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  • Travel and Transport
    • £30 Million boost for low carbon transport
    • Plugging in to green transport - Scottish Consultation launched
    • Climate change fight 'needs air travel curb'
    • Airlines agree plans for CO2 reductions
    • Scrappage scheme marks sales milestone
    • Airlines set out plans to tackle CO2 emissions
    • Hoon and Miliband appoint Environment Agency to police aviation emissions trading scheme
    • Lib Dem airport expansion bill passes first stage
    • £1 million grants take cyclists further
    • Motor industry will meet green targets for EIB loans
    • Smart electric car to be trialled
    • London council looks to extend green parking policy
    • First of BTCC cars for bioethanol team received
    • Businesses offered zero-carbon logistics solutions
    • Honda 'could mass produce fuel cell cars within 10yrs'
    • International experts all charged up to make the cars of the future a reality today
  • Carbon Reduction
    • European Development Finance Institutions to establish joint climate change fund
    • 'Smooth transition' to low-carbon required
    • Carbon Reduction Scheme 'could be adapted'
    • Capital focuses on climate change
    • Controls on carbon emissions now operating
    • Government plans to tackle climate challenges
    • Cut carbon and create jobs, say MPs
    • MoD aims to become a green fighting machine
    • UK greenhouse gas emissions for 2009
    • Government encouraged by national emission statistics
    • CO2 predictions should be published by companies
    • First carbon budget report card published
    • Promise of clean coal captures imagination
    • Pursuit of clean coal tech as UK growth sector
    • Defra takes steps to tackle Air Pollution
    • Funding for design studies in clean coal competition
    • Climate change and human influence
    • Assessing English regional renewable potential
    • Commons committee questions climate university
    • New green strategy will overhaul Britain’s homes
    • Met Office pushes for new global temperature analyses
    • 'Challenging but achievable' climate change targets
    • Disseminate knowledge, Gurukkal urges scientists
    • Energy Minister welcomes appointment
    • Melting Arctic Could Cost $2.4 Trillion by 2050
    • Past High Temps Not Caused By CO2
    • UK- India civil nuclear cooperation welcome step
    • High-level panel to spur action on climate change
    • Further education needs to push low carbon economy
    • EU carbon market failing to deliver: MPs warn
    • National Trust to cut fossil fuel use
    • Lords issue warning over 'Climategate'
    • India Supports a Toothless IPCC
    • Suprise closure of low carbon building programme
    • New group to support public sector climate challenge
    • Copenhagen Accord is a Voluntary Commitment,
    • New Chairman for UK-Green Building Council
    • Milton Keynes Tariff aims at low carbon living
    • Higher education commits to reducing carbon emissions
    • Glaciergate should not disrupt climate battle
    • Government encouraged by national emission statistics
    • Final 2008 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Glaciers are melting but will last way beyond 2035
    • UK Government to continue offsetting its emissions
    • Don't rely on windmills - engineer for low carbon
    • 2050 emissions targets to limit long-term climate
    • UK cannot effect climate change alone
    • Global move to low carbon economies essential
    • Going for Growth- the low carbon economy
    • Suppliers have major role in cutting carbon
    • New evidence confirms land warming record
    • Emissions pledges do not match needs
    • Government to meet its carbon dioxide targets
    • IEA blueprint to achieve climate change goals
    • Temperature rise could spell disaster for British wildlife
    • Arctic icebergs melting faster
    • Tony Blair urges leadership action on climate change
    • G-77 chief negotiator walked out in anger
    • New funding to support a green economic recovery
    • Committee on Climate Change sets out options to meet the UK’s
    • A new 2020 Delivery Group to ensure Climate Change Delivery Plan
    • Options to meet the UK's aviation emissions target
    • The impacts of a global temperature rise now mapped
    • Ian Lucas Speech on Sustainable Travel in a Low Carbon Economy
    • First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica’s climate
    • Commonwealth reaches climate consensus
    • CRU climate data already ‘over 95 percent available
    • Firming-up the country's green credentials ahead of Copenhagen
    • Campaign brings climate change to your doorstep
    • Scottish Environment Minister welcomes CCC’s calls for a step change in the pace of emissions reduction to meet carbon budgets
    • Queen’s Speech - Energy Bill
    • New climate mitigation scenario highlights stark challenge ahead
    • UK needs step change to become premier location for low carbon revolution
    • Climate Change: Have We Lost the Battle?
    • Ambitious strategy launched to protect environment and tackle climate change
    • Vision for low carbon revolution set out
    • DECC signs up to 10:10 campaign
    • Industry leaders back drive to slash UK manufacturing emissions industrial revolution” with multi-million pound investment
    • Prime Minister hails EU Council “breakthrough” on climate change
    • Welsh Environment Minister welcomes CCC's call for a step change in the pace of emissions reduction to meet carbon budgets
    • Definitive study shows a green tax shift would allow government to
    • Climate map shows impacts if we fail to limit dangerous climate change
    • Climate Change: Is there a happy ending?
    • Energy efficiency scheme will save cash and carbon
    • Government embarks on study of global environmental migration
    • New guidelines for business to help measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
    • Ed Miliband calls on councils to join 10:10 campaign
    • Local carbon footprints released
    • Councils central to cutting carbon emissions
    • Stavros Dimas, European Commissioner for the Environment sets out global finance blueprint
    • Carbon Trust programme saves public sector £36m a year
    • Climate change: European Commission sets out global finance blueprint for ambitious action by developing nations
    • Progress made on emissions in Scotland
    • £1.75m business support for next generation of UK clean tech pioneers
    • Lord Hunt of Kings Heath urges emulation of the 'can do' spirit of West Midlands
    • Professor David MacKay appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to DECC
    • Climate Challenge Fund in Scotland - £3.5 million
    • New plan to help homes cut emissions starts today
    • European Commission welcomes data showing EU progress to Kyoto targets
    • Small businesses flick the switch on £6m of wasted energy
    • 100 not out as Carbon Trust Standard reaches a low carbon century
    • Green builders call for £10,000 home makeover loans
    • Environmental Audit Committee publish Greening Government Report
    • Energy security Analysis welcomed
    • Government action to tackle VAT fraud on carbon credits
    • Three Chinese firms 'more polluting than UK'
    • Europeans overwhelmingly consider the environmental impact of products they buy
    • Carbon trading vital to climate change success – PM Report
    • Local projects receive £600,000 in ‘big green challenge plus’
    • Carbon plan 'needs change in thinking'
    • SDC welcomes National Strategy for Climate and Energy
    • Commission proposes to improve transparency on investment projects into EU energy infrastructure
    • Proof will be in the delivery of Low Carbon Strategy
    • UK at the forefront of a low carbon economic revolution
    • Strategy For Low Carbon Businesses to Benefit British Jobs
    • Slashing red tape on green schemes would cut fuel bills for millions, say councils
    • Higher taxes for non-green homeowners
    • Sharing the burden of climate change
    • Green Britain Day launched
    • Low carbon solutions 'will lower gas prices'
    • Carbon footprint tool launched by Energy Savings Trust
    • Dimas Analyses the Path to a Successful Climate Conference in Copenhagen
    • Greenpeace calls for green changes from IT manufacturers
    • Energy efficiency 'can help tackle climate change'
    • Joan Ruddock Meets With Global Counterparts For Fifth Greenland Dialogue
    • Carbon Reduction Label Goes Down Under
    • Clean coal funding bill announced
    • Welsh Assembly Government reveals plans to cut carbon emissions in Wales
    • Green changes 'can create up to 70,000 jobs'
    • Make or break time for our climate - Road to Copenhagen - Key Points
    • Prime Minister launches Roadmap to Copenhagen Manifesto
    • Financing the EU-China Near Zero Emissions Coal Plant project
    • Scottish Climate Change Bill passed
    • Leading scientist tells MPs that climate change policies are 'dangerously optimistic'
    • EU – OPEC Energy Dialogue
    • Scottish Climate Change Minister, Stewart Stevenson, lodges amendment to Climate Change Bill
    • Climate change - act and adapt - EU Green Week
    • Osborne launches UK's first trading markets for Green companies
    • New Consultation details conditions for new UK coal power stations
    • UK Climate Projections find temperature to increase in the South West by 3.9 degrees by 2080
    • Extra support to cut public sector carbon footprint
    • Consultation launched on how to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions
    • Public Consultation launched on future EU ETS auctioning rules
    • UK must do more to help poor countries - MPs claim
    • Gearing up to tackle the climate change threat on World Environment Day
    • 'Massive' carbon emissions from meat industry
    • European Commission welcomes fall in 2007 greenhouse gas emissions for third consecutive year
    • EC – Norway Energy Dialogue
    • UK/Norway to study role of North Sea in CO2 storage
    • Delivering a greener government in Scotland
    • Scots to learn about green energy
    • EU-China Summit
    • EU ETS emissions fall 3 % in 2008
    • Economy 'not stopping adoption of green IT'
    • UK and China unite to tackle climate change through groundbreaking £10 million low carbon innovation agreement
    • Wales first in UK to set new national green standards for buildings
    • London low carbon zones receive funding
    • Energy companies short changing consumers and failing UK workers
    • Scotland ready for carbon capture
    • Sustainable Development in Government 2008 - Progress Report now published by the SDC
    • Government funds research into climate change and seas
    • China can achieve low carbon growth
    • Scotland ready for carbon capture
    • Scotland Plans for Tackling Climate Chagne
    • European Commission welcomes adoption of climate and energy package
    • Sustainable Development Commission responds to the Budget
    • Up to four clean tech plants to be built in UK
    • Government announces changes to rules governing UK carbon auctions
    • Investing in a Low Carbon Britain
    • UK sets world's first carbon budgets
    • Saving the economy and saving the planet
    • Greening existing homes - a herculean task says report
    • UK public backs the need for a 'Great British Refurb'
    • Government demands gold standard from its Carbon Offsets
    • A Sustainable New Deal
    • EU and US open new chapter
    • The Climate action and renewable energy package, Europe's climate change opportunity
    • CO2 could be stored in underground water
    • Ed Miliband: G20 Summit confirms central role of climate change in economic policy
    • Adapting to climate change: the European Union must prepare for the impacts to come
    • Calls for tangible progress towards global deal in next U.N. negotiations
    • Tourism industry looks to 'greener' future
    • DECC releases statistics on energy production and consumption
    • UK climate change sustainable development indicator: 2008 greenhouse gas emissions, provisional figures
    • European Commission welcomes agreement on ozone layer
    • Cities produce surprisingly low carbon emissions per capita - according to a new study
    • Sustainable Development Commission publishes latest government progress on Sustainable Development Tracker
    • Ed Miliband, Energy and Climate Change Secretary comments on Earth Hour
    • UN backs Earth Hour
    • Mike O'Brien, Minister for Energy, addresses the OPEC International Seminar in Vienna
    • European Electricity Companies commit to achieving carbon-neutral power supply by 2050
    • Ed Miliband comments on the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change
    • Key messages from Copenhagen - International Scientific Congress on Climate Change
    • Slashing energy use: Carbon reduction commitment to save businesses £1 billion by 2020
    • CCC says carbon floor price may need to be considered
    • Drought turns rainforests into carbon emitters
    • PM calls for a “green new deal”
    • Building low carbon Britain
    • Climate change could trigger mass migration
    • CII launches Climate Change report
    • New Scottish buildings will soon be among the most carbon efficient in Europe.
    • Government Departments could get carbon budget
    • Avoiding dangerous climate change - a new research programme launched by Government
    • Building confidence in the low carbon economy
    • EU Emissions Trading System: Volume of carbon allowances for the second UK auction and timetable for future auctions
    • Tropical trees 'trap one fifth of annual CO2 emissions'
    • Reducing CO2 emissions through technological innovation
    • National Grid to pipe carbon emissions
    • EU carbon capture plan draws criticism
    • 400 cities commit to go beyond the 20% EU's energy objectives through the Commission's led Covenant of Mayors
    • Climate Change 2050 - the future begins today: MEPs adopt key Report
    • Climate change would destabilise economies, cause unrest
    • Campaign to boost economy by £1 billion through climate change action
    • Household emissions down 4.6%
    • UK climate change sustainable development indicator: 2007 greenhouse gas emissions, final figures
    • Date for next emissions trading system auction announced
    • Computing industry emissions 'rival aviation'
    • 'Zero carbon' being re-evaluated
    • Cameron launched plans to create a low carbon economy
    • Organisations 'key to stopping climate change'
    • Low carbon sector 'could create 1 million jobs'
    • A new industrial revolution in the West Midlands, affirms Austin
    • Poverty and climate change 'should be tackled together'
    • Social enterprise launched to fight Dartmoor climate change
    • Time is running out to get green grants
    • London firms praised for green efforts
    • Government starting to get to grips with sustainablility targets - but carbon emissions still not on track
    • New proposals to make the 2016 zero carbon homes target a reality
    • Historic EU climate deal delivers vital ccs funding
    • Action on forestry emissions at Poznan
    • Climate scientists' warning on air quality
    • UK first to auction carbon
    • Consultation on carbon units, the net UK carbon account and carbon accounting
    • First of BTCC cars for bioethanol team received
    • Businesses offered zero-carbon logistics solutions
    • What's the carbon footprint of your product?
    • UK leads world with commitment to cut emissions by 80% by 2050
  • Energy Efficiency
    • Green Britain: Families Suffer As Energy Inflation, Fuel Poverty Rises Fast
    • Liberal Democrats and Conservatives promise bolder green electricity payment scheme
    • Cities take the lead to tackle climate change
    • Homeowners look to improve energy efficiency
    • Green building standards unveiled in Scotland
    • Homes Go Greener
    • New gas power station & National gas strategy
    • Insulation made easy by Britain's top businesses
    • Boiler scrappage scheme reaches target
    • UK retailers pledge to stop selling energy wasting TVs
    • UK offshore wind towers above the rest’
    • London is new Low Carbon Economic Area
    • Countdown to start of CRC regualtions
    • Government and Ofgen need to push Smart Grid
    • Better deal for smaller energy suppliers
    • Government may ban sale of 'obsolete' buildings
    • CIOs should drive sustainability agenda
    • Scotland's £15 million Home Insulation Scheme
    • Aldersgate Group calls for ‘Beyond Carbon’ strategy
    • Will high street lights be dimmed?
    • Cash rewards for low carbon electricity and heating
    • Challenge on energy-efficient lighting
    • Engineers respond to gas shortages
    • Boiler scrappage to benefit jobs, climate and bills
    • CBI to push for greater energy efficiency
    • Worries flagged over home energy efficiency efforts
    • Home energy efficiency scheme in Lancashire
    • New homes must be greener to save money
    • Government to seek energy efficient solutions
    • 'More advice needed' on boiler scrappage schemes
    • Consumer Focus -A new energy infrastructure
    • Maximising the benefits of smart meters
    • All homes will have smart meters from their supplier by end of 2020
    • £22 Million for High-Tech Materials for a Low Carbon Future
    • Straw may be 'key' to energy efficient homes
    • Energy saving initiatives at London Fire brigadB
    • Energy Savings at The National Theatre
    • Home insulation scheme gets underway in Scotland
    • EU and US join forces to boost energy cooperation
    • Over £6.4 billion could be saved by businesses every year
    • Public sector sets energy saving example
    • Minister marks help for two million warm front customers
    • Lights out for traditional bulbs
    • A bright idea - lightbulbs go green
    • Energy Savings Trust urges ban on energy inefficient property
    • Employers urged to set up 'green initiatives' for workers
    • Ofgem's £6.5 billion investment proposals to cut carbon from regional electricty networks
    • More energy efficient homes in Scotland
    • Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2009 now published
    • Clark calls for energy ratings of public buildings to be published
    • Commission adopts four ecodesign regulations - saving the equivalent power consumption of Austria and Sweden
    • £3.5 billion on energy efficiency and 'whole house' green makeovers for british homes
    • £100 Million Green Deal to slash SMEs energy bills
    • Energy customers overcharged more than £1.6 billion
    • Energy Star: Commission and the US reinforce the energy efficiency standards for office equipment
    • MPs back councils on cutting fuel poverty
    • Energy efficiency advice 'should be given by utility firms'
    • Britons 'afraid to make home improvements'
    • Energy efficiency plans 'need more funding'
    • Clark calls for quicker roll-out of smart meters
    • Energy bills 'too confusing'
    • UK Smart Meter roll out moves forward
    • British Gas cuts electricity prices
    • Heating scheme to help families in Scotland
    • Meeting carbon targets 'requires energy efficiency'
    • Bill to make energy bills clearer introduced
    • Energy efficiency features in first "carbon budget"
    • Better service and bigger grants will help thousands of people save money and keep warm
    • Ecodesign: Commission adopts rules to reduce electricity consumption of external power supplies
    • Ofgem calls for changes to direct debit payments
    • Energy efficiency key to economic recovery and climate change
    • Hospital to cut energy bills and carbon emissions
    • EU support new rules to improve energy efficiency
    • EU Member States support rules to reduce the energy use of circulators
    • Ed Miliband response to Ofgem's direct debit report
    • Council uses plane to identify energy wastage in homes
    • MPs consider energy efficiency proposals to tackle fuel poverty
    • New natural gas services framework will supply significant savings
    • Welsh Assembly tackles fuel poverty
    • European Commission adopts two regulations to progressively remove from the market non-efficient light bulbs
    • EU votes in energy efficiency for electric motors
    • Insulation helps pensioner pay less on bills
    • Be part of the great British refurb - to cut emissions and cut energy costs - Ed Miliband
    • Energy efficiency competition announced
    • Energy efficiency needed to combat climate change
    • How to stay out of the red, in the January blues
    • Appointments at Energy Regulator
    • TUC offers advice on eco-workplace
    • Army of Fuel Bill Advisors goes National during Energy Saving Week
    • Carbon Trust recognises organisations for action on cutting carbon
    • 50% of electricity must be renewable
  • Heat
    • Urgent action required to prevent fuel poverty escalation
    • UK 'missing out' on waste power station heat
    • Biomass heat scheme for Scottish businesses
    • Biomass Heat Scheme in Scotland
    • Help for fuel poor in Scotland
    • High energy bills see Brits cut back
    • Experts welcome public sector ground heat sourcing proposals
    • County Durham householders help in the 'big energy shift'
    • £12 million to help expand Biomass heating in England
    • A fairer deal for energy customers
    • Incentives for renewables applauded
    • Renewable heat generators to get incentives
    • London's Businesses See Combined Heat and Power as the Serious Route to a Low Carbon Future
    • A ground energy mechanism that uses 60 per cent less than an equivalent gas and electrical thermal system has won an environmental accolade.
