The climate change crisis, caused mainly by emission of greenhouse gases and burning fossil fuels for energy use, is accelerating at a rapid rate and having catastrophic impacts on our weather, environment and the future of our planet.

The government has proposed many changes to the planning system in England in its White Paper ‘Planning for the future’.

Capita and the Local Government Chronicle hosted a webinar to bring together local government experts and discuss how to secure funding to help revitalise our high streets.

Back in the Thatcher years of the 1980s, the explosion of out-of-town shopping centres arguably presented the biggest threat to our traditional town centres.

At Cop 26 in Glasgow last October, world leaders pledged to end deforestation, move away from coal and curb methane emissions, amongst many other revised targets.

Town centres and high streets have traditionally been the focus of urban life, whether this is somewhere like London - often described as ‘a collection of villages’ - or a market or regional town.

The Government’s "once in a generation" proposed reforms to the planning system have made the headlines in recent months as radical changes have been outlined.

We brought together leading experts from Local Authority Building Control and the National Fire Chiefs Council Building Safety Programme Team to share their views on the new Building Safety Bill and Fire Safety Bill.

Our Director of Building Control, Patrick Cunningham, looks ahead to the biggest transformation in Building Control services in his working life.

Our changing shopping and working habits are reshaping the role of our town centres, and this shift has been rapidly accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic.