A share of £100,000 is up for grabs as part of a new community energy competition launched today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Edward Davey.
Community groups and other eligible organisations across England are invited to apply for the funding to develop innovative energy-saving ideas that could help slash energy bills.
Potential measures to make walking on the streets safer and easier are a right priority for the next Government, according to 57 per cent of people aged 65 and over living in the South West. These are the results of a YouGov poll commissioned by Living Streets and published today (27 January 2015).
The majority (83 per cent) of respondents in the South West say they enjoy getting fresh...
Which? calls for national savings strategy Which? is calling on the Government to introduce a national savings strategy in 2015 as we find a third of people are planning to save less in the coming months.
The latest findings from the Which? Consumer Insight Tracker show that while nearly half (49%) are worried about their level of savings, a third of people (33%) are planning to save...
Vital day-to-day local services are being protected as the Government cuts another £27 million of funding for Plymouth residents.
The City Council is set to agree a draft budget for 2015/16 which includes £14 million less to spend on services next year due to Government funding cuts.
The Government has already cut the Council’s funding by £30m over three years and the City...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, joined Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaigners on 23rd September to support calls for the Government to improve its plan to protect bees and other vital pollinating insects, due to be published later this autumn.
The use of toxic pesticides and the loss of habitat are major factors causing the drop in bee populations. 97% of the UK’s...
Plymouth City Council’s leader has wasted no time in working to establish a relationship with the new Government Ministers following the recent cabinet reshuffle.
Councillor Tudor Evans, Leader of the Council, has written to all the Under-secretaries, Ministers, and Secretaries of State, congratulating them on their appointment and making them aware of the priorities for Plymouth....
The leader of a Devon council is calling on people across the South West to write to their MPs and ask for Westminster to prioritise investment in the Westcountry’s rail network.
Plymouth City Council’s Labour leader, Tudor Evans, has asked that people across the South West play their part by helping to keep the pressure on government while a motion is put to the authority’s full...
Insurance leaders will meet with Government Ministers today to discuss the industry’s response to the recent floods in the South West and Thames Valley at a Downing Street summit today.
Ministers are likely to call on the industry to ensure that floods claims are processed as soon as possible.
Companies representing 60% of the insurance market are due to report to ministers on...
Concerns have been raised that the £31.1m promised by the Government last year to secure the South West’s railways against severe weather was not delivered, despite widespread support from local authorities.
The money was promised by the Government for a programme of rail improvements, after winter flooding cut off rail transport to the South West peninsula for several weeks in 2012/13...