  • Nuclear Energy
    • £200m for new low carbon technologies
    • The Government's sale of its British Energy holdings
    • Government Outlines Support for UK Civil Nuclear Sector
    • New nuclear power could supply every home in the UK
    • 6 new nuclear stations by 2030
    • First Report of EU Nuclear Safety Regulators Group
    • Prime Minister sets out blueprint for addressing global nuclear challenges
    • New independent nuclear regulator proposed
    • The EU establishes a common binding framework on nuclear safety
    • Chair of Nuclear Liabilities Fund announced
    • Appointments to the National Nuclear Laboratory
    • Successful sites auction brings major new player into new nuclear programme
    • Have your say on potential sites for new nuclear power stations
    • New nuclear funding watchdog ready to go
    • Buyer sought for UKAEA Limited
    • Stronger international guarantees of nuclear non-proliferation: European Commission moves forward
    • Appointment of non-executive directors to the board of the nuclear decommissioning authority
    • Nominations open for new nuclear site assessment
    • Government welcomes completion of British Energy sale
    • Next steps towards new nuclear power stations
    • Nuclear's role in EU's energy plans recognised
    • Sizewell nuclear power plant goes off line
    • New Nuclear Funding Watchdog appointed
    • NIA welcomes key supply chain report
  • Renewable Energy
    • Renewable manifesto launched
    • £5 million for marine energy infrastructure
    • Siemens £80million plans for offshore wind production
    • Environmental groups sue EC over biofuel documents
    • Clean, green marine energy to reduce emissions
    • ‘Clean, green marine energy to reduce emissions’
    • Lords debate on energy 9th March
    • New maps to reveal potential hydropower hotspots
    • Hydropower needs to be sensitively placed
    • Green lorry training proposal to cut carbon emissions
    • Wave and tidal plan needs Government investment
    • Testing the water for wave and tidal potential
    • Ofgem 'u-turn' on grid connections welcomed
    • New generators will have grid connections
    • New Player in UK Offshore Wind Market
    • Biofuels policy could leave 100 million more hungry
    • New energy proposals generate interest
    • More funding for off-shore wind technology
    • Tidal energy achieves 1000hrs milestone
    • British Airways Fuels Green Revolution
    • New Biofuels report shows Europe is driving hunger
    • UK and India boost solar energy research
    • Financial boost for hydrogen refuelling networks
    • New label launched for certified green electricity
    • New technology to delay peak oil crisis
    • Peak oil: a warning from Richard Branson
    • Emmissions trading system to rethink security
    • British wind energy rebirth in Wales
    • Six most promising marine power technologies selected
    • Algae not such a green spource of bio-fuel!
    • Scotland’s hydro potential even greater
    • Green electricity for 55,000 homes,
    • Two Scottish wind farm schemes approved
    • Feasibility of power links under the Irish Sea
    • Huge step forward for renewables industry
    • PM to announce £100bn offshore wind winners
    • More government funding for bio-mass heating
    • Joint venture for Shetland Wave power
    • New home solar panels unveiled
    • A working laboratory for energy technologies
    • UK signs up to Europe's first offshore wind grid
    • UN climate conference in Copenhagen opens
    • Tariffs should be scrapped for 'green goods'
    • £1.5 million for Biomass
    • 'Oyster' device connects to Grid
    • European energy hub
    • New measures to cut carbon emissions by overhauling the planning system.
    • Carbon Trust reveals new foundation designs to transform offshore wind industry
    • Green building organisations agree common language
    • New loans to eligible onshore wind farms
    • Bright future for renewable heat
    • European Investment Bank examining over £300 million to help connect offshore wind farms.
    • £18m Investment Boost For UK Clean Tech Sector
    • Hunt is on for deep heat
    • IPC names anticipated initial projects
    • New research could solve the wind and radar problem
    • £7.2 Million for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Demonstration Programme
    • Approval given for biomass and energy from waste fuelled power station in Tilbury Docks
    • Marine renewables potential in Scotland
    • Miliband takes action on queue to connect new power generation to the grid
    • Green light for Cheshire waste fuelled power station
    • Wind Farms approved in Scotland
    • Extra finance to start flowing for wind power
    • Clean energy scheme investments unveiled by HCA
    • High energy bills 'must not affect vulnerable'
    • Renewables action plan
    • Offshore wind has potential to meet more than a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs
    • European Commission publishes study on Renewables
    • Can Europe finance secure and clean energy in the future? - EU Energy Commissioner
    • G8 Energy Ministerial: Good investment climate will take the energy sector out of the crisis
    • Scottish European Green Energy Centre appoints new Executive Chair
    • Scotland takes Euro lead in renewable energy
    • European Commission calls for €4 billion worth of energy investments
    • London Array Go-Ahead
    • Biomass boiler to be set up in school
    • Scottish public sector power goes greener
    • Marine Renewables to expand underwater
    • New fund open to take Severn Estuary tidal concepts from the drawing board
    • Local ports meet with Government to discuss wind farm future
    • Offshore renewables financial boost kicks in
    • Government needs to secure jobs in the CHP sector
    • Plan to plug offshore wind into the grid a step closer
    • Calls for green sector boost
    • Tool to assess household wind power launched
    • Will a wind turbine work for you?
    • Report sets out 2020 vision of electricity grid
    • Marine energy potential
    • Perthshire powers ahead
    • First commercial scale marine power project advances
    • New offshore gas storage opportunities to open up
    • Energy firms to pay more for failing to source renewables
    • Investing in nuclear would 'take funds from clean renewable energy'
    • EU Sustainable Energy Week launches today
    • Green light for three new power stations to power 4 million homes
    • International renewables body established
    • Wind power 'most installed energy technology'
    • Half UK homes 'could be heated by waste'
    • EC investment in offshore wind 'wise'
    • Barrage on Severn renewable energy shortlist
    • Up to 7k more wind turbines possible
    • Waste power plant planned for Derbyshire
    • Scientists discover 'economical' biofuel production
    • Wind turbine redesign makes 'cheaper renewable energy'
    • Five projects make Severn tidal power shortlist
    • Wave farm planned for Scottish isle
    • Biomass heating 'cuts bills and emissions'
    • Europe's largest onshore wind farm could get bigger
    • School to cut fuel bills with sawdust
    • Osmosis used to generate electricity, purify water
    • Wood-based heating systems offer cost and carbon savings to businesses and the public sector
    • Scotland to get energy from food waste plant
    • Oil execs: renewable use to grow
    • Carbon Trust to slash costs of marine energy by 20%
    • North Wales coast will be renewables powerhouse
    • Planning Bill green light will now accelerate renewable energy
    • Britain signs new gulf green deal
    • Wind industry says massive investment plans held up by grid access blockages
    • UK is world leader in offshore wind
    • Carbon Trust calls for urgent debate on siting of offshore wind farms to help slash costs
  • Sustainable Technologies
    • Computing 'poses climate change risk', claims charity
    • World oil reserves at tipping point
    • Making the UK's energy systems fit for 2050
    • Coal can be king again with new technology
    • Communities should act on heating, water and waste
    • Energy generationand the environment
    • Fuel cell and hydrogen technologies receive boost
    • Energy security boost from major gas storage project
    • Peak oil warning; Must use less
    • Statement on Ofgem project discovery
    • Action needed now to ensure UK energy supplies
    • Britain’s businesses urged to tap into the green economy
    • Record expansion in offshore fuel exploration
    • CIBSE support RAE report on low carbon engineering
    • Green investment to build prosperity
    • Energy infrastructure planning to be faster
    • Engineers should lead on climate change
    • £50 million in overseas aid for climate change
    • Supporting Science and Engineering in Government – the Government Office for Science sets out the approach
    • From tackling climate change to economic recovery: Europe’s space leaders meet in London
    • Extra £20 million for clean energy tech
    • Scottish first minister opens new sustainable centre
    • Policy delays could hamper north-east eco technology development
    • Government acts to support innovation in the industrial biotechnology sector
    • The European Commission earmarks 15 million euros to promote sustainable energy investments in cities
    • Cohesion Policy backs "green economy" for growth and long-term jobs in Europe
    • 23 per cent would install solar panels if incentive right; a third of Britons use green electricity
    • European Commission authorises France to grant €46.5 million aid for "Solar Nano Crystal" R&D programme
    • £10 million competition for companies to make buildings greener
    • Green vision reports launched
    • Minister challenges IT industry to help fight climate change
    • UK needs 10 times more green tech investment
    • UPS Systems to provide EETC fuel cells
    • The Prime Minister has today announced a long-term strategic partnership between Qatar and the UK
  • Copenhagen Summit
    • Renewed push for global climate change deal
    • Ed Miliband responds to Copenhagen Accord deadline
    • UK endorses EU support for Copenhagen Accord
    • Last words on Copenhagen by UN conference
    • A missed opportunity: tiptoeing not leaping
    • Short on substance but essential beginning
    • US to insist on transparency on emissions
    • Procedure to continue negotiations agreed
    • Copenhagen: cure or curse- the debate continues
    • Unsolved issues stop negotiations in Copenhagen
    • Backwards step for deal to save world's forests
    • Still deadlock, many words few agreements
    • Norway and Mexico launch new climate-funding model
    • New study shows irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems
    • Impact of global warming seen from space
    • Japan’s climate targets are conditional
    • Scotland Maldives partnership on wind pwer
    • EU nations to commit 3 billion US dollars to climate fund
    • Mandate to talk climate change
    • Copenhagen Must Deliver Emissions Cuts to Keep Below 2 Degrees
    • Finance gap could 'wreck' climate
    • 10 FAQs on Copenhagen
    • Acid Oceans- warning to Copenhagen negotiators
    • Last 30 years of fossil fuels?
    • UK science community statement on climate science integrity
    • Critical issues of finance and governance addressed
    • Few climate refugees leave their country
    • US- Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment
    • Historic United Nations climate change conference kicks off in Copenhagen
    • Governments Set to Seal Ambitious Climate Change Deal in Copenhagen
    • Does climate concern cool off?
    • G-77 countries press EU and USA to deliver at Cop15
    • Countdown to Copenhagen
    • Global-average temperature data released
    • Copenhagen starts at home
    • Met Office to release global-average temperature data
• Communities and Local Government
  • Local Government
    • Shoesmith loses Hight Court battle
    • Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: Corporate Governance Inspection
    • Report on helping young people access education, jobs and training
    • Committee publishes report on helping over-indebted consumers
    • Funding to support delivery improvements by Local Planning Authorities
    • LGA response to report on top earners
    • £7 billion transfer to benefit students
    • First Combined Authority: Greater Manchester
    • Putting more information in the hands of local taxpayers
    • Good planning guidelines help investment
    • LGA responds to council tax announcement
    • Parliament gives unitary status to Exeter and Norwich
    • Budget 2010: Communities and Local Government
    • Lowest ever rise in council tax confirmed
    • Councils respond to landfill bans consultation
    • New ways for councils to tackle Blue Badge abuse
    • The challenge of social media for local government
    • £50m to help councils with economic recovery
    • Council websites not good enough for self service
    • Councils should be the new focus for local lobbying
    • Freer access to local data will provide benefits
    • Twitter et al help emergency response
    • Local people win more power in their community
    • LGA responds to reports of local government job losses
    • £620 million for better street lighting
    • Unprecedented second freeze in City Hall's tax take
    • Green light for some, amber and red for others
    • Make big cuts to post 16 education
    • Public will be intolerant of weak councils
    • Inspectors should estimate second year CAA savings
    • Corporate governance inspection for Doncaster
    • Councils respond to local government pay claim
    • Council tax cut proposed for Windsor residents!
    • Scottish education portfolio changes
    • Poor council web sites cost £11million
    • Councils' spend to be subject to more tranparent scrutiny
    • Councils at the forefront of economic recovery
    • John Denham – putting power at people’s fingertips
    • Town Hall chiefs to face public pay scrutiny
    • Greater Manchester granted city region status
    • LGA to challenge Icelandic investment rating
    • PBR2009- a fair outcome for Local Government
    • John Denham welcomes tough new test for public services
    • CAA results are all in Oneplace
    • 'Smarter government' - councils respond
    • Councils' equality framework rolls out across the public sector
    • Council funding to rise despite UK cuts
    • Bonfire of bureaucracy could save taxpayers £4.5 billion
    • The Role of ICT in transforming public services.
    • Councils will have new powers to engineer economic recovery locally,
    • Warning sounded on quangos’ accountability
    • The Public Services team from Partnerships UK formally joined Local Partnerships.
    • Local people lack control on how money is spent in their area
    • Britain risks grinding to a halt in the event of another severe winter
    • Business finds love for local councils
    • Councils build 'panic rooms' for abuse victims
    • LGA win on wellbeing power
    • Millions of homes still draughty and energy inefficient - councils respond to latest fuel poverty figures
    • From your health to house prices – your council can make a difference
    • UK Welcomes Icelandic Loan Agreement
    • Local Innovation Awards secures funding
    • Councils determined to crack down on fraud
    • Local government 'continuing to make efficiency savings'
    • Learning from local government
    • Socitm surveys IT managers over ‘blocking’ of social media by councils
    • LGA unveils new board chairs
    • New ranking system and updated assessment criteria announced for 'Better connected'
    • Local intervention is more effective - LGA responds to Audit Commission
    • 'When it comes to the crunch' - New report published by the Audit Commission
    • Recession causes sharp drop in council income
    • Councils submit hundreds of ideas to make life better
    • Councils concern at burden of CAA inspections
    • Town halls to make job creation fund work for local people
    • Denham – biggest single transfer of power in a generation
    • Councils already taking action for a low carbon future
    • Impact of recession on countryside must not be overlooked
    • Launch of a Strategic Alliance for partnership peer working
    • Councils gain new powers to increase prosperity
    • Leaders urged to maximise regulatory services on road to recovery
    • CAA gets a friendly face, and digital access to millions via Directgov
    • Councils deserve more credit for services - Cllr Margaret Eaton
    • Place Survey: England - Headline Results 2008 Published
    • Green Week Councils improving on asset management - LGA Response to Audit Commission
    • Audit Commission Report: Room for Improvement
    • Tackling health inequalities caused by smoking - IDeA
    • Denham Outlines Plan to Renew Local Democracy
    • Councils awarded £2.5 million to stub out smoking
    • Local Election Results
    • Almost 7,000 council jobs lost in last six months, new survey shows
    • IDeA appoint new local authority expert for the North West
    • Sadiq Khan publishes first-ever Local Spending Report
    • Call on councils to help more young people into work
    • Dame Denise Platt to lead development of Beacons successor
    • Hazel Blears unveils new initiative to deliver greater efficiencies in the public sector
    • First response from council leaders on budget
    • Town halls will continue to provide ever better value for money
    • Report finds that Local Strategic Partnerships have 'important lessons to learn from one another'
    • Changes to CAA will involve councillors more fully
    • Local Councillors need to be at the centre CAA
    • Innovative joint assessments of England's local areas get under way
    • New MD at the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government
    • Over three million people to benefit from historic council overhaul
    • Council tax rise lowest for fifteen years
    • Average household council tax rise the lowest ever
    • Council overhaul will improve quality of life for communities
    • Councils back local tourism during the downturn
    • Recession causes upsurge in demand for public services
    • Rubbish tax could add £30 to council tax bills
    • LGA urges the public sector to ditch jargon to help people during the recession
    • Plans for more young Mayors unveiled
    • Beckett cuts planned council rent increases in half
    • Beckett cuts planned council rent increases in half
    • Record number of councils achieve top four star rating in the last ever CPA
    • Healey: Help for Local Authorities with cash in Icelandic banks
    • Gongs for award winning councils
    • Councils must right the wrong of unequal pay
    • Major survey shows wide regional variations in Council Tax rises
    • Helping jobless must be council priority during downturn
    • Half of councils forced to cut jobs to help balance budgets
    • It's time to transfer power from the central state to local people
    • New appointment for Communities and Local Government Director General
    • Healey confirms every council guaranteed grant increase despite downturn
    • Councillor census shows demographics haven’t changed
    • New Council Economic Unions to boost local skills and jobs
    • LGA Chairman sets out key priorities for 2009
    • Impact of recession on people and businesses revealed by new survey
    • 35,000 additional apprentices to help beat downturn and take advantage of the upturn
    • Government welcomes audit report on Fire and Rescue Service
    • Making it easier to change your Council's leadership structure
    • Every Fire Service to get share of £78million to upgrade buildings
    • Consultation launched on primary authority guidance
    • Strengthening Local Efforts to Tackle Economic Challenges
    • Planning application process shake up to slash unnecessary red tape
    • Government welcomes the Killian Pretty Report
    • Blears - next steps in delivering Parish power
    • New goal to end rough sleeping
    • Healey - wellbeing power is forgotten tool in tough economic times
    • 1,500 flood-hit families to receive help with council tax bills
    • Over £100m to help councils unlock their housing market
    • New Climate Change Duty and Parliamentary Scrutiny to Strengthen Planning Bill
    • Changes to working neighbourhood funding announced
    • 1,500 flood-hit families to receive help with council tax bills
  • Sustainable Communities
    • New power for parish councils to boost affordable rural housing
    • £110m cost to taxpayers of landfill tax extension
    • New reports challenge broken Britain
    • £165m to support home adaptations for disabled
    • Councils' vital role in adult care
    • Powerful petitions with real teeth set to bite
    • Fuel poverty targets will be missed
    • Next steps for Post Office banking announced
    • Health inequalities still effect mining communities
    • Total Place to radically reform local services
    • Awards spotlight fire and rescue services
    • New guidance to tackle anti-social behaviour
    • Firms face £2m fine for silent calls
    • Public Libraries must be a birth right for all,
    • Practical help served up for struggling pubs
    • Tourism is an important element in local business
    • More grants to train the next generation of Planners
    • New business support leaflet for struggling market stalls
    • More winter help on way to poorest pensioners
    • Results of 'Rural Insights survey 2009'
    • Sports project helps tackle antisocial behaviour
    • Threat to rural life as more young quit the countryside
    • Right to Control: The winning councils
    • City of Culture: Final Line-up announced
    • Investment package for regional development
    • Denham targets £20bn in council cost-cutting
    • HCA welcomes £1m Rural Masterplanning Fund
    • The financial challenges of an ageing population
    • Local electorate can be inolved in spending plans
    • Teenage attitudes to violence and abuse challenged
    • Low Carbon Communities Challenge Launch
    • Protect householders who clear snow in bad weather
    • Becta plays crucial role in making schools zero carbon
    • New research points way to save capital billions
    • Armed Forces Community Welfare Pathway
    • Freedom to lead, trust to deliver
    • LGA Group launch 'Freedom to Lead' proposals
    • New report on British social attitudes now available
    • Drive to unlock young people's talent
    • Councils urged to embrace social networking
    • Renewed commitment on tackling inequalities
    • Firstlook - Sweet success for business start-up grants
    • More "Silver surfers" to be switched on
    • Pioneer communities sought for new neighbourhood agreements
    • New Local Innovation Awards Scheme Bright Ideas
    • Pick-up in UK financial services disappointing
    • Rural broadband expansion to share £1 billion
    • Appointment of new faith advisers
    • Community contracts to improve local services
    • Final Fourteen for UK’s first City of Culture
    • Major national initiative to tackle rural fuel poverty
    • New measures to increase the effectiveness of the Prevent Programme
