The Local Government Association has responded to the Court of Appeal's verdict that the Government's proposed cuts to Feed-in Tariffs would be illegal, saying it has created ‘huge uncertainty’.
There was a 13.5 per cent reduction in the number of fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities last year, according to official statistics from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Most councils are managing well in the face of unprecedented reductions to their income, but services have been affected and a small number of councils may struggle to balance their books, an Audit Commission report has found.
Responding to the decision by the Icelandic Supreme Court to award councils priority creditor status for the deposits they had in Icelandic banks, Sir Merrick Cockell, chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), said:
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has confirmed that Julian Ashby, deputy chairman of the Tenant Services Authority, has been appointed chairman-designate to the Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency.
