Passengers on some of the country’s busiest rail routes are set to benefit from extra carriages to ease overcrowding and the former Waterloo International Station is to be reopened for commuter services, Transport Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has issued detailed guidance for developers wishing to apply for the £420m Get Britain Building programme today

Government plans to rush through cuts to solar tariff payments are illegal, the High Court ruled last night, following a legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and two solar firms - Solarcentury and HomeSun

The Government is undermining confidence in energy policy and hurting the UK solar industry by rushing through panicked changes to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) without adequate notice to consumers and installers alike, according to a new report by MPs on two influential select committees

A new report from NHS Health Scotland shows that there continues to be a gap between people’s perceptions of their lifestyle and how healthy they report they are. 

The local democracy think tank LGiU has responded to the Government’s announcement of the fourteen areas that will pioneer new Community Budgets.

Plans to revolutionise the way government works to improve people’s lives have moved a step closer with the announcement of a new Community Budget pilot for the tri-borough area of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) and Kensington and Chelsea (K&C).

Fourteen areas are to pioneer a public service revolution that will slash financial red tape and duplication so they respond to local need and save taxpayers' millions, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.

Homeless people die thirty years before the national average, says shocking new research from Sheffield University commissioned by Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people.

A default answer of 'yes' to development should be removed from the National Planning Policy Framework (NPFF) says the Communities and Local Government Committee in its review of the draft framework.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced a further £20 million to provide single people facing homelessness the help they need to get back on their feet and ensure that they don't have to spend time on the streets.

Lord Turner today announced that he is standing down as Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) from spring 2012 in order to focus on his role as Chair of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

The National Audit Office has commended the early progress being made by the Government in implementing its ICT Strategy but has identified areas where progress has not kept pace with the Government’s ambitions.

Tens of thousands of people across the country will get help during the cold weather following 163 successful proposals from councils for a share of £20 million of Government funding, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.