News UK February 2006

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February

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• Stop Climate Chaos looking for action following Prime Minister’s warm words, Stop Climate Change

27

• Power to the People, Power Inquiry reports

24

• Importance of landscapes recognised as UK Government signs European Landscape Convention

22

• "Birmingham and Manchester need mayors with tax and spend powers", says thinktank, ippr / Urban & village design, Towards Sustainable Economies

The Scallop sculpture by Maggi Hambling, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Photo credit: Mel Etitis

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• Four stretches of English coastline chosen for coastal access study
  • Suffolk Coast: Lowestoft to Cattawade on the River Stour
  • Southern Cumbrian Coast and Morecambe Bay: Whitehaven to Fleetwood
  • County Durham and Hartlepool Coast: Seaham to the River Tees, south of Hartlepool
  • North Devon, Exmoor and West Somerset Coast: Instow near Barnstaple to the River Parrett, south of Burnham on Sea

Defra, Countryside Agency, more information is available via the ‘Coasts’ section on www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk / Open spaces

17

• Rural Impact study to look at Ashford’s future

16

• Water problems might scupper East of England Housing Plans, Friends of the Earth / Drought in England and Wales

15

• All Party Parliamentary Group concerned over future for High Streets, calls for independent retail regulator

14

• Waste strategy (England) consultation opens, Defra
• Waste strategy a missed opportunity, say Friends of the Earth, FoE / Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle

10

• Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) invites expressions of interest in delivery of England-wide community support programme on sutainable development from voluntary sector organisations. www.sustainable-development.gov.uk. Even if you don't see yourself as part of the primary audience for the downloadable document (downloadable via the website above) it may provide useful insight into the thinking behind this government programme to anyone interested from a wider perspective. / CA2020 Development Workshop November 24 2005, Report

8

• New report recommends "inefficiency" charges on wasteful products
• Scottish Executive pledge ambitious target for 'renewable heat' generation
• MPs from all three main parties support Living Streets' call for inquiry into community empowerment

6

• UK and Indian governments agree urgent action to save tigers from extinction, Defra / Biodiversity

2

• Drought in the south east - Minister urges ‘use water sensibly now’
• Britain's first eco-street benefitting the environment at a grassroots level in the market town of Penrith, Cumbria, Society Guardian / Sustainability networks, North West England
• "Comprehensive programme of engagement* on local government reorganisation promised by Minister for Communities and Local Government, David Miliband - five County Dialogues to include representatives from a variety of groups including Public - Councils' User Groups and the Voluntary and Community Sector. ODPM / Community & voluntary action
• The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)’s Neighbourhood Renewal Unit has published a new report: 'Data Provision for Neighbourhood Renewal', as part of its efforts to support evidence based policy making at a local level. Other outputs from the project include a searchable website, available at www.data4nr.net, ODPM / Regeneration

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