    • Deciding to have a baby is an easier step for public sector workers
    • Great British Institution to Expand Financial Services Offer
    • progress in the drive against rough sleeping
    • BEBO 'Big Think' winners head to Downing Street
    • Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards announced
    • New research suggests public support for neighbourhood wide “green utilities”
    • Local councils have a critical role to play in national economic recovery
    • £20 million share of government cash for Scottish high streets
    • Government sets out next steps on fuel poverty
    • Statistical Press Release - Fuel poverty statistics 2009
    • Council urged to sign recycling agreement
    • Opportunity for low carbon communities to shape future policies
    • HCA unlocks 750 homes through Kickstarts first £10 million
    • Rural Advocate visits rural communities to view initiatives to combat fuel poverty
    • Ed Balls calls for more co-op schools
    • Strengthening local government to deliver better public services
    • Public sector regulation 'Vital to building a sustainable future' - SDC
    • New report shows universities’ ‘overwhelming support’ for Diplomas
    • £3 million empty shop revival fund for most deprived and hardest hit high streets
    • HCA Academy launches online course to place-making
    • New guidance to help local councils put community cohesion at the heart of their services
    • Government names successful projects to help young people unlock their talent
    • Government watchdog calls for urgent action to tackle rural fuel poverty
    • HCA sets out commitment to communities
    • Radical new project begins to cut red tape and improve local services
    • Denham announces successful projects to support communities in promoting race equality
    • Coastal communities to be given new powers to help local economies
    • New approach to training and development required to deliver places in future
    • The race is on to find UK's first 'City of Culture'
    • Long term Government commitment will turnaround achievements of young Black men
    • The Conservative Party announces new approach to international aid
    • £1 million partnership investment in mobile youth activities
    • Chair's Summary from the G8 Summit
    • First ever national statistics to measure school food take-up
    • Rural Action campaign launched by Conservatives
    • New poverty plan will help millions
    • Planning portal forges greater links with local authorities
    • Conservatives outline plans for a new generation of Maths and Science teachers
    • Cameron promises more local powers
    • Sweden at the helm
    • Scottish Parliament - 10 years on
    • Help for rural communities to deal with their money matters
    • Your child, Your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system
    • Valuable lessons
    • Building Britain’s Future growth, jobs and better public services
    • Prime Minister Gordon Brown appoints Will Day as Chair of Sustainable Development Commission
    • Universities set to go online for millions
    • Conservatives form new grouping in the European Parliament
    • European Election Results
    • British D-Day veterans to receive top French Honour
    • Further £30 million for Youth Centres in deprived communities
    • HCA Academy announces winners of Future Vision '09
    • Community clout crucial to combat downturn says Blears
    • Helping communities to go greener in Scotland
    • The ESRC announces a new national postgraduate training framework
    • Global Uncertainties Fellowships announced
    • Scarborough crowned Europe's most enterprising place
    • Industrial biotechnology report sets new vision for UK industry
    • New Approach for ESOL
    • £75 million pledge to help parents train for a brighter tomorrow
    • More universities to benefit as HEFCE funds £60m of new projects
    • Hilary Benn re-appoints three Commissioners for the Sustainable Development Commission
    • Care proceedings 'not the whole picture' says the LGA
    • Major Report on school accountability and Testing now Published
    • Health and well-being in old age: it's still money that counts
    • Scottish Minister comments on Scotland's poverty figures
    • Government response to household below average income figures
    • Long-term plans for growth in the South East unveiled
    • Falling EU economy set to stabilise as measures take effect
    • Expanding Horizons - 5th Anniversary of EU's 'Big Bang'
    • Sir Jim Rose presents findings of his review of the Primary Curriculum
    • Paying for the grey
    • HCA Academy debates the impact of the recession on cohesive communities
    • The age of irresponsibility is giving way to the age of austerity
    • Brown aims to get all young to help their communities
    • £250 million for most deprived communities
    • Extra funding to guarantee every young person a place for post-16 learning
    • Mcnulty: delivering extra support to get people back to work
    • Building Britain's Future - New industry, new jobs
    • Appointment of new members to Communities and Local Government Board
    • Joined up working benefits older people
    • A bigger role for communities in inspiring young people
    • Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission selects new IT system for future maintenance scheme
    • £50 million for Expansion as Diplomas reach 'tipping point'
    • Cohesion Minister Sadiq Khan visits Pakistan
    • Councils to develop new ways to keep their citizens better informed
    • Listening to views on race equality - Hazel Blears kicks off regional tour
    • Curriculum for Excellence launched in Scotland
    • Shadow Children's Minister, Maria Miller, calls for universal health visitor service
    • Primary School achievement and attainment tables published
    • New Commissioners announced for UK Commission for Employment and Skills
    • Osbourne: The G20 summit must not duck the hard issues
    • Key achievements ahead of the London Summit
    • Commission calls for radical approach to parental leave that gives mothers and fathers real choice
    • Recession must make us question 'Relentless pursuit of growth'
    • Schools Minister, Jim Knight responds to Ofqual reports on standards and qualifications
    • Working groups launched to take forward the Byron Review
    • Record number of adults gain vocational qualifications
    • Extra european money to help unemployed people back into work
    • Next wave of sea change funding rolls in for England's coastal towns
    • Defra announces body to help businesses and communities go green
    • Conservatives launch sports policy paper
    • Rural watchdog reacts to Government's Rural Housing statement
    • Government sets out plans to safeguard future of rural communities
    • England to have first-ever 'Inter Faith Week'
    • Improving safeguarding in independent schools
    • Government reports a surge in the numbers of well qualified young people
    • EU leaders confident and determined in face of economic crisis
    • Government launches learning revolution
    • Accelerated funding for colleges and universities in Scotland
    • Schools Minister welcomes narrowing gap at Key Stage 2
    • Denham pledges greater progression for apprentices
    • Labour market statistics for Scotland
    • McNulty: we will not give up on the unemployed
    • Empowering community leaders
    • Recycling 'more important than ever' - councils
    • Healey announces practical support for coalfield communities
    • Government Response and Commitment to delivering Laming Recommendations
    • Lord Laming urges Step Change in Leadership and Practice to improve child protection
    • 40 per cent fewer homeless young people in bed and breakfast
    • Blueprint for long-term East Midlands growth unveiled
    • Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlines public sector vision
    • Employers urged to get the best people for the best jobs
    • Next steps to new university challenge
    • Muslim women to be trained for public office
    • CABE urges shift to spur effective local climate response
    • 8 March 2009: International Women’s Day
    • Library users turn to online resources in greater numbers
    • European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion (2010)
    • Commission to work in partnership with Department of Work and Pensions to assess the impact of the recession
    • Sport England investing in sporting opportunities for rural communities
    • Government to secure future of Postal Service
    • Digital Britain discussion site goes live
    • Places of Change Programme head calls for end to cycle of social exclusion
    • Six more Projects maintain pace of Academy Programme
    • New Chair for South West Regional Development Agency
    • New Chair for Advantage West Midlands
    • Search is on for the most enterprising place in Britain
    • Government outlines new plans for achieving race equality in the UK
    • Cabinet backs public sector apprenticeships
    • We need smarter approach to funding research if UK is to stay ahead
    • Helping young people become tomorrow's leaders
    • The European Commission outlines policy priorities for 2010
    • New guidance launched to help colleges play their part in helping to prevent violent extremism
    • Over 100,000 people get back to work through Local Employment Partnerships
    • Young Muslims Advisory Group holds their first meeting with Hazel Blears and Ed Balls
    • New council assessment regime will address toughest local challenges
    • Together Government and business can keep Britain working
    • Inspection revolution: Watchdogs unveil blueprint for new scrutiny of local public services
    • Multilingualism brings communities closer together
    • Harman tells women MEPs families at root of G20 London summit
    • Government accepts Steer Recommendations
    • New bill to equip the country in meeting the education and skills needs of the economy
    • A direct line for older people to shape Government policy
    • Sustainable development commission becomes executive non-departmental public body
    • Digital Britain: The Interim Report
    • Ending child poverty: giving every child the best start in life - Cooper, Purnell, Balls
    • Supporting the economy a key priority for universities
    • New Trust Schools forge powerful allegiances
    • Morgan: Action to ensure children's education & welfare
    • Council tax to rise 3.5% first indications show
    • Statement on financial intervention to support lending in the economy
    • Denham welcomes new jobs report
    • Blears - supporting communities to support individuals
    • New Opportunities White Paper - fair chances for the future
    • Guaranteed extra help for people unemployed for six months
    • Beverley Hughes, Regional Minister for the North West talks of building a prosperous region
    • Best practices sought to tackle child poverty
    • More handy help at home for older people
    • Rural Watchdog welcomes Post Office Card Account announcement
    • Children get creative with 2012 legacy
    • Public consultation opens on toughest ever green standards for eco-towns
    • New one-stop shop for cohesion launched
  • Built Environment
    • March house prices down 0.6 per cent since February
    • New measures to speed up planning decisions
    • Consultation on electronic transfers launched
    • Land Registry plans to keep more offices open
    • £80 million support for UK civil nuclear supply chain
    • Low Carbon Construction Team report welcomed
    • Action plans to be drawn up to tackle noise
    • New publications celebrate historic schools
    • Simplifying planning policy in Scotland
    • Councils have powers to stop "Garden grabbing"
    • Commitment needed to vital infrastructure investment
    • CLG Code for Sustainable Homes Consultation
    • Licence-free music in bars and pubs?
    • Funding for Eco Schools in Scotland
    • Peter Mandelson Launches Low Carbon Construction
    • Quality streets’ plan for quality spaces and places
    • Planning Portal Launches Visual Guides for Three Common Home Improvement Projects
    • Government Names its First Chief Construction Adviser
    • Newcastle is Britain’s most sustainable city
    • The Warm Homes Campaign to raise awareness of fuel poverty and to highlight energy saving schemes.
    • Government announces Low Carbon Review of the Construction Industry
    • Government And Industry Launch Progress Report On Strategy For Sustainable Construction
    • Clearer rules for builders
    • Land Registry optimistic despite property slump
    • Paul Finch to be new Chair of CABE
    • Scotland's planning system will support economic recovery
    • Businesses to save up to £90million a year on planning applications
    • Modern planning system to conserve and enhance the historic environment
    • Researchers trial straw home for energy efficiency
    • Minsters set out next steps in Building Schools for the Future
    • Wales has green government buildings, new research shows
    • Terraced houses to become eco-homes
    • Partnerships for Schools to Manage all School Building Programmes
    • Action to help developers during downturn and build greener buildings
    • New Government strategy heralds minimum design standard for all new public buildings
    • Hazel Blears backs 'revolution to recycle' buildings
    • Eco town approach 'bypassing local democracy'`
    • Sir Michael Pitt confirmed as chair of the infrastructure planning commission
    • English Heritage Launches First National Survey of Nation's Most Special Places
    • College building programme has created 10,000 construction jobs
    • Sir Michael Pitt recommended for chair of new Infrastructure Planning Commission
    • Margaret Beckett urges councils to take a stand on empty homes
    • New homes can save economy, says influential group
    • Defra workplace management contract awarded to Interserve
    • Recasting of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive closes loopholes
    • MBE KTN attracts its 5000th member!
    • New Innovation hub announced for North West region
    • Complying with the Code - energy, overheating and ventilation
  • Civil Resilience
    • Action on liquefied petroleum gas safety
    • Scotland's water rescue capability
    • Key role of LGA in emergency planning
    • Better flood warnings
    • Homelessness figures down 32 per cent
    • £20 million invested to kickstart The Learning Revolution
    • New controls help protect jobs for British workforce
    • 200th Academy opens a year early - with new plans for sponsors
    • Primary school children in deprived areas get free school lunches
    • New stamps showcase the work of firefighters
    • Equal birth registration rights for female couples
    • £4 million grants announced for English museums
    • Local authorities receive fresh cash injection to tackle extremism
    • Survey shows respect for law tops the values people think are important to living in Britain
    • Commission calls for international talks on managing internet traffic.
    • Standards remain high for seven year-olds
    • Action on unlawful P2P file-sharing
    • OECD Publishes International Survey Results on Teaching and Learning
    • Students urged to apply for voluntary work abroad after A-Levels
    • Migration report reveals Points Based System highlights
    • Gove announces proposals to reform school league tables
    • The UK's first Army Recovery Centre opens
    • Help at every step to avoid repossessions
    • Councils to get new chance to sign up for free swimming scheme
    • New retail apprenticeships in Scotland
    • Reshaping the UK through innovation
    • Words matter in public health
    • Councils urged to communicate positive activities for young people in their areas
    • New government website to help education leavers as they look at taking the next steps
    • Denham welcomes Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser’s report into tragic Camberwell fire
    • New consultation on Regional Strategies
    • New rights for tenants facing eviction when landlords are repossessed
    • £3million to help rape and sexual abuse victims
    • Over 75 million continuing to suffer in world food crisis - aggravated by Climate Change
    • Tough new points system for earning citizenship
    • New inspection focus on children with special educational needs and disabilities
    • Consultation launched on serious case review guidance
    • New Advisory Panel On New Industry, New Jobs, Universities And Skills
    • Only early years settings of the highest standard to offer free childcare for two year olds
    • New Chair Appointed For The Science And Technology Facilities Council
    • More children than ever benefiting from child maintenance
    • Tessa Jowell to head Public Services Forum
    • Summer blues - EU Survey reveals Europeans gloomy about job prospects
    • A combination of education methods could be the key for some students aiming for higher education
    • Ed Balls announces regional funding for ‘School Leavers Guarantee’
    • Better Regulation, Better Regulators
    • Government consultation on young people and alcohol receives wide-ranging support
    • Government investment to secure low carbon future and new jobs for Wilton
    • Civil Service Commissioners’ Annual Report - First results from survey on Civil Service Code
    • Progress on Fire Service new technology projects
    • Unemployment in Scotland
    • A fifth of councils struggling on school places
    • Businesses get greater certainty on new planning regime for major infrastructure
    • Building a society for all ages: Choice for older people
    • President Barroso and Commissioner Piebalgs welcome the signature of the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement
    • 'Listening to the front line' - civil service improvement
    • Equality Bill: new amendments agreed by Committee MPs
    • New trustee for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts
    • Research published by ESRC into 'Effective Classroom Practice'
    • LBRO to help councils acquire new powers for consumer redress
    • SOCITM welcomes Digital Britain Report
    • EU prepares for future potential gas cuts
    • Keep doors open to migrant workers to meet long-term labour needs, says OECD
    • Sea, sun and SMS
    • Banning age discrimination: consultation launched
    • MOD’S £50m improvement plan for military accommodation
    • Bridging the Gap on Next Generation Access in Rural England
    • Cameron congratulates new Commons Speaker
    • John Healey - Extra legal help for struggling homeowners
    • A routemap towards Digital Britain - The Role of the Technology Strategy Board
    • Sir Jim Rose presents Review into Dyslexia
    • Diversity is the key to delivering public services effectively in the 21st century
    • Economic crisis heightens financial fallout for bereaved
    • Digital Economy central to industrial strength and competitiveness
    • Vast local differences in impact of recession revealed by new report
    • Government commitment on Child Proverty to be enshrined in law
    • Mandelson urges New European Commission to be "Europe's Economic Conscience"
    • New Chair appointed for the Economic and Social Research Council
    • Freedom, justice, security: a balancing act - closer cooperation in the EU
    • UK ratifies human rights treaty for disabled people
    • PM announces Changes to the Cabinet
    • European elections to shape future for 500 million people
    • Thousands of flags to fly for Armed Forces Day
    • We need a radical redistribution of power
    • Gurkhas given right to settle in the UK
    • Work-life balance key to retaining women scientists
    • National Challenge - more support to raise schools standards
    • Cameron stresses need to sort out system of MPs' expenses
    • Mandelson pledges action over union blacklisting
    • Government takes next steps towards online future
    • Firelink milestone reached
    • Bids invited for share of £7m apprenticeships funding
    • Equality Bill will build a fairer and stronger Britain
    • New super Fire Control Centre gets a step nearer for the North West
    • Fire Minister pays tribute to the Fire and Rescue Service
    • Khan: Celebrate best of British on St George's Day
    • Brown - On the Budget
    • Building Britain's future: budget for jobs
    • Cameron slams the Budget
    • Budget '09 and Digital Britain
    • Town halls respond to unemployment figures
    • Councils respond to Laming review on child protection
    • Surveillance powers must be used for serious criminals - says LGA
    • Home Secretary outlines Review of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)
    • MAC advice on worker registration scheme accepted
    • New look for Fire and Rescue Services
    • Home fire safety checks and smoke alarms save lives says independent report
    • CLG appoints Meteorite to help develop diversity and equality campaign
    • Investment in new ambulances in Scotland
    • Joseph Rowntree Trust publishes report on the 'Database State'
    • New Chair of Civil Nuclear Police Authority appointed
    • Government announces £70 million fund to support communities with migration
    • Lord Tony Young awards local authority skill improvement
    • The Buncefield Investigation - the Government and Competent Authority's response
    • Plans to build new fire stations across the country take off
    • NAO recognises value of fire services specialist equipment
    • Local councils in SW England meet to agree 'sensible' approach to risk
  • Housing and Regeneration
    • Shortage of homes in West Midlands
    • Conservative Party-General Election Called
    • £4.2billion is keeping Britain Building
    • Three more sites for Public Land Initiative
    • Further boost to councils to tackle the tenancy cheats
    • New Commission to boost council building
    • Cash for companies to start building smart cities
    • Sustainable remediation framework for UK
    • LGA responds to Shelter research on housing
    • 10,000 fewer planning applications in the system
    • New head of design and sustainability for HCA
    • Reconstructing the builders' rulebook to reduce bills
    • Decrease in homelessness continues
    • Service charge due? Check your bill
    • Kickstart Round 2: 5000 new affordable homes
    • Cutting red tape to help drive recovery
    • Support pledged for a new vision for Byker Estate
    • HCA Academy recognises the best skills
    • Change is improving residents' satisfaction
    • House-building to hit lowest levels since 1923
    • Councils in line for more housing cash
    • Eco -show houses recive cash go-ahead
    • Zero carbon homes get fresh campaign
    • Planning for Non-Planners exceeds expectations
    • Private rented sector to play part in recovery
    • Armed Forces move up the property ladder
    • The Decent Homes Programme
    • Healey offers more housing choice for tenants
    • Don’t get caught out by the lease extension timebomb
    • Watchdog to maximise value of economic well-being
    • Get up-to-speed: planning for non-planners!
