Councils

• Ativistas afirmam que as ordens de proteção de espaços públicos também estão sendo usadas para criminalizar diversas atividades cotidianas • Um em cada cinco conselhos locais proibiu o uso de palavrões sob novas ordens de 'intromissão', um aumento em relação a um em cada 20 conselhos em 2022 • Um novo relatório da Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life descobriu que as ordens de proteção de espaços públicos (PSPOs) – originalmente destinadas a combater comportamentos antissociais graves – estão sendo usadas por conselhos na Inglaterra e no País de Gales para criminalizar uma ampla gama de atividades cotidianas, incluindo ficar em grupos, gritar e recolher pedras. Continue lendo...

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...