucial role to play in helping their areas adapt to climate change reports Nick ...

Treasury holds fuel duty back from local transport project

By Nick Appleyard | 08 February 2012

Ministers look set to ignore calls to use fuel duty revenue on local transport improvements.

MPs lambast Treasury over green taxes

By Nick Appleyard | 06 February 2012

The Government's green watchdog has accused the Treasury of failing to address its concerns over ...

Pickles' £250m bin fund launched

By Nick Appleyard | 03 February 2012

Communities secretary Eric Pickle's £250m fund to entice councils back to weekly bin collections ...