    • Councils to play major role in beating the recession
    • Right to Buy to end for new tenants in Scotland
    • Better delivery arrangements to drive regeneration
    • Healey doubles council house-building cash
    • More cash and more homes says Healey
    • Millions earmarked for housing projects in Scotland
    • £300million to revive communities and create jobs
    • Councils share millions for more homes
    • Full assessment of the Decent Homes Programme
    • Design and development of new homes for older people must become a national priority
    • Greater council freedom on housing allocations
    • Euro millions for Scottish housing
    • Second wave of eco-towns announced
    • Healey calls time on tenancy cheats
    • Kickstart plans to build homes people can afford
    • Councils and third sector work to reduce homelessness
    • HCA on target to deliver homes in this financial year
    • Increasing supply of affordable homes
    • £5.4 million housing development in Orkney
    • Work commences on England’s first large-scale zero carbon development
    • Seven coastal resorts to benefit from regeneration
    • Housing reforms ‘must not mean more debt’
    • HCA Academy recognises the best in the sector
    • A multi-million pound proposal for a regeneration scheme to transform the heart of Purfleet
    • Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) tells the Government to spend more on repairing private sector homes
    • £450 million approved for over 11,700 new and affordable homes
    • Second wave of Kickstart funding announced
    • Healey announces further quarter of a billion pound affordable housing boost
    • Healey gives green light to council house building programme
    • HCA delivery partner panel proves popular with contractors
    • Local authority bids mark new stage in affordable house building says HCA
    • It's your home - let's keep it that way
    • Number of affordable homes in Scotland soar
    • Next round of HCA low carbon projects confirmed
    • Defence Estates launches 10-year vision for military accommodation
    • Eco-towns to work with local communities
    • Affordable housing in rural areas safeguarded for future generations
    • Online guide to economic viability re-launched by the Homes and Communities Agency
    • Council tenants to benefit from increased protection as regulator's remit extended
    • Funds allocated to revive Scottish town centres
    • £30 Million transport funding for new housing schemes
    • Fairness and flexibility in housing allocations
    • £84 million for greener homes and cheaper energy bills
    • Healey kickstarts work on 22,400 homes
    • Building Britain's Future: Healey unveils further boost for housing
    • Eco towns decision 'victory for common sense'
    • Green package welcomed by HCA as crucial response to climate change
    • Green light given on eco-town sites plus tougher standards for future homes
    • 'Jobs safe as houses' in Scotland
    • New Chair for the South East England Regional Development Agency
    • New Chair for North West Regional Development Agency
    • Scotland unveils new eco-homes
    • Major plans for more homes and fairer lettings to meet local needs
    • Audit Commission's Housing Excellence Awards 2009
    • Energy efficient homes get green signal
    • Number of households accepted as homeless down by more than a quarter
    • Recipe for recession regeneration success commended
    • Enhanced hot water safety and efficiency measures for all new homes
    • New government vision for regeneration sector
    • New single planning policy for economic growth
    • Scotland introduces Town Centre Regeneration Fund
    • New HCA Academy committee to help transform skills and knowledge for places
    • Budget a missed opportunity to help householders save energy
    • UK-GBC response to the 2009 budget
    • New business strategy for Ordnance Survey announced
    • Hazel Blears - Budget provides real help now and for the future
    • New homeowners mortgage support begins
    • Science experts combine to deliver new advanced science diploma
    • Scotland introduces early warning on homelessness
    • Government delivers £170 million transport funding for new housing
    • Chancellor urged to cut VAT on empty homes
    • First buyers benefiting from new shared equity scheme
    • Record funding for affordable housing in Scotland
    • Universities to benefit from £150 million projects boost
    • Boost for business as Government moves to reduce planning burden
    • Call to help house building industry in Scotland
    • Eco-towns public consultation deadline extended
    • Thousands of tenants prove that it is good to talk
    • Regeneration Community must stick to its guns - Parkinson Report
    • £400 million deal agreed to provide affordable housing
    • More funding for housing choice
    • Real help now to support homeowners through difficult times
    • Over £100m to help councils unlock their housing market
    • Tenant Services Authority Change-Makers Announced
    • Developer announced for Locking Parklands
    • £13 million to buy unsold homes for affordable housing
  • Procurement
    • “Make do and mend” costs British business £3bn a year
    • Shop around key to a smaller food bill
    • How are we doing, really?
    • Latest assessment of Scotland's economy
    • UK secures long-term European backing for key small business tax break
    • GDP in the OECD area stabilised in the second quarter of 2009
    • Joint buying by fire services to benefit local communities
    • OECD releases growth in unit labour costs
    • Government Invests £340million In Next Generation Aircraft Design And Manufacture
    • Mobile phone calls lowest in Finland, Netherlands and Sweden, says OECD report
    • Encouraging start for Debt Relief Orders in Q2 Insolvency figures
    • Businesses Given Free Access To Thousands Of New Opportunities
    • RDA annual performance reports released
    • ECGD Backs £1.46 Billion of UK Exports in 2008-09
    • Government’s Uk Innovation Investment Fund Takes Shape
    • New business rate support begins
    • Chancellor appoints new Chairman for UKFI
    • Advanced Manufacturing – Building Britain’s Future
    • Winterton Launches National Manufacturing Award
    • Stronger protection for consumers borrowing money
    • Government Call To Help Create A Uk Strategy For Nanotechnologies
    • British business future lies with engaging its employees
    • Councils leading economic development will get our support says government
    • Together for research
    • British Chambers of Commerce Survey reveals: Worst of recession is over but recovery is not guaranteed
    • Government action to secure a better deal for consumers
    • Microfinance for Europe's unemployed
    •  “High Street Failing on Footprinting”, say consumers
    • Government aims for £1 billion venture capital fund to invest in the businesses of the future
    • OECD Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2009
    • Audit Commission maintains criticism of late investors in Iceland
    • Green businesses get consumer 'seal of approval'
    • New collaboration will unlock savings for public sector
    • Changing the image of UK fashion: Government launches fund to make fashion industry more ethical
    • Proposals to free up Euro millions brought forward
    • EU previews jobs strategy
    • DFID announces £4.5 million aid to boost trade in Helmand Province
    • New review looks ahead to small business recovery
    • Audit Commission scraps directors' bonuses and cuts £2 million from 08/09 pay bill
    • Osbourne - We must be open about our banking problems
    • Commission outlines plans for closer financial supervision at European level
    • Government's £14 billion IT spend to boost workers' skills and job prospects
    • New Schools Recruitment Service Launched
    • Postal Services Bill clears Lords
    • eAuctions bring substantial savings for the public sector
    • David Cameron: Action on expenses
    • Government Approves New £5.80 Minimum Wage Rate
    • Small business, big ideas
    • Report sets out vision for UK financial services sector
    • Local People are the key to unlocking greater savings says Hazel Blears
    • Reining in risky investing
    • Tourism Minister launches new advisory council
    • Osbourne on the Budget
    • Scottish Finance Secretary responds to Budget statement
    • New investment fund to back British business
    • Budget 2009 - Darling delivers the budget statement
    • Scotland now officially in recession
    • HM Treasury publishes the findings of the Operational Efficiency Programme
    • Smart spending needed to create the greatest number of jobs
    • Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative evaluation now published
    • Commission first to act on G20 with strategy to support developing countries
    • CC publishes corporate plan
    • OFT consults on financial services strategy review
    • EU drives G20 crisis action
    • PM hails Global Plan for Recovery and Reform
    • Sir Andrew Foster publishes independent report: 'The Review of the Capital Programme in Further Education'
    • State aid: European Commission approves recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland
    • Flexible working rights go to extra 4.5 million
    • OFT sets out responsive approach for uncertain times
    • Energy customers to get greater punch against utilities
    • Payment systems working better for consumers but more to be done - finds OFT
    • Five countries exceeding EU deficit limits
    • Conservatives set out strategy to reform financial regulation
    • Miliband backs new protection for pre-payment and other energy consumers
    • Brown should heed CBI warning about another fiscal stimulus - say Conservatives
    • Prime Minister unveils real help for consumers
    • The availability, affordability and protection of content in digital Britain
    • Green Expectations: consumers still want to buy green, but expect evidence of action
    • Preserving standards will be cornerstone of UK media services
    • Changes to the Financial Services Authority Board
    • Safeguarding Government infrastructure investment
    • Get ready for new compliance checks regime
    • The European Commission and European Retail Sector launch Retail Forum to promote sustainable consumption
    • New measures to combat loan sharks
    • HM Treasury appoints new Managing Director, Public Services and Growth Directorate
    • Government levels the playing field for open source
    • OGC extends pioneering Property Benchmarking Service to the wider public sector
    • Healey calls for greater efficiency from councils
    • Defra updates green claims code to help industry and protect consumers
    • Schools Minister, Jim Knight, response to the National Audit Office Report - Building Schools for the Future
    • Social care for disabled people should help them play equal part in society, says CSCI
    • Ogcbuying.solutions achieves CIPS certification
    • World can come together - Update from the World Economic Forum
    • Collaborative framework will improve access to learning in the public sector
    • New Chief Executive of Competition Commission appointed
    • Mandelson gives £35m business start-up programme the green light
    • Collaboration brings discounted Ordnance Survey mapping data to public sector
    • New collaborative software deal launched to meet education sector needs
    • Innovative Pan-Public Sector Air Programme Will Streamline Supply Chain
    • Public sector recruitment you can trust: new offer from Buying Solutions gives employers peace of mind
    • New enhanced furniture framework agreement has sustainability at its heart
  • 2012 - Legacy of the Games
    • Olympic legacy plan for disabled people
    • Olympic boost for disabled rail passengers
    • London 2012 Olympics – big build still on track
    • New legacy promise puts disabled people at the heart of London 2012
    • Government’s Olympic Security Strategy Launched
    • Nearly three years to go and London 2012 remains on time and on budget
    • London 2012 athletes transport solution reaches next stage
    • Annual Review announced on sustainability performance for London 2012 Games
    • Blooming marvellous - budding gardeners given the chance to design a great British Garden on the Olympic Park
    • Highways Agency and Olympic Delivery Authority: working together to keep people moving during the 2012 games
    • London 2012 aims to inspire with guidelines for sustainable events
    • ODA leads the way by announcing new supplier panel for legal and sustainable timber
    • UK business winning London 2012 ‘economic gold’
    • Children get creative with 2012 legacy
    • London 2012 unveils brand new type of park for 21st Century
• Environment
  • Agriculture and Farming
    • Growing Spaces for Scotland
    • Defra’s organic agri-environment scheme
    • Scotland denied place at fisheries talks
    • Saving Scotland with PLANET
    • Farmland biodiversity to benefit local communities
    • Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
    • Budget 2010; Defra savings
    • Council of Food Policy Advisors 2nd report
    • Planning reform to benefit aquaculture
    • Bug tackles UK’s knotty problem
    • A new perspective on land use is needed
    • Consultation on the sustainable use of pesticides
    • Consultation Begins on Supermarket Body
    • Chill reality of climate change on agriculture
    • Impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment
    • Ancient pastime of angling thriving in times of thrift
    • Knowledge bank for beekeepers wins award
    • Groundbreaking farming agreement launched to protect countryside
    • Hilary Benn announces review of England’s wildlife and ecological network
    • Council of Food Policy Advisors publishes first report
    • "Sustainability is key to food security" - SDC responds to Defra food security assessment
    • Radical rethink of food production required
    • Defra receives key report on the future of farm animal veterinary service
    • Milk industry is made of the white stuff
    • Benn backs farmers’ green offer
    • Western appetite for beef 'destroying Amazon'
    • The Farm Animal Welfare Council (fawc) publishes its Report
    • Fresh start for aquaculture in Scotland
    • Watchdog unveils Strengthened Approach to 'Rural Proofing' of Government Policies
    • Jane Kennedy meets devolved ministers to discuss food sustainability
    • Discounted Bluetongue vaccine for farmers
    • Benn targets bigger grants for rural businesses
    • Plans for independent animal health body
    • Benn announces deployment of injectable badger TB vaccine
    • EU officials down on the farm
    • Environment Minister, Jane Kennedy launches plan to halt declining Bee numbers
    • £25 million to protect precious woodland and landscapes from disease
    • New Food and Environment Research Agency launched
    • New funding to help hill farmers protect historic uplands
    • Defra urges farmers to vaccinate livestock
    • China and UK strengthen partnership on sustainable agriculture
    • Help at hand for farmers facing up to climate change
    • Long Whatton farm 'highly commended' in regional farming awards
  • Biodiversity
    • Biodiversity loss 'not slowing'
    • New strategy to deliver marine protected areas
    • Urgent call to weed out the water invaders
    • Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.
    • Lundy Island: Marine Conservation Zone
    • Wildlife given protection in England and Wales
    • England’s wildlife sites and ecological network
    • Protecting the marine environment
    • Benn calls for action on biodiversity loss
    • Many of Europe's most vulnerable species and habitats under threat
    • £10 million for river improvements and green jobs
    • Life's not a beach: Report slams quality of UK coastline
    • Quarter of Europe's amphibians under threat
    • For peat's sake - Benn calls for clearer compost labels
    • Hilary Benn joins the every action counts progamme celebration
    • UK Biodiversity Indicators
    • INSPIRE Directive consultation launched
    • Good news for the birds and bees in Olympic Park wildlife plan
    • Government sets out wildlife crime priorities
    • New legislation is needed to help protect Europe's environment, experts claim
    • MOD and Natural England partnership protects environment
    • Benn's £2m boost for nature conservation
    • China and UK strengthen partnership on sustainable agriculture
    • Renewed action on farmland birds needed - Huw Irranca-Davies
    • Safe passage for migrating Birds of prey
    • The 2008 Reporting Round is now underway and will run until the 30th November
  • Flooding
    • Flood and Water Management Bill gains Royal Assent
    • More money for surface water flood defences
    • £2.6 million flood protection grants for homes
    • Environment Agency: new flood investment plans
    • Improved Floodline public information service
    • Environment Agency floods house
    • Improved Flood Warning Service for Infrastructure
    • The cost of the summer 2007 floods
    • Facing up to rising sea levels: Retreat, Defend, Attack?
    • Better water plans for river basins in England and Wales
    • Flooded homes must be rebuilt to cope with floods
    • £11 million of grants awarded to help communities deal with their changing coastline
    • Flood and Water Management Bill - councils respond
    • Better protection from floods
    • Queen’s Speech - Flood and Water Management Bill
    • £16 million for local community flood protection
    • Funding black hole caused by new flooding laws, warn councils
    • New Flood Forecasting Centre officially opened
    • Households at risk from flooding if new laws are left to wait, warn councils
    • Majority of Europeans believe quality and quantity of water is a serious problem
    • New alert centre to improve response to flooding
    • 1500 flood-hit families to receive help with council tax bills
    • Coastguard assist police in flooding at Ottery St Mary
    • Highways Agency announces work on the A5 Atherstone by- pass in Warwickshire
    • Agreement on flood insurance is good news for customers
  • Natural Resource
    • UK’s virtual water reliance leaves international footprint
    • Review of the management of the Crown Estate needed
    • Go-ahead for Shetland gas development
    • Green overhaul for planning system to cut emissions
    • One hundred million- that is a lot of trees!
    • European competition for UK innovation winners
    • Green or black, support for sustainable clothing grows
    • Government publishes UK marine science strategy
    • New enforcement powers for environmental regulation
    • Green Belts: More than lines on a map
    • Multi-million marine lab opened in Aberdeen
    • Defra’s evidence investment strategy 2013 and beyond
    • Government leads on buying sustainable timber
    • Extra trees can help reduce carbon emmissions
    • CDP launches a Global Water Disclosure Project
    • Forest fire damage in 2009, already higher than in 2008
    • Ofwat holds bills down for customers
    • Water industry is first to try out the new climate change projections
    • Water watchdog asks – “does walker report go far enough to protect customers?”
    • UK publishes Kyoto progress report on World Environment Day
    • The pros and cons of geoengineering
    • Conservatives calls for new approach to water
    • Benn calls for tougher laws to tackle illegal logging
    • Water industry must modernise
    • Water companies face enforcement action for failure
    • Great British Refurb a Winner; but what about Water
    • Tyneside will be the home of the headquarters of a new body to regulate and manage the sea around England
    • Defra publishes annual report on local authority industrial pollution regulation
    • Cave review of water markets publishes interim report
    • Oil billionaire T Boone Pickens ruled out fossil fuels as part of the next generation of better transport.
    • Banging the drum for wood fuel
    • Call for evidence - independent Walker review of charging for household water and sewerage services
    • North Sea still open for business
  • Parks and Public Spaces
    • The South Downs – England’s new national park
    • £250,000 funding for Bletchley Park museum
    • ‘Vision’ for England’s Historic Environment
    • The Great British Elm Experiment
    • Independent review of the royal botanic gardens,
    • London parks to benefit from parking charges
    • ‘Fewer and fitter’ entries for World Heritage designation
    • Promoting participation with the historic environment
    • New chair of Natural England appointed
    • South Downs is England’s ninth National Park.
