Over the weekend the Government published its long-awaited response to the Department for Communities and Local Government Select Committee inquiry into litter (March 2015). The Government then sought to outline a response to the concerning findings by announcing its determination to launch a national campaign against littering.

New research shows that local housing targets are driven by over-ambition rather than need.

Proposals to extend deal to housing associations, voluntarily or not, will destroy liveability of villages, say campaigners