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• Des militants affirment que les arrêtés de protection des espaces publics sont également utilisés pour criminaliser un large éventail d'activités quotidiennes • Un conseil local sur cinq a interdit les jurons en vertu de nouveaux arrêtés dits « importunes », contre un sur 20 en 2022. • Un nouveau rapport de la Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life a révélé que les public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) – initialement destinés à lutter contre les comportements antisociaux graves – sont utilisés par les conseils d'Angleterre et du Pays de Galles pour criminaliser un large éventail d'activités quotidiennes, telles que se tenir en groupe, crier ou ramasser des pierres.

Datacentres ‘directly competing’ with possible residential builds near public transport, one council tells NSW inquiry, amid growing concernsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDatacentre developments are crowding out opportunities for housing and job-rich industries across Sydney, a New South Wales inquiry has heard, with one local council reporting a rise in blackouts linked to the industry’s expansion.Several Sydney councils, all facing an influx of datacentre developments, have raised concerns about the health, environmental and amenity impacts on their local communities in submissions to the state’s datacentre inquiry. Continue reading...

As the war in Iran continues, ministers debate several options for extending support to households Middle East crisis – live updatesFamilies hardest hit by the looming energy crisis caused by the conflict in the Middle East could be given funds dispensed by local councils, under plans being considered by UK ministers keen to keep a lid on costs.As concerns increase about the impact of rising fuel and energy costs in response to a drawn-out war in Iran, a government official said several options for extending support were being debated inside Whitehall. Continue reading...