    • Environment Agency calls for Cleaner Seas Forum
    • Children 'Go Play' in Scotland
    • Over 300,000 more children have access to improved play areas this summer
    • Hilary Benn Joins National Park Birthday Celebrations
    • Lord West announces winner of counter terrorism design competition
    • South Downs National Park - Benn gives green light
    • Green apprentices wanted for £1 million scheme
    • Greening our cities would help tackle recession
    • Parks need people: CABE calls for more green space apprentices
    • The £1 park: new report reveals chronic undervaluation of parks
    • Environment Secretary Hilary Benn celebrates Eco-Schools success
    • Historic environment in South West plays vital role in tackling climate change
    • CABE calls for end to 'KFC' play spaces
    • Green and outdoor space to be integral to the economic success of the Thames Gateway
    • Skills to grow – new strategy to improve urban green space skills
  • Recycling
    • Reduced grocery waste and packaging to save £1billion
    • Last chance to benefit from Scrappage Scheme
    • Kent praised for environmental actions
    • Mandatory recycling for industrial batteries
    • Extension to recycling plant
    • Recycling favourite activity among Brits,
    • Brits leave their green conscience at home
    • WEEE regulations updated
    • The national household recycling and composting rate has risen
    • Wheelie bins boosting recycling rates
    • 'Town halls want to make recycling easy' say LGA
    • Benn sends packaging waste packing
    • Benn vists the North East eco-projects
    • UK recycles more packaging waste
    • Thanks a billion for recycling! Value of our recycled rubbish passes £1 billion
    • Councils' waste management improves
    • Half a ton of municipal waste generated per person in the EU27 in 2007
    • Retailers exceed carrier bag reduction target
    • Groundbreaking nappy recycling plant gets go-ahead
    • More people 'will recycle batteries'
    • WRAP responds to current debate on recycling
    • WRAP funded project closes electrical recycling loop
    • English local authorities make good progress on recycling targets
    • WRAP drives action to recycle more mixed plastics
    • WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has saved millions of tonnes of CO2 via innovative programmes with partners
  • Waste Management
    • Interactive maps for Scottish waste sites
    • Food and farm waste can help power the nation
    • £258million boost to reduce London landfill
    • Businesses, government join anti-litter campaign
    • Stop sending waste to landfill needlessly
    • Keep Britain Tidy must not forget 90 percent of Britain
    • Pointless phone directories cost taxpayers £7.5m
    • complete rethink on dirty streets is needed
    • Surge in E-Wastes in Developing Countries
    • Britain is getting tidier -bit by bit
    • ‘Time Team’ technology in war against waste crime
    • Mountain of waste with no reduction targets
    • £millions to be made from London's waste
    • Future of radioactive waste management
    • New healthcare research strategy to improve health
    • Farm waste to be greener under new proposals
    • "dropping cigarette butts could cost you a packet’
    • INTERPOL group to crackdown on illegal waste exports
    • Frontline services threatened as council rubbish costs rise by £1.1bn
    • Scotland reveals Zero Waste Plan
    • Government Scrappage Scheme reaches halfway mark
    • Bag It! And Bin It! - The Highways Agency Launches Its Summer Campaign Against Roadside Litter
    • Force supermarkets to reveal how much packaging they produce, councils tell government
    • War on waste: Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Projects get the go-ahead from DEFRA
    • Building a low carbon economy - Waste management measures to help hit carbon budget
    • Greater Manchester Waste PPP Project achieves financial close with help of £182 million EIB loan
    • BERR invites industry views on European Commission proposals to revise the WEEE and ROHS directives
    • EU considers proposals which could force more bin collections on householders
    • £319.2 million awarded to help reduce landfill waste
    • Councils are powerless to stop littering from cars
    • Anaerobic digestion: new energy initiative
    • Landfill Benefit hits £1 billion
    • UK emissions of air pollutants - 2007 results
    • WRAP responds to current debate on recycling
    • Defra workplace management contract awarded to Interserve
    • £138 million to help reduce landfill waste
    • £92 million for Gloucestershire waste project
    • WRAP funded project closes electrical recycling loop
    • Defra releases guidance on waste facility design
    • Six "zero waste places" named across England
• Transport
  • Cleaner Fuels
    • More red buses going green in London
    • Environment Agency leads the way with new green vans
    • London's electric vehicle revolution charges forward
    • Government welcomes the Nissan green Leaf to the UK
    • Plugged-In Places for electric vehicles
    • Government fund for green buses will help to transform the market says LowCVP
    • Middle East faces gas shortages
    • Obama sets US' first ever national standards for exhaust emissions
    • LowCVP: Government changes to BSOG remove bias against low carbon buses but provide no incentive
    • London 'should be electric car capital of Europe'
    • Fuel-cell buses to arrive in Germany
    • Continental flies for 90mins on algae
    • Europe to introduce requirements for fuels' life-cycle emissions cuts
    • H-Delivery awarded £5m over four years
    • Technology Strategy Board to drive Britain's green motoring revolution
    • The Carbon Trust launches Algae Biofuels Challenge
  • Freight
    • Be prepared for stricter sideguards checks with FTA guide
    • New framework for port development
    • FTA calls for carbon incentives for Severn toll
    • DfT publishes report on carbon saving options for Heavy Goods Vehicles
    • Marco Polo: third call for proposals to fight road congestion and improve performance of freight transport
    • Transport Secretary renews focus on freight
    • ORR's final determination presents potential mixed news for rail freight
    • Major new research programme in infrastructure asset management
    • Transport taxes are no quick fix, says FTA
    • Congestion charge could damage region's economic future, says FTA
  • Low Carbon Technology
    • First Irish Electric Vehicle Charge Points Unveiled In Dublin
    • Government scrappage scheme ends
    • Support for Ford's major move to low carbon vehicles
    • Online Electric Car Debuts in South Korea
    • £5,000 subsidy to buy ultra-low carbon cars
    • Government backs low carbon aerospace
    • Boris outlines green transport plans for London
    • Nottingham wins green transport funding
    • £19 Million Boost for Low Carbon R&D
    • Reading secures green transport funding
    • £30 Million for Green Buses
    • South Croydon station goes green
    • Electric cars likely to lead to more CO2 because of EU legal loopholes
    • North East named UK's first specialist region for low carbon vehicles
    • New £30 million fund for Green Buses
    • £25 Million Trial puts Electric Cars on UK Streets
    • ‘Technology Challenge’ to accelerate low carbon vehicle innovation launched by Low CVP
    • Government to help motorists and industry get on the low carbon road
    • Refuse vehicle powered by waste launched
    • Device could help fleet managers go green
    • Government announces funding to encourage electric car introduction
    • Technology Strategy Board to drive Britain's green motoring revolution
    • UK a 'hotbed of investment in the low-carbon technology sector'
    • Europe to fund more hydrogen research
  • Modernising Rail
    • Energy-saving systems to be fitted to trains
    • New era of rail travel as London Overground's east London route opens to public
    • Government's rail franchise proposals fall well short
    • Better disabled access at rail stations
    • Skills to fuel growth in key new industries
    • New National Skills Academy for Rail Engineering
    • Vision for a safe, efficient and transformed Tube
    • CPRE reaction to plans for high speed rail
    • Adonis sets out high speed rail proposals
    • PPP not good value for London Transport
    • Web photo change for Zip Oyster cards
    • New chair for rail transport company HS2
    • Better service, stations and catering on East-Coast Line
    • Carrot and stick for future rail franchises
    • Mayor sees East London Line near completion
    • 2010 will be the year of high-speed rail in the UK
    • New Year heralds lower fares for many rail passengers
    • Britain's high speed rail gathers pace
    • Tube pay offer accepted by ASLEF union
    • King's Cross St. Pancras Tube station doubles in size
    • Mayor announces Oysterisation of Thames Clippers river services
    • DLR toasts 10 years of the Lewisham extension
    • £50million makeover for top stations
    • First London 2012 DLR carriage reaches the starting line
    • City running proposed for tram-train in South Yorkshire
    • Network Rail announces New Lines Programme
    • Minister welcomes progress at key Crossrail station
    • Major £1.1 billion investment in electric rail boosts travel, the economy and the environment
    • More frequent and more secure rail services for London and the South East
    • London & Continental Railways restructured
    • Transport Direct welcomes 50 millionth user
    • Britain better connected - £8.9bn rail upgrade
    • Geoff Hoon opens Corby's first rail link in a generation
    • Scottish Transport Minister calls for high speed rail network
    • Passengers set for faster more convenient rail services in Kent
    • Passengers and economy to benefit from biggest investment in trains for a generation
    • Government boost to support new and improved local rail services
    • Access improvements set for hundreds of stations
    • Manchester Airport rail upgrade brings business benefits
    • Re-appointment of chair to the Technology Strategy Board
    • Invitation to tender issued for 200 new diesel train carriages
    • Invitation to tender issued for crossrail project representative
    • Major boost for East of England as planned A11 dualling brought forward
    • Community rail - new life for local lines
    • ORR's final determination presents potential mixed news for rail freight
    • UK DfT Announces Much-Needed Improvements to South East England Rail
    • Newcastle businesses to benifit from railway revamp
  • Road Network Management
    • New rules to help reduce road works
    • London's Cycle Hire scheme to go live on 30th July
    • Review of transport response to severe weather
    • Highways Agency publishes its business plan
    • Budget 2010: Department for Transport Contribution
    • Transport for London casts a light on scooter safety
    • Change work patterns to reduce road congestion: CBI
    • New rules to improve safety and signage at road works
    • Cities told transport strategies need to be bolder
    • Tougher penalties for road works disruption
    • Caravans to cause fewer holdups
    • Simpler speed rules for motorways
    • Pedestrians come first in the West End
    • Fairer deals for clamped motorists possible
    • Average speed cameras on A13
    • Capital's cycling revolution to reach Outer London
    • More snow,less grit, more risk on roads
    • Council gritters are on high alert ahead of bad weather
    • Roadworks lifted for Christmas and New Year
    • Government to allow wider use of 20 mph schemes
    • £20M for smart ticketing in our cities within five years
    • £155 million for London transport improvements
    • New powers put bus passengers first
    • Action to improve lorry parking provision
    • Menu of information services offered by the Highways Agency
    • HRH The Duke of York opens state-of-the-art transport control centre.
    • A £10 million scheme that will see drivers on the M11 near Stansted Airport benefit
    • Transport Statistics 05 November 2009 09:30 Department for Transport
    • Contracting for Highways Maintenance
    • Contra-Flow lanes for cyclists to encourage greener travel
    • SOS on the road
    • Government action to tackle road works disruption
    • Intelligent motorway signs smooth journey to the coast
    • Stress-busting technology set to ease summer holiday getaway
    • Major boost to economy as work to widen M25 is started
    • Highways Agency publishes its new procurement strategy
    • Tees Valley to benefit from a £62 million bus upgrade
    • £6.2 billion M25 Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) contract awarded
    • Government scrappage scheme gets on the road
    • £7.5m funding to help councils manage highways assets
    • £66 million boost for local roads in England
    • New Finance Director for Highways Agency
    • 50 years of Motorways: special birthday celebrated with opening of £174 million M6 extension
    • Passenger and freight rail services set for major boost
    • Transport Secretary opens congestion-busting road scheme and welcomes £82 million boost to local transport in Leeds
    • Government steps up efforts to keep children safe
    • All aboard as minister opens multi-million pound bus route in Hampshire
    • Major Boost for Crossrail as BAA Agree £230m Funding
  • Sustainable Transport
    • UK automotive industry takes low-carbon ideas to China
    • Commonwealth Games rail project
    • Science underpins ash cloud advice
    • Auto industry concerned by price hike in iron ore
    • EU biofuels target: is it sustainable?
    • Judge Slams Heathrow Expansion Plans
    • £15M to kickstart bus services across England
    • £20m transport schemes in South West
    • Infrastructure regime now "switched on "
    • Vision outlined for an active England
    • London's first two Cycle Superhighways: Work starts
    • Midlands now Low Carbon Economic Area
    • Deadline given for car scrappage scheme
    • Information technology and greener transport
    • Report questions sustainability of Biofuels
    • Enthusiasts cycle away with £10,000 grants
    • Consultation on small electric personal vehicles
    • University professors trial green transport options
    • London's Cycle Hire scheme free for first half hour
    • EU biofuel rules likely to cause more harm than good
    • £10 million for package of cycling improvements
    • DfT launches new climate change campaign on impact of car use
    • Integrated rural transport showcased
    • EC announces €40m funding in projects to cut CO2 emissions from vehicles
    • Germany aims for a million electric vehicles by 2020
    • New technology could signal the end of the line for paper tickets
    • Used car fuel efficiency label to be launched in the autumn
    • A Greener Future for Transport
    • Villiers announces 'dial-a-taxi' plans for rural areas
    • 'A Review of Government Travel' published
    • New greener vans to be demonstrated across the UK
    • Firms think they are going green by flying less
    • White Van Man goes Green
    • Concessionary fares scheme is extended in Scotland for injured forces veterans
    • England to get its first 'sustainable travel city'
    • Champions to oversee station improvements
    • Businesses urged to look at a bigger, more cost effective, travel picture
    • Over 200,000 children to benefit from £10m of cycle training
    • BAA ordered to sell three airports
    • Airports must put passengers first - Hoon
    • £7.75 million for a sustainable transport future
    • London council encouraged to expand car club scheme
    • London receives £3.9 million for beating congestion targets
    • North West receives more than £1.8 million for beating congestion targets
    • Department for Transport publishes Transport Trends 2008 edition
    • Single source fleet management services planned for public sector
    • New fleet to cut carbon of recycling collection
    • New station provides better East Midlands links
    • Hoon outlines air, road and rail improvements to boost economy and jobs
    • New car resolutions - ACT on C02
    • Public sector to use £70 million committed spend to secure better deals with airlines
    • ACT ON CO2 Campaign: Partners sought for smart driving and nearly-new car label initiatives
    • Government publishes formal response to King Review of Low Carbon Cars
    • Hybrid fleet to be monitored from Japan
    • £1bn to accelerate key transport projects
    • Electric cars at Number 10
    • Technology Strategy Board to drive Britain's green motoring revolution
    • Low carbon vehicle scheme launched
    • Zero-emissions hybrid bike developed
  • Transport Safety and Security
    • Government must act on mobility scooters, say MPs
    • New safety regulations for drivers
    • Improved bus travel and less anti social behaviour
    • New safety measures for mobility scooters
    • Bold new THINK! campaign to cut motorcyclist deaths
    • MOD announces new Air Safety Authorty
    • New hourly train to help reunite Cumbrian community
    • Face scanning at Britain's airports cuts queues.
    • Driving Standards Agency wins crime award
    • New online game to help tackle child road deaths
    • The demise of the bendy bus in London is gathering pace
    • Children to be seen as well as heard this winter
    • Traffic Officer Service hosts multi-agency exercise at Kemble Airfield
    • New penalties for failure to wear seatbelts and using illegal number plates
    • Making Britain's roads the safest in the world
    • Tough new powers to make UK roads safer
    • New chairman appointed at Office of Rail Regulation
    • UK given the green light for state help to Automotive Industry
    • Uninsured drivers left with nowhere to hide by new crackdown
    • Rogue drivers forced off the roads
    • UK DfT Announces Much-Needed Improvements to South East England Rail
    • £55m overhaul of disabled parking toughest crackdown yet on Blue Badge abuse
• Third Sector
  • Campaigns and Regulation
    • MPs demand close monitoring of Kraft’s undertakings
    • Equality Bill completes parliamentary process
    • Barnardo’s launches Turn Around advert
    • Putting Parliament back at the heart of public debate
    • New Rights for Families
    • Consultation on draft Bill to consolidate charity law
    • Trevor Phillips and Baroness Prosser reappointed as Chair and Deputy Chair of Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Minister calls on public sector to sign up to volunteering
    • Byrne fast-tracks frontline ideas for reform of public services
    • New Third Sector Task Force on Climate Change, Environment and Sustainable Development
    • Liam Byrne to give campaigning charities £750,000
    • Third Sector Taskforce on climate change and environment launched
    • Social enterprises will be at the heart of the new economy
    • New Guidance for Consulting with the Third Sector
    • Boris gives his support to bright ideas
    • Cabinet Office announces Anne McGuire MP as new advisor on Third Sector innovation
    • Defra launches £6 million greener living fund
  • Community Empowerment
    • Tranferring community assets is worth the risk
    • £5.5 million fund allocated across 12 projects to help close widening generation gap through volunteering
    • Power in People’s Hands: Learning from the World’s Best Public Services
    • New Community Empowerment Framework Launched
    • Nearly 50,000 charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises have their say on public sector support
    • ECEN rep helps Enfield crime reduction implementation team to achieve London compact award
    • Changes to Working Neighbourhood Funding announced
    • Blears announces DTA to administer Asset Transfer Unit
  • Funding and Finance
    • MEPs welcome EIB's response to the financial crisis
    • Reaction to inflation rise
    • Sustainability funding for third sector
    • Faith groups funded to give voice
    • New low cost pension to help millions save for retirement
    • £2.2 million fund to support Scotland's third sector
    • Music Licensing will increase costs for voluntary sector
    • £2.27 million to transform local community buildings
    • Additional £5m For Citizens Advice Bureaux
    • New guidance on managing budget revisions
    • Building Britain’s Future With Better Regulation
    • We need a World Bank in practice as well as name
    • Mandelson Serves Up Fair Deal On Tips And Announces New Minimum Wage Rates
    • Over 500 voluntary organisations helped through the recession by £15 million Fund
    • Support for Food Train in Scotland
    • The £16.7m Hardship Fund opens to bring real help to communities
    • Banking for the homeless - Groundbreaking service launched in Scotland
    • Regulator of Community Interest Companies launches review
    • Blears announces funding for successful projects that will give people a real say
    • Harman announces £1.6 million for Rape Charities
    • Grassroots Grants programme reaches 5000th community group
    • Grassroots Grants: Government responds to the needs of local organisations during recession
    • Government launches real help for volunteers, charities and social enterprises
    • New Training Fund Isn’t Beyond Belief
    • Third Sector Groups To Guide On Going Green
    • Big Chance To Get Creative
    • Giving Small Firms A Big Chance Of Survival
  • Social Enterprise
    • Social enterprises thrive in tough economic times
    • Minister for the Third Sector announces new investment and support for social investment
    • Social Enterprise Investment Fund 2009/10 - Open for Business
    • Minister: "Social enterprise can blaze a trail through tough economic times"
    • Minister to launch "Acquiring Business for Good"
    • Social Enterprise Coalition AGM 2008
    • Care Provider Named This Year’s Startup Star
  • Partnership working to deliver public services
    • Homeless sector to create biggest garden at Chelsea
    • The Time is Now: greater role for the third sector
    • Navca urges government to nurture local philanthropists
    • Community Enterprise Strategic Framework
    • Third sector can be first choice for local services
    • Third sector has unique role to play
    • Commitment to create Social Investment Wholesale Bank
    • Transformation in public service delivery needed
    • Public Social Partnership project launched
    • Third sector still innovating despite hard times
    • Ministers sign low-carbon future agreement
    • 400 volunteers receive a big 'thank you' for dedication from the MPA
    • Government publishes guidance to help realise the potential of Churches and Faith buildings
    • NAO publishes report on building capacity in the third sector
    • Interim appointments for Third Sector Skills Body
  • Social Care
    • Government challenged over £16bn unclaimed benefits
    • New Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund
• Home Affairs
  • Community Policing
    • London 2012 football ban for hooligans
    • Prevent Programme is not working
    • Home Secretary to ban mephedrone
    • Trapping burglars with technology
    • New guidance to protect crowded places
    • More funding to tackle serious youth violence
    • New funding for victims of sexual violence
    • You don’t have to be a detective to find
    • Tougher laws on kerb crawlers
    • PACE review will cut bureaucracy for police
    • Child sex offender disclosure scheme - roll out started
    • New strategy builds on policing success
    • Community champions to tackle anti-social behaviour
    • Financial support for bereaved police families
    • Statistics Authority: violent crime figures
    • Innovative pint glasses should make drinking safer
    • Greater controls on drink and underage drinking
    • New National Victims’ Service announced
    • Boris Johnson steps down from Police Authority
    • Hillsborough Independant Panel: Expert team in place
    • Young people in London to get National Identity Cards
    • MET-TRACK launches new programme for young people
    • Recorded crime figures drop in Q3 2009
    • Local solutions to combat irresponsible drinking
    • Walking is Working’ : police beat the pavements
    • Tough new powers to tackle alcohol crime
    • Government to appeal against European Court
    • Appointment of new chairman for drug's quango
    • Does talking about crime “upset the public?”
    • Met contributes to greener London
    • Police and schools are inspired by 2012 Games
    • Guidance to Met police on stop and search photo policy
    • Health services join the fight against youth crime
    • Police Federation speaks on health & safety and police operations
    • CCTV 'crucial' to crime fighting
    • Walsall community stands up to youths ruining their estate
    • Youth Crime action plan helps 56,000 young people
    • Supporting children and young people
    • A hard hitting programme to educate young people convicted of knife possession
    • Extra support for communities to tackle anti-social behaviour
    • Making the streets safer
    • New measures to protect the public, increase police accountability and tackle crime and disorder
    • New taser useage figures announced
    • DNA Database proposals announced
    • Tackling knife crime
    • Courts are still difficult and intimidating places for most witnesses
    • Most Serious Violence
    • Home office response to the HMIC crime counts report
    • MPA Civil Liberties Panel 5 November Open Meeting - Public Order Policing - Come and Have Your Say
    • Local crime figures and neighbourhood police details at the touch of a button
    • Crime rises as recession bites
    • UK’s national centre for protecting children reveals latest trends in sexual offending
    • 'Booze ASBOs' call time on problem drinkers
    • Government to ban harmful ‘legal highs’
    • Restraining order powers to further protect victims of domestic violence and harassment
    • Major new campaign to crack down on drug driving
    • Awards to honour exceptional local people tackling crime and anti-social behaviour
    • Taking the fight to organised car crime
    • Government calls for tough family intervention to prevent youth crime
    • 35 areas join Vigilance Programme to tackle burglary and personal robbery
    • Public given greater say with new crime strategy
    • Crime in England and Wales quarterly update
    • Joined-up working benefits older people
    • Cracking down on burglary
    • Confronting antisocial behaviour - a joint vision in Scotland
    • Protecting children from sexual abuse: extending the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Pilot
    • More jailed for knife crime
    • Clamping down on serious youth violence
    • Ending violence against women and girls - your voice counts
    • Call to allow more offenders to volunteer
    • Volunteers to be given voice in the justice system says Malik
    • Criminal age to be raised to 12 in Scotland
    • Communities fighting crime in Nottingham
    • Operation Staysafe weekend - Do you know where your child is tonight?
