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Amey environment and utilities businesses to 'go on sale'

By Chris Ames | 04 December 2019

Amey is putting its environment and waste and utilities businesses up for sale, according to repo...

Councils help Doncaster after sandbags plea

By Chris Ames | 14 November 2019

Councils clubbed together after desperate Doncaster MBC put out an urgent request for 20,000 sand...

Birmingham seeks £85m interim highways contractor

By Chris Ames | 22 August 2019

Birmingham City Council’s highways PFI vehicle has launched a search for a subcontractor to opera...

Cities slam Government over clean air hold-up

By Chris Ames | 19 June 2019

England’s two largest councils have blamed the government for ‘significant’ delays to their plans...

Councils lose legal bid to halt Heathrow expansion

By Chris Ames | 01 May 2019

The High Court has dismissed arguments against Heathrow expansion and found that the Government i...

Legal challenge to Heathrow expansion begins

By Chris Ames | 11 March 2019

A case involving a coalition of local authorities legally challenging the Government’s plans for ...

Mursell to leave Kier

By Chris Ames | 22 January 2019

Kier has announced that chief executive Haydn Mursell will leave the business ‘with immediate eff...

Grayling defends £13.8m deal involving ferry firm with no boats

By Chris Ames | 03 January 2019

Transport secretary Chris Grayling has defended a £13.8m ferry contract being given to a company ...

Budget 2018: Lifting of cap could lead to £15bn extra debt

By Chris Ames | 30 October 2018

The abolition of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing cap in this week’s Budget could enab...

Budget 2018: £420m for highways maintenance

By Chris Ames | 29 October 2018

The chancellor has announced an immediate £420m cash boost for local authority highway maintenanc...