Housing Minister Grant Shapps has said new allocations guidance published today for consultation will release councils and housing associations from the shackles of the current tick-box approach for allocating social homes.
Plans to radically transform the lives of the country's most troubled families have been announced by the Prime Minister David Cameron and Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
Ministers are tackling the misery caused by lorry drivers following satnavs down narrow and inappropriate roads as part of a package of new traffic signs rules.
Campaigners exploiting planning rules by claiming beach huts and car parks are village greens to halt developments are costing taxpayers millions of pounds, council leaders have warned.
The time has come to “tackle causes rather than consequences” says Westminster City Council, as it helps to launch The Big Green Society – a fresh way of thinking about waste and litter.