    • Let's keep crime down
    • Stronger power to tackle gangs
    • Interim Chief Executive takes over at Criminal Records Bureau
    • Major retailers say no to knife crime
    • Home Secretary leads new burglary crackdown
    • Blears - help for those escaping gang crime
    • Home Secretary announces Sir Paul Stephenson QPM as new Metropolitan Police Commissioner
    • New Home Office Director General for Crime and Policing
    • Government's new bill shakes up the route to Citizenship
    • Commission reports on Police and Racism, ten years on from the Macpherson Inquiry
    • Crackdown on metal theft
    • Stronger public voice for local policing in Merseyside
    • Building public confidence in the fight against crime
    • London Probation commended for tackling alcohol related offending
    • Stronger voice on local crime priorities for people of Luton
    • Home Secretary unveils next phase in national billboard campaign to unite communities against knife crime
    • Norwich's success in tackling crime praised by Home Office Minister
    • Specials Help Police Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour
    • Extra patrols to keep young people safe as the nights draw in
  • ICT and Information Management
    • London leading the new information age
    • MPs highlight crisis facing local and regional media
    • UK Space Agency launched with £12m
    • Geographical data should be free to use
    • New IT solution to improve information management
    • 'Hackers' get creative with government data
    • Government’s drive for superfast broadband started
    • Government drive to get 7.5 million more people online
    • Report from Science for All Expert Group
    • Open letter to political leaders on use of statistics
    • Shift in Government ICT will save £3.2 billion annually
    • Budget cuts will reduce IT's ability to deliver savings
    • Forensic Science support for crime detection
    • Identity cards to be extended across the North West
    • Government principles for scientific advice
    • Fantastic Plastic: New Boost for UK Electronics Manufacturing Sector
    • Making public data public
    • Electronic applications mean faster criminal record checks
    • Contracts bring ID cards and more secure passports closer
    • Scottish Police force priorities - calls for a Consultation Strategy
    • Tackling the commercial side of child sex abuse
    • Tracking gun 'fingerprints' to crackdown on offenders
    • Ofcom Chairman confirmed
    • Two thirds file tax returns online
    • Big reduction in 30-year rule recommended by Independent Review Team
    • First stages of ContactPoint activation starts
    • Public Accounts Committee Report - the Defence Information Infrastructure (DII)
    • Crime maps online across England and Wales
    • First identity cards issued to foreign nationals in Sheffield
    • Consultation begins to bring national identity scheme a step closer to reality
    • New board member to lead roll-out of first identity cards
    • Industry and Government work together to tackle internet terror
    • Identity card delivery on time and on budget announces Home Secretary
    • SOCA and FBI tighten the net on global internet crime
  • Performance and Measurement
    • National Strategy for Infrastructure released
    • Publication of the Finance Bill
    • Small Business Credit task force launched
    • New tax penalties will bite hard
    • New rules for MPs’ expenses published by IPSA
    • Support to business during a recession
    • New measures to strengthen regulatory management
    • Budget 2010: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    • Budget 2010: DFID commits to save £150million
    • Budget 2010: MOD commits to £700million
    • Businesses cluster to celebrate UK success stories
    • Budget 2010: Home Office
    • 2010 Budget Statement
    • Will Government listen to scientific advisors?
    • Feasibility Research into ban on Landfill : WRAP
    • Consultation to build confidence in "Pre-packs"
    • UK marine industries chart course to 2020
    • World’s banking crisis was entirely avoidable
    • Government preview of official stats. slashed
    • EEF warns against new spending pledges in Budget
    • Budget confirmed for March 24th
    • Deficit reduction must start now, says IoD
    • Budger must delivery convincing plan - CBI
    • Businesses get "Time to Pay" £5bn
    • Teaching of the three Rs not working
    • Quango spend escalates to £46 billion
    • Public sector facing years of budget cuts
    • Regulators making better progress
    • New web tool to help public sector HR manage change
    • EAS Teaches Non-Compliant Agencies A Lesson
    • Going for growth: The future for the UK economy
    • New treasurer for Metropolitan Police
    • Claimed efficiency savings under spotlight
    • HMRC's capability review shows progress
    • Businesses are saving nearly £3 billion a year
    • Government gets set for challenges of the next decade
    • 2009 Pre-Budget Report
    • Central red tape costs half local officer’s annual salary
    • Putting the frontline first: Smarter Government
    • Ofsted should be the calm, measured voice
    • Over £830 million was saved through government efficiencies last year
    • New charter from HMRC
    • Commercial skills for complex government projects
    • Law enforcement role for UK Border Agency clamping down on organised immigration crime
    • Taser use to tackle violence up
    • Home Secretary announces new Inspectors of Constabulary
    • Improving the Public's experience of courts - HMCS publishes annual report
    • Home Secretary announces Tim Godwin as new Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner
    • Home Secretary statement on annual crime statistics
    • New strategy to tackle serious organised crime
    • Home Secretary announces new Chairman of Serious Organised Crime Agency
    • Metropolitan Police Authority appoints new MPS Assistant Commissioner Specialist Crime
    • SOCA Annual Report 2008-09
    • MPA appoints new Metropolitan Police Commanders
    • Grayling warns increase in serious crime paints "worrying picture"
    • Justice Minister welcomes deaths in custody annual report
    • Domestic Violence: 18 new Special Courts announced
    • Home Secretary announces preferred candidate for HMIC Chief
    • MPA appoints new Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioners
    • Making Scotland safer
    • Hi-Tech needs unveiled for forces of the future
    • Improved care for young, vulnerable witnesses
    • Straw appoints Sir David Latham Chairman of Parole Board
    • Get Smart: planning to protect - HMIC Review published
    • New drug court launches in Barnsley
    • Home Secretary statement on crime statistics
    • Dragon to breath fire for Ethnic Minority Task Force
    • Candidate for post of Information Commissioner announced
    • Andrew Adonis reappoints Colin Foxall as member of the British Transport Police Authority
    • £5.5m seized from criminals gives new year cash boost to Police
    • Police Authority award winners announced
    • Direct elections risk new bureaucratic barrier between public and Police
  • Police Reform
    • MPS response to HMIC report card
    • Federation response to value for money policing report
    • Value for money policing report unveiled
    • Police Federation reply to committee report
    • Police forces may have to merge to support numbers
    • Police service faces unprecedented challenges
    • Police to work smarter
    • Policing Pledge - good start, but Police communication with the public needs to improve
    • Focus on common sense policing as Government frees up more time for police to spend on the beat
    • Policing and Crime Bill - putting people first
    • £6m seized from criminals to boost policing
    • Police Authority award winners announced
    • Direct elections risk new bureaucratic barrier between public and Police
    • Home Secretary congratulates Essex on delivering first Policing Pledge
    • Metropolitan Police Authority: have your say on policing in London
  • Procurement
    • UK Nanotechnologies Strategy: Opportunities Ahead
    • Minister comments on HEFCE funding
    • New rights and lower costs for credit card users
    • Fewer shoppers return goods bought online
    • EU scheme allows duty-free imports
    • New plans for product placement on TV
    • £700 million lending boost for UK businesses
    • Firms to get help to bid for government contracts
    • New report states: Black hole in MOD budget:
    • Value of local action against national threats
    • Extra funds to tackle knife crime
    • Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour during the halloween and fireworks night period
    • Cleveland Police gets mobile working solutions for force of 1,400 police officers
    • Forensics Framework Provides Savings for Police
    • New investment for police hand-held computers
  • Security
    • MPs disappointed at lack of progress at UK Border Agency
    • Met Police Service forensics work awarded
    • MPs say FireControl 999 centres should continue
    • New aircraft-carrier bow ready to set sail
    • Good progress in reducing weapons' threat
    • Army manpower to be rebalanced
    • Government ramps up passenger screening
    • Science community urged to help tackle terrorism
    • Counter Terrorism campaign launched
    • Asylum backlog reduction is unachievable
    • Construction of carriers begins at Portsmouth base
    • UK Border Agency is winning crime fight
    • Fight being taken to Internet fraudsters
    • New technologies to reduce mobile phone crime
    • Immigration Service is failing, says watchdog
    • MoD lays foundation for strategic defence review
    • We need one ''National Security Committee
    • Public reporting mechanism for terrorist internet
    • Report data breaches or risk tougher sanctions, says ICO
    • Compulsary ID cards for migrant visa renewals
    • 60,000 Homes secured against burglary
    • Every migrant who enters the UK will require 'permission'
    • Taking the initiative in the fight against mobile phone crime
    • International crack down on identity fraud
    • Government launches counter terrorism science and technology strategy
    • UK Identity Card image revealed
    • Strategic Defence Review
    • Home Secretary affirms commitment to identity cards by accelerating rollout
    • National identity cards - Scottish Opposition reiterated
    • National Security Strategy - 2009 update
    • Preventing fresh terror - EU calls for preventive action
    • Conservatives claim Government plan to limit DNA database "doesn't go far enough"
    • Government outlines new proposals for DNA database
    • High street stores line up to help customers get their passports and ID cards
    • Manchester citizens get first chance to apply for ID cards
    • Home Office name promoters of hate excluded from the UK
    • Extra £5 million to protect against terrorist attacks
    • Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Boris Johnson, accepts Quick's Resignation
    • New laws to aid global fight against bribery
    • Launch of government's new counter terrorism strategy
    • Tough new measures to protect the vulnerable as vetting scheme delivery announced
    • Britain's biggest immigration removal centre opens
    • Progress continues on eliminating threat of dangerous weapons across the globe
    • Home Secretary renews control order legislation and welcomes Lord Carlile report
    • New board member to lead roll-out of first ID cards
    • Home Office launches counter terrorism competition for design students
    • Identity card delivery on time and on budget announces Home Secretary
    • Tough new measures to exclude stirrers of hate
    • SOCA and FBI tighten the net on global internet crime
  • Workforce Modernisation
    • Storm clouds gather for public sector employees
    • Let's be flexible
    • Employees get right to request training
    • Every employer should champion flexible working
    • Building bridges to work for long term unemployed
    • Backing for technology and innovation centres
    • Budget 2010: Department for Work & Pensions
    • New tool will help businesses understand equality rules
    • Employee engagement is central to business success
    • Backing growth and driving innovation
    • £30 million institute for Web 3.0 Science
    • Vetting and barring scheme guidance issued
    • Whitehall reshuffles cost taxpayer £1bn
    • Big boost for creative and cultural sector training
    • New proposals on the future of higher education
    • £140 billion a year - the cost of low social mobility
    • The cost of public service pensions
    • Defining European success with smart regulation
    • 250 words the public sector shouldn't use
    • More women MPs needed say public
    • Jobs' database fits into latest phones
    • Government welcomes science report
    • The threat to science and our future prosperity
    • Public want more women directors
    • One million employees get skills boost with train to gain
    • Blacklisting outlawed: Union activists can breath easier
    • Manufacturers growing in confidence
    • DCSF and BIS Response to Science and Learning Report
    • ‘2010’ Dads really do want to spend time with the baby
    • Leading economists call for immediate spending cuts
    • Extra support and cash for parents moving off benefits
    • Big competition for university applications
    • Train to Gain helps businesses fight recession.
    • New Thinking for a Changing Population
    • Independent spotlight on MPs’ expenses
    • Government celebrates apprenticeships
    • Longer maternity and paternity leave
    • Reforming Parliament and the Executive
    • Cash bonus to give young jobless a start in social care
    • Two new appointments to Scottish Enterprise Board.
    • Jobs, training and work experience for young
    • The Families and Relationships Green Paper
    • Welfare Reform – Fewer people left behind
    • Train to Gain mismanaged from start to finish
    • £25.6billion bill risks job creation and recovery
    • Shaping up: A Whitehall for the Future’
    • Civil Service more diverse than ever before
    • Aspirations of young people to be encouraged
    • Weighty support for Backing Young Britain campaign
    • Harman pledges government to banish ageism
    • Fall in numbers claiming jobseeker’s allowance
    • Social exclusion and the economic downturn
    • Equality framework spreads across public sector
    • Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills
    • New guidance on preventing harassment and violence in the workplace.
    • Biggest overhaul to apprenticeships legislation for 200 years
    • Government is missing the chance save up to £9 Billion, says Public Accounts Committee
    • Public given powers to check local action on anti-social behaviour
    • Police Forces must work together in the public interest - says Chief Inspector of Constabulary
    • 6,000 new Tasers for the Police
    • Jack Straw: New laws focus on victims of crime and the bereaved
    • Strathclyde Police's new flagship training centre received a royal opening.
    • NPIA commences revised High Potential Development Scheme
    • New investment for police hand-held computers
  • General Election 2010
• Health
  • Choosing Health
    • NHS accounts guides for non-executives and governors
    • Make safety concerns information public
    • ADASS welcomes it's fourth national president
    • Social care could get worse before it gets better says National Voices
    • New patient rights for fast track treatment
    • Tackling the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
    • 3,000 new after school Olympic sport clubs
    • School children to compete in healthcare science
    • The King's Fund: Blueprint for social care reform
    • NHS patients to get new legal rights
    • Integrated care network to drive up Quality of Care
    • New Quit Kit helps smokers give up for good in 2010
    • Most adults do not exercise sufficiently
    • NHS tackles mixed-sex accommodation in hospitals
    • How to make effective use of Choose & Book
    • Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood
    • 80,000 preventable UK cancer cases every year
    • Every care home to get dignity training
    • 5.9 million free swims thanks to Government initiative
    • New Consultation on Personal Health Budgets Launched
    • Top teen concerns are losing weight and fitting in
    • September is the new January - English drinkers vow to cut back after holiday boozing
    • Don’t lose your snooze - cut back on the booze
    • Call for physical activity to be cornerstone of 21st century health
    • New service hands more power to the patient
    • Free online service helps first-time parents
    • National Patient Choice Survey latest results
    • Change4Life corner shops to open across the country
    • Going Tobacco-Free - For a Smoke-Free Europe
    • French lessons in tackling obesity to be trialled in Scotland
    • Drug treatment scheme now available for jobseekers
    • University College London chosen to develop training for Stop Smoking Workforce
    • Organisations run by people with disabilities receive £1.1 million boost
    • Individual budgets can benefit carers, research shows
    • Teens hold the key to quitting
    • Government plan - get millions moving
    • Change4Life launches largest ever children's health survey
    • Change4Life: The healthy living revolution starts here
    • £30m healthy towns kick start Change4life
    • Trust backs stance on junk food temptation
    • October Counties and Clubs win top awards for getting more young people into sport
  • Infection Control
    • GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW THE FUND FOR HEPATITIS C SUFFERERS
    • HCAI Surveillance Priorities in England
    • A new ambition in C.difficile prevention across the NHS
    • MRSA and C. difficile quarterly update
    • Co-operative effort need to beat Clostridium difficile
    • Hospital Infection Society votes to change name
    • Winning the battle against Clostridium difficile
    • Hospital hand washing reaches 94 percent
    • Monklands Hospital still needs to do better
    • Infection control improved at Basildon and Thurock
    • Code of Practice for health and adult social care
    • NHS zero tolerance approach to infections
    • MRSA Deaths decrease for second year running
    • Hepatitis C incidence predicted to increase
    • Spotlight on Hospital Cleanliness
    • Regulators demand improvement at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    • Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection in Hospitals in England
    • Swine flu: New guidance for planners
    • Chief Nursing Officer showcases England’s mandatory surveillance to world experts on infections
    • Weekly Swine Flu Update
    • Weekly swine flu update
    • Fast tracked research to fight swine flu
    • weekly swine flu update
    • Lansley slams Labour for failing to tackle hospital infections
    • Influenza A (H1N1) update for Scotland
    • Weekly pandemic flu update
    • Pandemic vaccine priority for most at risk
    • Latest Figures on Healthcare associated infections in Scotland
    • Weekly swine flu update
    • Awareness campaign launched as measles rises
    • Weekly swine flu update - 30 July 2009
    • Weekly swine flu update
    • National Pandemic Flu Service goes online
    • Weekly swine flu update
    • Lansley calls on Government to resolve swine flu confusion
    • Scottish C. Diff rates at record low
    • New National Director for Social Care Flu Resilience Appointed
    • Consistency key to infection control in Scotland
    • Swine Flu - Update
    • NHS meets target to cut C. difficile infections two years ahead of schedule
    • Latest healthcare associated infection figures published by Health Protection Agency
    • Update on Swine Flu - 339 total UK cases
    • First step towards Swine Flu vaccine prototype achieved
    • Swine Flu - Alan Johnson Briefing
    • Meningitis cases hit record low
    • New care regulator commends NHS progress on infection control
    • Hand wash heave-ho for hospital bugs
    • Crackdown on hospital superbugs in Scotland
    • Full steam ahead for hospital cleaning
    • Clostridium difficile infection: how to deal with the problem
    • MRSA infections continue to fall
    • New call for hand hygiene and pathogen testing products
    • Entries go under the microscope
    • Latest figures show MRSA bloodstream infections falling
    • New technologies on trial to combat healthcare infections
  • Management, Skills and Training
    • NHS Staff Survey results are the best ever
    • Boost for volunteering in health and social care
    • CQC comments on Panorama programme
    • Early research shows need for more social workers
    • Nurses and midwives to renew care commitment
    • Have your say on equality and diversity plans
    • Five vie for partnerhip with Hinchingbrooke
    • Health professionals get chief executive
    • Get more out of life with a career in social care
    • DH issues PALS and complaints clarification
    • New proposals for assessing health and social care
    • NHS Confederation: Suspend proposed CQC fees
    • First Doctors to Undergo Strengthened Assessments
    • New National Clinical Director for Older People
    • New National Clinical Director for Dementia
    • NHS Constitution now Backed by Law
    • Robin Williams to chair NHS professionals
    • Office of the Health Professional Adjudicator
    • NHS foundation trusts: six months' review
    • Fairer NHS car parking charges
    • New Bodies to Promote Innovation in the NHS
    • New Director for urgent and emergency care
    • More doctors and nurses and decrease in managers
    • An NHS strategy for a new era
    • Weekly pandemic flu update 26th November
    • Review of health and well-being of NHS staff
    • NHS Health & Well-being Review is published
    • Patients’ medicines should be better managed after leaving hospital
    • Non-Executive Directors Announced for new Adjudication Body for Health Professionals
    • RCN survey highlights health care staffing pressures
    • Consultation Launched on Future Funding For Healthcare Students
    • Health and public sector professionals to help improve health services for victims of domestic violence
    • The NHS has started 2009/10 in a strong position
    • Government launches study into Female Genital Mutilation
    • Ensuring the NHS delivers rising standards of healthcare
    • People with mental health conditions get extra support to stay in work
    • All hospitals with an emergency department asked to provide acute oncology services
    • Green light given to develop proton therapy services in England
    • Should practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine be regulated? - Consultation is launched
    • New council champions equality and diversity
    • Independent report published on organ allocation system for Non-UK residents
    • New training and education programme introduced for the scientific workforce in genetics
    • Good governance guidance published for Primary Care Trust Provider Committees
    • Better training and support for social workers crucial to protecting children
    • Government publishes Social Work Task Force Interim Report
    • NHS apprenticeships to boost jobs for young people
    • Health Secretary announces new measures to tackle serious failures in NHS foundation trusts
    • Lord Darzi steps down
    • Quality data made accessible to clinical teams
    • More help for carers
    • Andy Burnham launches the Big Care Debate
    • Chair of the Food Standards Agency appointed
    • Prescriptions go hi-tech in Scotland
    • "Long term drive" the only solution to social work recruitment
    • First specialist dementia advisors start work
    • Better protection for disabled children
    • Doctors must learn about money to drive better treatment and NHS efficiency
    • New Help to Tackle Children’s Communication Problems
    • Chair announced for new adjudication body for health professionals
    • New measures to promote quality in Darzi’s one year on progress report
    • Appointment of General Pharmaceutical Council Chair
    • Junior doctors to comply with requirements of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD)
    • New guides to transform community services
    • Independent Review: New Ways of Improving Access to NHS Dental Services
    • NAO Report - Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections in Hospitals in England
    • More control for disabled people
    • New hotline for carers launched
    • NHS continues to deliver key priorities
    • Cleaning up to curb infections in Scotland
    • New primary care approach boosts referrals to NHS stop smoking services by 49%
    • Contract Awarded to Develop Patient Reported Outcome Measures
    • New 'Fit Note' unveiled - Government gets rid of 'Sick Note' culture
    • Hospital waiting times fall in Scotland
    • Review of the effect of European working time directive on junior doctor training
    • NHS reflects on delivery of key priorities
    • New indicators will help drive quality improvement in the NHS
    • GP Extended Opening Hours - monthly update
    • Funding for medical equipment in Scotland
    • New Chief Executives appointed at Strategic Health Authorities
    • Self-advocacy champion gets top learning disabilities job
    • 30,000 NHS staff to get personal security alarms
    • Government responds to Bradley report on mental health in the Criminal Justice System
    • Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery meet for the first time
    • NHS boards should challenge more to assure themselves
    • Saving lives and fighting crime together - Showcase of London Partnerships
    • New strategy for a 21st century social care workforce
    • Tackling inequalities from the ground up
    • NHS makes budget efficiencies
    • New National Leadership Council for the NHS Members Announced
    • Mike Taylor re-appointed as Commissioner for North West and West Midlands
    • Tough new powers for new health and adult social care watchdog
    • New regulation for health and adult social care providers
    • Our plans to prevent a repeat of the Stafford hospital tragedy
    • NHS delivers shortest waits since records began
    • NHS staff survey reveals improvements for NHS staff
    • Government outlines changes to GP quality incentive scheme
    • New agency for a new era in mental health
    • £4 million boost for 'P Plate' adult social workers
    • Real help for disabled people
    • Express LIFT framework partners announced
    • Department of Health must improve its management of records - says Information Commission
    • Future of Nursing and Midwifery - Commission of experts to improve quality of patient care
    • NHS patients to benefit as top flight Academic Health Science Centres named
    • New Chair of the Health Protection Agency appointed
    • New vision for Practice Based Commissioning
    • Board chairman appointed to South London hospital trust
    • More exchange opportunities for International doctors
    • Councils fall short on support for disabled parents and their children, says CSCI study
    • Care Services Minister, Phil Hope, push to promote Dignity Award and raise care standards
    • Ambulance Trusts offered new choice in emergency call handling
    • New Chief Executive for NHS Confederation
    • Clinicians plus finance add up to better healthcare
    • Lead reviewer announced for NHS workforce health and wellbeing review
    • Department of Health welcomes the King's Fund report on new Centre of Excellence for workforce planning
    • NHS takes the lead on leadership - National Leadership Council takes shape, New Talent & Leadership Guidance launched
    • New Health and Social Care Commissioner appointed for London
    • Plans to enhance Pathology services
    • Care Quality Commission consults on proposals for 2009/10 assessments of health and social care
    • Drug Information and Prescribing Guidance to become a key part of NHS Evidence
    • Government appoints independent group to review NHS Dentistry
    • NHS makes good progress against key priorities
    • Scientists ensuring high quality care for all
    • Four senior appointments at Care Quality Commission
    • NHS staff help develop measures of quality care
    • Expert Patients Programme CIC interactive awareness workshops
    • Health Minister announces £500k partnership fund to support staff development
    • Non medical temporary staff - call for suppliers
    • From deep clean to keep clean
  • NHS Innovations
    • £4 million investment in Scottish telecare
    • Organ transplant allocation rules made more flexible
    • Better Health and social care workforce planning
    • First ever framework for mental well-being launched
    • £250m support for medical innovation
    • NHS to expand in the global market
    • New designs transform patients’ privacy and dignity
    • New research on acute trauma
    • A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking
    • Record numbers seeking jobs in social care
    • Mid -Staff Hospital Trust risks being de-authorised
    • New Materials Launched to Support Learners and Carers
    • The Healthy NHS Board: Good Governance
    • New campaign to help adults lose their spare tyres
    • Better dental care plans to be implemented
    • Blueprint for patient care quality
    • CBI calls for innovation in healthcare
    • £4.5 million injection for regenerative medicine
    • Innovation to be at the heart of care and support services
    • Life Sciences Super Cluster Announced
    • Competition panel to rule on "NHS as preferred provider"
    • Summary Care Records containing key medical information to be accessible
    • Direct payments for healthcare moved a step closer with a new consultation launched by Care Services Minister Phil Hope.
