Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
83 followers · 5455 posts · Server mstdn.social
Many #councils in the #UK direct people to use one.network to find out about roadworks in their area. #OneNetwork forbids this: '2.4 Non-consumer use only. The one.network Service is intended for internal business use only and is therefore not aimed at consumers. By using the one.network Service and/or by agreeing to these Terms you represent and warrant that you are not a consumer.'
So how do I as a taxpayer find out about #roadworks ?
#Government #transport #roads #roadworks #onenetwork #UK #councils
AutisticMumTo3 She/her 🌈 · @AutisticMumTo3
590 followers · 18132 posts · Server leftist.network
UK’s rental shame: tenants paying four times as much of income as homeowners on housing | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rent-rise-income-mortgages-living-costs-b2387213.html
#Rent
#Rents
#HomeOwnership
#HomeOwners
#Renters
#Landlords
#Councils
#CouncilHousing
#Gove
#Labour
#HousingCrisis
#Shelter
#RentersReformBill
#AffordableHomes
#SocialHousing
#rent #Rents #homeownership #homeowners #renters #landlords #councils #CouncilHousing #Gove #labour #housingcrisis #shelter #RentersReformBill #affordablehomes #socialhousing
AutisticMumTo3 She/her 🌈 · @AutisticMumTo3
578 followers · 17753 posts · Server leftist.networkCouncils issue record number of fines for ‘busybody offences’ in England and Wales | Crime | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/20/councils-issue-record-number-of-fines-for-busybody-offences
#BusyBody
#Councils
#Napping
#FeedingTheBirds
#Swearing
#ClimbingTrees
#Shouting
#RoughSleeping
#SleepingInACar
#Busking
#CharityCollection
#PickingUpStones
#PettyRestrictions
#CriminalisingHomelessness
#CriminalisingRoughSleeping
#AntiSocialBehaviour
#PSPOs
#busybody #councils #napping #feedingthebirds #swearing #ClimbingTrees #shouting #RoughSleeping #SleepingInACar #busking #CharityCollection #PickingUpStones #PettyRestrictions #CriminalisingHomelessness #CriminalisingRoughSleeping #antisocialbehaviour #pspos
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
444 followers · 1570 posts · Server mastodon.scotCouncils, NHS & Government Partnership Agreement: Developing A Scottish National Care Service
#NationalCareService #VerityHouse
#ScottishGovernment #Scotland #NHS #Councils #Care
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/14/councils-nhs-government-partnership-agreement-developing-a-scottish-national-care-service/
#care #councils #nhs #scotland #scottishgovernment #verityhouse #nationalcareservice
Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
894 followers · 3149 posts · Server mastodon.ieThis is nuts. A neighbour in a brick-and-pebbledash 3-bed semi installed external insulation for something like €15k; it's crazy to fund people for €3k to change their fossil fuel heating when a better grant would make this heating unnecessary #OldFossils #Councils https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41144701.html
Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
26 followers · 168 posts · Server aus.social
A heritage site in Port Hedland has been disturbed without permission
"An elder saw a large council lawn mower operating on Two Mile Ridge, home to multiple fossil footprints and rock engravings. Last year the council was fined almost $8,000 for illegally damaging a separate set of footprints at a nearby site at Pretty Pool.
Kariyarra Minjinburra elder Robert Dann said he saw a large council lawn mower operating on Two Mile Ridge last week, which he said caused damage to the rocks as well as "slashing" a preserved footprint.He said the footprint was estimated to be at least 25,000 years old. All this work has been done with this big slasher, chopping up the rocks and actually marking the ridge itself....The area was home to multiple footprints, as well as rock engravings, which were also threatened by the council's alleged actions."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/port-hedland-aboriginal-site-allegedly-damaged/102469174
#RockEngravings #Rockart #Heritage #Councils #FossilFuel #Lawn #machinery #Destruction
#rockengravings #rockart #heritage #councils #fossilfuel #lawn #machinery #destruction
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
68 followers · 440 posts · Server mastodon.auThere are "Development possibilities" in the #ClimateCrisis and the #HousingCrisis:
"#Land for 10,000 northern #Rivers homes flagged in #NSW plan to ease housing crisis."
"The state’s auditor general released a report on Thursday that found the government in 2021/22 spent $1.4bn from a budget of $1.9bn in response to natural disasters. A further $1.1bn was then spent in the second half of 2022."
