Councils

• 活動家は、公共空間保護命令（PSPO）が幅広い日常活動を犯罪化するために利用されていると主張している。 • 新たな「おせっかい」命令の下で、地方評議会の5つのうち1つが暴言を禁止しており、これは2022年の20に1つから増加している。 • Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Lifeによる新しい報告書では、元々は深刻な反社会的行動に対処することを目的としていた公共空間保護命令（PSPO）が、イングランドとウェルズの評議会によって、グループで立っていること、叫ぶこと、石を拾うことなど、幅広い日常活動を犯罪化するために利用されていることが判明した。

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...