    • Direct Payments for Health : A consultation on proposals for regulations and guidance
    • Hi-tech future for NHS
    • Life Sciences Blueprint to build a strong and healthy future for Britain
    • NHS staff get a chance to see the future at the NHS Innovation Expo
    • NHS Healthcare Science Research projects Awarded over £1 million
    • £10m to encourage new health innovation and education clusters
    • Government publishes response to review and refresh of bioscience 2015
    • Over £220 million to boost innovation in the NHS
    • New pilots announced to bring health and social care together
    • Technology the next front in battle against healthcare associated infections
    • Technology at forefront of NHS treatment - says Scottish Government
    • New chair and members of the Human Genetics Commission announced
    • The NHS unveils plans to slash its carbon footprint
    • Call for views on streamlining Health and Adult Social Care Assessments
    • Government welcomes progress in coordination and translation of health research for the benefit of patients
    • ERBI Medtech Awards
    • Return of The Productive Community Hospital goes Live!
    • Brand new in the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement’s ‘Productives’ series - The Productive Leader, is being launched across the NHS on 31 October 2008. As with other Productives, the programme is about releasing time - in this case, time to lea
  • Procurement
    • Two decades of ineffective commissioning
    • U turn on "preferred provider" policy
    • NHS celebrates 10 years of improvement in cardiac care
    • Commissioning Group Survey: Wave 2
    • Medicine supply chain at risk from speculators
    • GP out-of-hours service: new guidance
    • Update - NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy
    • Markets in health care: the theory behind the policy
    • Government wastes over £50m on hospital food
    • New Practice Based Commissioning survey now published
    • Increase in cases of salmonella
    • New website for providers of healthcare facilities
    • Market forces need to be put in service of patients
    • The Future of Independent Sector Treatment Centres
    • Step change in nhs commercial expertise
    • Experts Discuss Disease - Fight Dollars for Developing World
    • Prime Minister chairs international health taskforce
    • NHS patients to benefit from new measures to improve access to drugs
    • Hospital guards wearing cameras
    • NHS Choices' contract awarded to Capita Group PLC
    • OGC launches new roadmap to achieve better value for money from the £175 billion Government spend on third party goods and services
    • Non medical temporary staff - call for suppliers
    • NHS collaboration set to achieve savings of £6.5m
  • Public Health
    • Rural Affairs Minister strengthens efforts to eradicate bovine TB
    • Poor housing costs the country billions of pounds, study finds
    • Slapdash Slatherers increase risk of dangerous sunburn
    • TV chef backs hospital food project for older people
    • Environment can override children's natural urge to exercise
    • Should Heroin be made available on the NHS?
    • majority of Europeans support public policies aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm
    • Elderly should Celebrate ageing
    • Latest update on the volcanic ash plume
    • Lower GI foods could help reduce risk of heart disease in women
    • Patients Association Manifesto Survey 2010
    • Today is an important day for all children and young people
    • New tobacco controls proposed
    • Putting patients in the driving seat for hospital transport
    • Minister launches £1m Rural Health Innovation Fund
    • RCN welcomes children’s palliative care funding
    • £2 million for veterans' mental health services
    • BETTER PROTECTION FOR PATIENTS HAVING ‘MOT’ SCANS
    • £40M boost for end of life care
    • Blackburn with Darwen praised
    • Same-sex hospital wards "virtually"achieved
    • The Health Profile of England in 2009
    • Launch of the National Care Service
    • Changing attitudes to mental illness
    • Grandparents as influential as professional advisers
    • Will you be a "Skills for care" winner ?
    • Second wave of NHS trusts registered with CQC
    • Teenagers in the dark on diseases
    • Commitment to eradicate child poverty now law
    • UK Pandemic response to be reviewed
    • Budget 2010: Health efficiency savings
    • HFEA chief executive announced
    • Stroke survivors in rural areas seek better services
    • Physicians state: bigger taxes needed on Tobacco
    • First ‘Health and Criminal Justice tsar’ announced
    • Learning disabilities health care standards launched
    • Health inequalities persist in coalfields
    • Building better health services i Scotland
    • Online resource launched for Valuing Employment Now
    • Early deaths from air pollution shame UK
    • Action to end the wheelchair postcode lottery
    • Most PCTs cannot account for dementia spend
    • Time to move: the major benefit of physical activity
    • New patient data has the power to transform health
    • Local NHS to trial new ways to improve dental services
    • A review of public health performance and spending
    • Call for employers to be ‘carer friendly’
    • NHS to better help victims of violence
    • Child protection reforms risk weakening safety net
    • Health at the centre of the fight against climate change
    • Teachers to lead in preventing violence
    • £8million campaign to catch cancer early
    • Inactive children get help to move more
    • More focus on mental health and learning disabilities
    • Autistic adults can live independent lives
    • Brits are ‘all talk-no action’ when it comes to health
    • Scotland to become an 'active nation'
    • Have bike will travel to better health
    • People with dementia shunned through ignorance
    • Beer or peer pressure to drink more?
    • Hospital malnutrition deaths tip of iceberg
    • Experts unite to boost dementia research
    • Helping hand for care and support housing
    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease plans
    • People visiting dentists highest for ten years
    • Tackling the obesity epidemic: in Scotland
    • NHS to provide more care at home
    • NPSA’s response to AvMA report
    • Organ donors wanted:Sign up to save a life
    • Diabetes care continues to improve
    • 85 percent of drinks not labelled properly
    • Meat industry accused of misleading statements
    • Joined-up health and social care essential
    • Minister approves Care Trust Plus
    • Fairer health in the future : new goals
    • Help for thousands seriously injured at work
    • Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet:
    • Cancer patients call for more local services
    • Social care at home plans are unfunded
    • David Gray: CQC response to inquest
    • Anthrax alert for London heroin users
    • Major trauma care in England
    • Health improvements in children
    • Health programme helps doctors back to work
    • Implementing Stroke Strategy has improved lives
    • New report reveals true impact of dementia on UK
    • Venous thromboembolism - reducing the risk
    • Male breast reduction nearly doubles
    • Shingles vaccine for over seventies moves a step closer
    • A Smoke-free Future: more constraints promised
    • Young people's sexual health and Chlamydia screening
    • New NHS Campaign Reveals Unseen Alcohol Damage
    • End of the road for tobacco displays
    • Dance to health with Diversity
    • Preventative mental health services must improve
    • Ditch that car and walk to school once a week
    • Scotland's largest brewer backs minimum pricing
    • 'unfair and unethical' access to NHS weight loss surgery
    • Nuffield Trust correction on NHS comparisions
    • NHS England best within UK for productivity
    • Progress on privacy and dignity in NHS hospitals
    • Health inequalities to be everybody’s business
    • Pupils to debate organ donation
    • Children to be offered better protection against disease
    • RCM comments on CQC report on Milton Keynes
    • ‘Faked pandemics, a threat to health’
    • Regulation of support workers
    • Midwife numbers still playing catch-up
    • Concerns on "False positives" in prostrate cancer
    • Better ways sought to handle complaints
    • Improving dementia services in England - interim report
    • Update on Pandemic Flu- Friday January 08 2010
    • Ignorance and indifference risks spread of chlamydia
    • Scottish Prescription charges to be slashed
    • Proposals to Dispense more Generic Medicines
    • NHS Stressline tackles New Year money blues
    • Call 111 for non-emergency healthcare
    • Commons Second Reading of Personal Care at Home Bill
    • NHS Marks Five Years of Progress in Kidney Care
    • Scientists scoop top prize for novel detection technology
    • New initiative to prevent ‘next global pandemic’
    • Armed Forces personnel better off by nearly £20 million
    • Urgent allergy alert
    • OECD Health at a Glance 2009: Key findings for the United Kingdom
    • Swine Flu Vaccinations for under fives to start
    • Radical overhaul of support for people with mental health conditions
    • New pledge to reduce work-related deaths and injuries
    • Beyond the Pandemic
    • Health check for NHS Scotland
    • Weekly pandemic flu update Thursday December 3 2009
    • Key report on adult social care
    • NICE consults on new Quality Standards
    • TB figures continue to increase
    • Dumfries hospital inspection
    • A third of HIV patients diagnosed late
    • local action to improve air quality
    • Change4Life Campaign at the Royal College of Midwives conference
    • Know Your Limits campaign warns of hidden damage from alcohol
    • Personal Care at Home Bill introduced to Parliament
    • Call for health professionals to act on climate change
    • NHS urged to say sorry when things go wrong
    • Frontline NHS staff to help transform patient care
    • First express LIFT arrives.
    • Improving health, supporting justice
    • Admissions from A&E peak ahead of Government's four-hour wait deadline
    • Action plan on offender health is launched
    • 797,067 people with diabetes in the UK are not achieving their recommended blood glucose levels.
    • NHS efficiencies cutting waiting times in Scotland
    • Sunbeds should be off limits to the under 18s
    • New performance targets for NHS Scotland
    • 'More for less', suggests NHS trusts are increasing productivity
    • The latest figures about the incidence of influenza A (H1N1) in Scotland
    • Department of Health response to BMJ press release on critical care services
    • A new law to help protect children and young people from the harms of tobacco
    • New action plan to tackle the over prescribing of antipsychotic drugs
    • Health Committee report on Patient Safety:
    • New legal rights for NHS patients
    • Hospital inspection report
    • Weekly pandemic flu media update: 5 November 2009
    • Increase of more than half in stroke calls to 999
    • New “cycle to work” guarantee in a bid to transform the numbers cycling to work.
    • Emergency Services Review
    • Local authority permits partial reopening of Godstone Farm
    • Seasonal Flu By Numbers
    • Primary care key to NHS survival
    • Continued Innovation in Primary Care Key to Future of NHS
    • Hilary Benn urges England to get growing
    • Swine Flu vaccinations to start
    • Department of Health to develop National Liver Strategy
    • Communities inspired to take control of their health
    • Review of NHS children’s services
    • Care Quality Commission NHS ratings 2008/09 – Department of Health response
    • New study to examine benefits of Personal Health Budgets
    • Nurses and Midwives will take centre stage in delivering tomorrow’s healthcare
    • UK to give £23m to help the developing world tackle swine flu
    • Keeping older people fit and healthy
    • A new vision for mental health and well-being
    • New Horizons - government consults on mental health and well-being
    • Swim for Life - the search for a new Swimming Stroke
    • Suicide Rates Lowest on Record
    • Health Profiles 2009 launched
    • New Cervical Cancer campaign
    • New goal to get people with learning disabilities back to work
    • New Health Secretary sets out vision for a people centred NHS
    • Update of patient experience psa scores
    • Care for Dementia in Scotland
    • Abortion statistics, England & Wales: 2008
    • Heatwave plan updated with advice for those with respiratory problems
    • New reforms to give one million more people an NHS dentist - say Conservatives
    • NHS celebrates success and progress in A&E
    • Putting the Patient in Control - Next Stage in Personal Healthcare Budgets Announced
    • 'Tackling Health Inequalities - 10 Years On'
    • National Patient Choice Survey latest results
    • EU working closely to monitor the new flu
    • Government pledges £1.6m for Macmillan's National Cancer Survivorship Initiative
    • New National Director for NHS Flu Resilience appointed
    • Work begins to eliminate mixed sex accommodation in NHS
    • Tackling inequalities from the ground up
    • New programme revolutionises DH/Third Sector working
    • Have your say in NHS Dentistry review
    • Drive to improve services on world autism day
    • Care Quality Commission launches
    • New law comes into force to strengthen protection of vulnerable people
    • Landmark day as patients to help put quality at the heart of the NHS and social care
    • New regulator for health, mental health and adult social care
    • Preventative checks will soon be available in England
    • NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting times figures for this month
    • CQC will stand up for vulnerable groups
    • Alan Johnson gives statement on Stafford Hospital, Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust
    • Cheap alcohol is killing us and our quality of life, says Chief Medical Officer
    • Cervical screening age: experts to review evidence
    • NHS Progress in tackling waiting times for diagnostic tests
    • GP Extended Opening Hours - Monthly update
    • Commission report: the world drugs problem, ten years on
    • More help given to victims of sexual violence
    • Alan Johnson and James Purnell announce further action to target credit crunch stress
    • Safety in numbers - NPSA publishes new local patient safety incident data
    • More companies join voluntary ban on colours associated with hyperactivity
    • Tackling alcohol misuse
    • Guide launched to help services improve customer care
    • Making Experiences Count - Reform of the Health and Social Care complaints arrangements
    • NHS Inpatient and Outpatient waiting times figures 31st January 2009
    • NHS cancer waiting times figures, October to December 2008
    • More cash for contraception
    • Sure Start Children's Centres must do more for child health services
    • New scheme launched to help people on sick leave back to work
    • Get well soon - without antibiotics
    • Statistical press notice: A&E Statistics - Quarterly Update
    • Marie Curie Chief Exec to Chair End of Life Board
    • Record levels of investment in services for disabled children
    • Saturated fat campaign launched to tackle UK’s biggest killer
    • Reform of health professions' regulators
    • A National Stroke Awareness Campaign launched
    • NHS ready for PROM date
    • Landmark Strategy to Transform Dementia Services
    • National Patient Choice Survey latest results
    • Financial penalties for hospitals who fail to tackle mixed sex accommodation
    • First steps for personal health budgets
    • Care Quality Commission consults on involving people who use services
    • Health Profile of England 2008
    • First NHS constitution launched
    • More help with long term conditions - New guidance helps commissioners to put patients in the driving seat
    • New measures for better quality, personal health care
    • C. Difficile infections continue to fall
    • 69% of GP Surgeries now offer extended opening hours
    • NHS inpatient and outpatient waiting times figures
    • Patients to have a say in improving GP services
    • More help to get young people talking
    • More advice on healthy living
    • £13.5million for areas with poor health
    • Phil Hope launches more 'Pacesetters' to reduce health inequalities
    • Ed Balls and Alan Johnson boost child mental health services
    • Government welcomes taskforce report on Organ Donation
    • Tackling obesity levels a key issue at West Midlands health conference
    • Change4Life: The healthy living revolution starts here
    • £30m healthy towns kick start Change4life
    • Call for your views on shaping the future of Play England
• Election 2010
  • Latest News
    • Lib Dems pledge support for a national college of social work
    • Polling stations open
    • Nigel Farage in Light Plane crash
    • Really listening to communities- SNP
    • UKIP Launches small Business Policy
    • Days to go in General Election 2010
    • Green Party fields more female candidates than any other party
    • The Final TV debate and sparks fly
    • Labour candidate challenged- SNP
    • Final TV debate tonight
    • Forced retirement costs the UK £3.5bn a year, says Age UK
    • London parties ignoring climate change – Plaid
    • Labour make a Pigs ear of it
    • Campaign urges public sector to use more local food
    • Soil Association comment on Conservative school food proposals
    • Protecting Scottish jobs- SNP
    • Green Party leader acts to defend air passengers' rights following volcano chaos
    • Plaid accuses London parties of betraying poorest pensioners
    • Greens to contest all 73 constituencies for first time ever
    • Labour launches plan for growth at MINI Oxford
    • Greens criticise Clegg's £3 billion “green jobs plan”
    • Miliband is distancing himself from Brown say Lib Dems
    • SNP offer only real alternative - Salmond
    • Decision to ban mental health slurs during election campaign wins praise
    • Liberal Democrats launch plans to stimulate a green economy
    • Alienation not immigration fuelling BNP support, says new ippr report
    • SNP's local and national champions
    • Conservatives and Gary Barlow launch School Stars
    • RCN response to Liberal Democrat Party Manifesto 2010
    • Council tax frozen for third year in a row-SNP
    • UK-GBC welcomes Lib Dem target for zero carbon Britain
    • Age sensitive manifesto ducks care debate, says Age UK
    • Fair is worth fighting for! Manifesto launch today- Green Party
    • UK-GBC responds to Lib Dem manifesto
    • UK-GBC welcomes labour party manifesto
    • RCN responds to Conservative Party manifesto
    • SNP to pre-empt first leaders' debate
    • Self-interested Tories and Lib Dems say - forget the economy, we're fighting an election-Plaid Cymru
    • Council workers feel the savage chill of life under Tories as pay freeze bites
    • UKPHA demands radical rethink to protect the Nation's health
    • Fair Play Election Manifesto: What is the best Children’s Play Delivery System?
    • TUC welcomes minimum wage commitments in Labour Manifesto
    • Labour unveil Manifesto
    • RCM calls on next government to maintain funding
    • Income tax not on the menu for Labour
    • The Tories Economic Plan has the strength of a house of cards
    • Older Voters could decide Election- AGE UK
    • Health of nation is priority- Royal College of Nursing
    • Election Announced
  • Conservative
    • One final push for Conservatives
    • Our contract for Northern Ireland- Conservative Party
    • A contract for young people- Conservatives
    • Plans for Olympics-style school sport competition- Conservative Party
    • Our contract for equalities- Conservative Party
    • Our contract for equalities- Conservative Party
    • Labour's early release legacy- Conservatives
    • Making the banks work for the people- Conservatives
    • Mending our broken society- Conservatives
    • Conservatives launch Quality of Life manifesto
    • We will create a new generation of state schools- Conservative
    • Benefits for drug and alcohol addicts cost £5bn- Conservatives
    • Labour's shameful lies- Conservative Party
    • Cameron wins second televised leaders' debate
    • Inside the Campaign- William Hague
    • Conservatives launch Armed Forces Manifesto
    • Change our political system to put people back in control- Conservatives
    • The second televised leaders' debate- Conservative Party
    • Unemployment hits sixteen year high- Conservative
    • The dangers of a hung parliament- Conservatives
    • Soaring inflation bad news for families feeling the pinch-Conservatives
    • Big Society versus Big Government- Conservative Party
    • Eight point plan to tackle aviation emergency-Conservative Party
    • TV debate shows Cameron is ready to lead- Conservative Party
    • Massive increase in police use of terrorism stop and search- Conservative Party
    • The first televised leaders' debate- Conservatives
    • Unsurprising holes in the Liberal Democrat Manifesto- Conservative Party
    • David Cameron criticises Labours negativity- Conservative Party
    • Save your local Pub as Party launch manifesto- Conservative Party
    • We've heard it all before and nothing changes- Conservatives
    • Let's fight Labour's cider tax- Conservatives
    • We've heard it all before- Conservatives
    • UK Border Agency criticised by its own staff- Conservatives
    • Tackling homophobic bullying in schools- Conservatives
    • Recognising marriage in the tax system- Conservatives
    • Three strikes policy to crack down on benefit fraud- Conservatives
    • Most children released from jail reoffend within a year- Conservatives
    • David Cameron launches plans for a National Citizen Service-Conservatives
    • Unemployment up almost two thirds in rural areas- Conservatives
    • Blocking more bureaucracy for teachers- Conservatives
    • Cameron challenges Brown to show he is accountable- Conservatives
    • Giving local people the power to recall MPs- Consevative Party
    • Election finally called- Conservative Party
  • Labour
    • Inside the Campaign- Gordon Brown
    • Inside the Campaign- Labour Party
    • Would you bet your future on the judgement of George Osborne?
    • Labour launch final week message
    • Labour launches Sports Manifesto at Loughborough University
    • Inside the campaign- Gordon Brown
    • Labour will give police the tools they need
    • Brown in Bigot gaffe
    • How would cutting child tax credits help society? - Cooper
    • A Nightmare on Your Street- Labour Party
    • Labour’s manifesto for families – “Your Family, Your Choice”
    • Harman and Miliband launch Labour's BAME Manifesto
    • Labour launches Health Manifesto
    • Tory school plans can only mean cuts to other schools – Ed Balls
    • Labour launches housing manifesto
    • The future of the economy- Labour
    • Tories threaten cuts to hundreds of new schools in England-Labour Party
    • Grayling must accept that crime is down - Johnson
    • Inside the Campaign- Gordon Brown
    • Too soon to cut jobs help - Yvette Cooper
    • Your voice, your choice - Labour Party
    • Labour is the Party of recovery - Conservative plans pose great risk
    • Forces Charter to guarantee rights of Britain’s troops and Veterans-Labour Party
    • Project to change the Conservative Party has failed - Miliband
    • If you're there for him, he won't be there for you- Labour Party
    • "You are on your own"- Labour Party
    • Peter Mandelson issues second "State of the Race" memo- Labour Party
    • The Tories might try and talk tough on crime but their actions are weak - Labour
    • Another glitzy launch cannot hide Tory mistakes
    • Down the Line- Labour Party
    • Gordon Brown's speech on new politics at Centre Point- Labour Party
    • Seizing theis progressive moment- Labour Party
  • Liberal
    • In 24 hours we can change Britain forever says Clegg
    • Tory Inheritance Tax cut costs £6bn says Cable
    • Bailed out banks shouldn’t whinge about tighter controls says Cable
    • The final televised Leaders' debate - Nick Clegg
    • Nick Clegg sets out policies for older people
    • Cameron and Brown treating people like fools over ‘efficiency savings’ says Clegg
    • IFS shows Tories and Labour not coming clean about cuts says Cable
    • We need to change the way power flows in the NHS says Nick Clegg
    • Cameron happy for your vote not to count says Huhne
    • Nick Clegg launches plans for better pay and homes for troops- Liberal Democrats
    • People deserve the truth on NHS cuts says Lamb- Liberal Democrats
    • Nick Clegg launches Liberal Democrat environment manifesto
    • Real danger of double dip recession says Cable- Liberal Democrats
    • More police needed to counter heightened crime fears says Huhne
    • Unemployment increase underlines fragility of UK economy says Cable
    • Liberal Democrats set out radical plans for schools
    • 'Efficiency savings’ leading to cuts in NHS services says Lamb
    • A vulnerable economy say Liberal Democrats
    • Nick Clegg and Vince Cable set out radical banking reforms-Liberal Democrats
    • Case for third runway comprehensively debunked says Susan Kramer- Liberal Democrats
    • Manifesto for farming- Liberal Democrats
    • Singh case underlines need for libel law reform says Evan Harris- Liberal Democrats
    • Get tough on businesses exploiting illegal immigrants says Chris Huhne- Liberal Democrats
    • Monster fuel bills shows energy market out of control says Simon Hughes- Liberal Democrats
    • Four priority areas for Manifesto- Liberal Democrats
    • Sorry seems to be the hardest word- Liberal Democrats
    • You can’t trust the Conservatives says Alexander- Liberal Democrats
    • Liberal Democrats’ five point plan to tackle bankers’ bonuses says Clegg
    • Poorest pay more in tax, richest less under Labour says Clegg- Liberal Democrats
    • The rules must change- Liberal Democrats
    • Lamb slams Labour’s cancer campaign- Liberal Democrats
    • Nick Clegg launches policies for families- Liberal Democrats
    • National Citizen Service is a multi-billion pound black hole says Alexander
    • Nick Clegg reveals Tories’ £13bn VAT bombshell
    • Tories utterly dishonest over right to sack corrupt MPs says Huhne- Lib Dems
    • Labour and Tories have blocked political reform says Clegg
  • Other
    • 'Gray day' as even members doubt Labour
    • Farage talks straight on Immigration
    • Balanced parliament now more likely than ever- SNP
    • Lib Dems cannot be trusted to create stability in a hung parliament- Plaid Cymru
    • Greens back Royal College of Midwives’ manifesto
    • London leaders hiding on cuts- SNP
    • Plaid: Labour confusion endangers funding for Wales
    • Welsh Labour support SNP on alcohol misuse
    • Bercow does not even pay his bar bills
    • With MPs like these – who needs enemies?
    • Green Party beats all other parties on global justice, says World Development Movement
    • Cameron exposes Tory unpopularity- SNP
    • SNP champions Scotland's students
    • Farage warns of new migrant influx- UKIP
    • LibDems forget fairness for Scottish voters- SNP
    • £36m to tackle alcohol abuse- SNP
    • Labour’s new eco-policy will cost Britain a million jobs- Green Party
    • Lib Dems are “The biggest eco-charlatans on this part of the planet”
    • Salmond champions Scotland in Sky debate- SNP
    • Green Party leader acts to defend air passengers' rights following volcano chaos
    • Plaid and SNP ' real alternative' to London Parties
    • Brown caught red handed on bus pass- SNP
    • UKIP candidate dies suddenly
    • Labour caught out scaremongering- SNP
    • Championing Scotland's pensioners- SNP
    • We cannot pass accounts again-UKIP
    • Inflation highlights need for fair fuel- SNP
    • Foreign policy counts too says Alliance
    • Volcano delays EU's ruinous AIFM directive-UKIP
    • £17.4 million pounds jobs funding boost-SNP
    • Salmond launches manifesto- SNP
    • UKIP plane defies the Volcano flight ban
    • What a difference Plaid makes
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• Carbon Reduction 09
  • Morning Plenary
    • Carbon Reduction 09: Delivering a Low Carbon Future
    • Investing in Innovative Low Carbon Technologies
    • UK Renewable Energy Strategy
    • Bringing Sustainable Solutions Home to Everybody
    • An Alternative Vision
    • Q&A Morning
    • Energy Performance
    • Quick Wins with Strategic Thinking
    • Community Waste Energy and Recycling 21st Century
    • DEC the CRC: How to manage the Governments array of carbon intiatives simultaneously
    • Energy Initiatives for building facades
    • Insulation - beyond the zero standard
    • Improving energy efficiency in existing buildings
    • Robust and Economic Legal Solutions to the Carbon Reduction Commitment
    • Resourcing for the carbon generation
    • Low Carbon Pathways for the Transport Sector
    • Reframing Climate Change: How Recent Emission Trends and the Latest Science Change the Debate
    • Creating a Sustainable Legacy – Developing Infrastructure for a Low Carbon Passenger Transport System
    • Q&A Afternoon
• Reducing HCAIs 09 - Clean Safe Care
  • Morning Plenary
    • Reducing HCAIs 09 - Clean Safe Care
    • Regulations, Compliance, Inspections and Accountability
    • Leadership, Accountability, Assurance
    • Effectively Targeting HCAIs
    • HCAI 09 Morning Q & A
    • Innovative Ideas from Industry to Support Infection Control Practice
    • The role of integrated Environmental Hygiene & Infection Prevention practices
    • Setting up of a point of care testing service for MRSA screening – what do you need to know?
    • Fighting Infection from the inside out
    • How to make routine "whole room" decontamination a reality in the NHS
    • Clinical Audit Solutions for Healthcare
    • Introduction of Bardex® IC to reduce the rate of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUT’Is)
    • Infection control of hospital laundry: the flawed NHS guideline
    • HCAI containment strategy in the 21st century - The Blackpool success story
    • Hydrogen peroxide vapour decontamination in hospitals: does it work and is it necessary?
    • Opening the NHS Door to Innovation: Developing and evaluating medical technologies in 'the real world'
    • HCAI Technology Programme: Fast Tracking New Technologies
• Heat and Energy 09
  • Morning Plenary
    • Heat & Energy ‘09 – SOGE – Leading the 'Shift' to a Low Carbon Economy
    • Delivering Sustainable Procurement and Operations on the Government Estate
    • CHP - A Sustainable Solution
    • The Impact of Procurement on Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate
    • Building Low Carbon Communities
    • H&E09 Morning Question and Answer Panel Session
    • Fenestration and the Impacts - Heat, Energy & Conservation
    • The Sustainable Building Cycle
    • Sustainable Air Conditioning??
    • Cut Carbon, Cut Cost: Carbon Savings for Public Buildings
    • Successful Energy Management
    • Local Government – The Key to Community Energy
    • What renewable technology is right for you?
    • Integrating Carbon Management as a Sustainable FM Solution
    • NHS Sustainable Development Strategy - Saving Carbon, Improving Health
    • Environmental Sustainability Best Practice
    • Heat and Energy as an Integral Part of Property Strategy
    • Decarbonisation of the Government Estate - The Catalysts for Change
    • H&E09 Afternoon Question and Answer Panel Session
• Reducing HCAIs 09 - Cleanliness, Codes and Compliance
  • Morning Plenary
    • Cleanliness, Codes and Compliance – Looking Forward to 2010
    • Prerequisites for Success and Lessons Learnt in Reducing HCAIs
    • The Contribution of Technology – A Continuous Journey
    • Reducing HCAIs in the Independent Health Sector – The Challenges Ahead
    • Partnering with industry to drive innovation
    • HCAI09 CCC Q&A Morning
    • Alcohol – based hand disinfection versus traditional scrub method
    • Rapid MRSA screening, does it make a difference?
    • Computerized IV Insulin Dosing in the In-Patient Setting
    • How to make routine "whole room" decontamination a reality in the NHS
    • The economics of Rapid MRSA Testing
    • Approaches to Prevention of Catheter Related Infection
    • Ventilation Hygiene
    • Rapid Nasal Decolonization using Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: A Non-Antibiotic Approach to Help Limit the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Infections
    • Patient warming with forced-air. Is it worth the risks?
    • Saving Lives, Sharing Goals – The Importance of the Community Interface
    • Measuring the Effect of Targeted Cleaning
    • Putting the Patient First – Shared Standards of Quality and Safety
    • HCAI09 CCC Q&A Afternoon
• Sustainable Communities 09 Programme
  • Morning Plenary
    • Sustainable Communities ‘09 - Securing our Low Carbon Future
    • 'Unlocking the Potential' - The Role of Local Government
    • An Alternative Vision - Creating Low Carbon Communities
    • Stimulating Continuous Improvement - Prioritising Sustainable Communities and Value for Money in Public Services
    • Max Halliwell
    • The Smart Meter: A Gateway to Change
    • Green Technologies and Innovations For Buildings, Renewable Heating
    • Taking Stock: Intelligent Energy Strategies
    • Sustainable & Connected Communities
    • A Low Carbon Future for Existing Social Housing Stock
    • The Fenestration Industry making a sustainable future
    • CODEWORD
    • SolarWall® the economical renewable energy solution
    • Decarbonisation of the Nation's Housing Stock
    • Transforming our Homes and Communities
    • Reducing Domestic Carbon Emissions Through Partnerships
    • The HCA Academy - Investing in the Skills for the Future
    • Investing in Green Technology and Innovation
• NHS Sustainable Development 10
  • Morning Plenary
    • Sustainable Development and the NHS
    • NHS Sustainable Development - Saving Carbon, Improving Health
    • Quality, Improvement and Productivity
    • Reducing enery consumption through steam system modernisation
    • Saving money by cutting CO2
    • How to deliver energy efficiencies through effective carbon and energy management
    • Saving Travel Carbon, Saving Travel Costs
    • Green IT
    • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
    • Reduction of Carbon Output and energy Costs
    • 20% Carbon Reduction - A Self Funding Model
    • Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development - e-Health
    • Low energy ventilation and lighting for healthcare buildings
    • Changing Behaviour - People, Procurement and Process
    • Procuring for Health and Sustainability
    • Supporting the Drive for Change - Delivering a Carbon Management Programme
• Health and Social Care 10
  • Morning Plenary
    • High Quality Care for All - Defining the Future Challenges
    • Delivering Health and Social Care - The Role of Local Government
    • Preventative, People-Centred and Productive
    • Performance through engagement - Driving Value and Eliminating Waste through Engaging Your People
    • The Redesign of Service Operation - The NHS Confederation Viewpoint
    • Information at the point of care
    • Performance through Engagement
    • Telecare and telehealth in the real world - delivering on the promise and learning from others
    • Making a difference by listening to ALL patients
    • The Quality & Productivity Challenge
    • How to make routine "whole room" decontamination a reality in the NHS
    • ASC Personalisation - An innovative approach to engaging SUs in self direction
    • The Joint Agenda: E-Learning for Health and Social Care
    • Putting Quality at the Heart of Everything We Do - The Quality and Outcomes Framework, Ending the Postcode Lottery
    • The Pearl Project - Developing Excellence in Dementia Care
    • Choosing Health - Local Choice and Equal Service
    • The Road to a New and Fairer System of Care
• Reducing HCAIs 10 - QIC
  • Morning Plenary
    • Chairs Welcome
    • First, do no harm: HCAI in Perspective
    • Reducing HCAIs - Defining the Priorities Ahead
    • Building a coalition to defeat HCAIs
    • Working together for Change - Strengthening Clinical Leadership
    • How to make routine 'whole room' decontamination a reality in the NHS
    • Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea - uncertainties in testing algorithms and the role of Toxin gene detection
    • Introduction of Bardex® IC to reduce the rate of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUT'Is)
    • Rapid MRSA screening, does it make a difference?
    • MRSA – an increasing problem or a manageable challenge?
    • Antibiotic stewardship; the theory, the practice, the problems
    • Fighting Infection from the inside out
    • Normothermia - Reducing HCAIs
    • Screening and Diagnosis - The Right Techniques for the Right Patients (at the right cost!)
    • International Keynote Speaker
    • Stopping the Spread of Infection through Digital Intelligence
    • HCAI10 QIC Q and A
• Carbon Reduction Commitment 10
  • Master Classes
    • Ready, set, CRC: a suppliers response
    • A complete solution to avoiding the financial & reputational risks that arise from participating in the CRC
    • CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - Maximise the Opportunity - Minimise the Risk
    • How Intelligent Buildings Lower Carbon Emissions
    • AMR, Energy Audits & AM&t
    • Getting best value from the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
    • Being ahead of the game - really dealing with carbon reduction!
    • Carbon Reduction Certification Award
    • The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme: Defining the Way Forward
    • Setting the Context for Change - Budgeting for a Low Carbon Future
    • The Legal and Regulatory Framework
    • CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - An Industry Perspective
    • How being sustainable can support your performance in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
    • Defining the Way Forward - A Strategic Approach
    • London 2012 - 'Extinguishing Emissions'
    • Developing a Successful Emissions Trading Strategy
    • Implementing a Carbon Management Programme