"The report also found 36 councils did not identify climate change or natural disasters as a strategic risk, despite 22 of them having at least one natural disaster in 2021/22.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/02/land-for-10000-northern-rivers-homes-flagged-in-nsw-plan-to-ease-housing-crisis
#NSW #Floods #Climate #DIY #Disasters Burning #FossilFuel #Councils #Resilient #LandRelease #NewMarkets #CreativeDestruction
#climatecrisis #housingcrisis #land #rivers #nsw #floods #climate #diy #disasters #fossilfuel #councils #resilient #landrelease #newmarkets #creativedestruction
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
65 followers · 406 posts · Server mastodon.au
Some #councils are acting on #roaming #pets
Bendigo Council has become the latest in Australia to pass 24/7 cat containment
https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/About/Media-Releases/city-introduce-new-24-hour-cat-containment-and-leash-restrictions-2024
#Bellingen #RoamingDogs #RoamingCats #Wildlife #Biodiversity
#councils #roaming #pets #bellingen #roamingdogs #roamingcats #wildlife #biodiversity
Tim Stickland · @sticklandtim
70 followers · 1146 posts · Server mastodon.green
Born at 321 · @JMGlo
17 followers · 41 posts · Server toot.walesJust been for a 5 day #walk along part of the #Wales #coast #path. From #Llantwit Major to #Chepstow. Congratulations and thanks to #cardiff #newport #monmouth #councils for signage, upkeep, route
#councils #monmouth #newport #cardiff #chepstow #Llantwit #path #coast #Wales #walk
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
57 followers · 300 posts · Server mastodon.au
Calls to ban pet cats roaming outside to protect native fauna
#Roaming pet #cats killing billions of #wildlife every year. Time for NSW & WA to let #councils introduce cat containment rules,
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/calls-to-ban-pet-cats-roaming-outside-to-protect/102238860
#Pets #Biodiversity #NSW
Image: Cat Mosaic (detail) in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Mary Harrsch, Flickr
#roaming #cats #wildlife #councils #pets #biodiversity #nsw
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
57 followers · 288 posts · Server mastodon.au
"Australia is a nation of dog lovers, and nearly half our households have one or more..
There have been five dog attacks in Queensland's south-east in the past week, and three of those injured were small children."
It's not about breed, it's the sheer quantity of #pets and the lack of domestication.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-14/what-makes-dogs-dangerous-dog-attacks-queensland/102217624
#Councils #BellingenShire #Enforcement #Dogs #Wildlife
#pets #councils #bellingenshire #enforcement #dogs #wildlife
NuddaOz Steph🇭🇲 · @NuddaOz
24 followers · 2659 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
@CatherineRussell2 Had to send this through. You think your councils like to shirk their jobs but ours like to economise. They are also enviromentalists. They like to keep the natural vegetation. 😂
#councils #gaffertape #enviromentalists #nsw #australia #humour
#councils #gaffertape #enviromentalists #nsw #australia #humour
BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
54 followers · 259 posts · Server mastodon.auHow and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme #climate – the insurance industry can help. "An additional problem is that council consents for #housing have been based on statistics of past climate events – set at a one-in-a-hundred or one-in-two-hundred year level. As we have recently seen, climate change makes these statistics dubious. All potential #risks need to be clearly communicated to potential buyers though land information memorandum reports."
https://theconversation.com/how-and-where-we-build-needs-to-change-in-the-face-of-more-extreme-weather-the-insurance-industry-can-help-202326
#HomeOwnership #climatechange #councils
#climate #housing #risks #homeownership #climatechange #councils
Claire Miller · @clairemiller
882 followers · 357 posts · Server mstdn.social
A set of 'temporary' traffic lights have celebrated their 5th birthday - after costing taxpayers nearly £125,000
The lights were set up in Mar 2018 after the edge of the carriageway fell away
Local councillor Ian Chandler used #FOI to find out the cost
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #traffic #councils #transport
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-24-3-2023-foifriday/
#foifriday #transport #councils #traffic #investigativejournalism #journalismtips #freedomofinformation #journalism #foi
Claire Miller · @clairemiller
882 followers · 357 posts · Server mstdn.social
It's a good (or bad) time of year for potholes after winter freeze/thaw/downpours have caused more. So time for a pothole #FOI
Cambridgeshire Council paid £16,000 in 2021 for an injury caused by a pothole, and £96,000 in total pothole claims over 2 years
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #potholes #councils #transport
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-24-3-2023-foifriday/
#foifriday #transport #councils #Potholes #investigativejournalism #journalismtips #freedomofinformation #journalism #foi
Claire Miller · @clairemiller
861 followers · 328 posts · Server mstdn.social
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #potholes #councils #transport
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-24-3-2023-foifriday/
#foifriday #transport #councils #Potholes #investigativejournalism #journalismtips #freedomofinformation #journalism
Claire Miller · @clairemiller
882 followers · 357 posts · Server mstdn.social
Council Tax goes up next week so now might be a good time to check your local councillors have been paying theirs.
A Derby councillor who had not paid council tax was named after a 10-month #FOI battle. The councillor owed £1,273.57 at the time of the request but has since paid their arrears.
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-councillor-who-not-pay-8277684
#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #councils #CouncilTax
More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-24-3-2023-foifriday/
#foifriday #Counciltax #councils #investigativejournalism #journalismtips #freedomofinformation #journalism #foi
Seonaidh 🏴 · @MacNaBracha
552 followers · 1388 posts · Server mastodon.scotIf the bùrach of the SNP leadership race is too depressing, the antics of the Labour-Tory-Lib Dem coalition at Edinburgh Council may provide some light relief. That said, Labour voting for compulsory redundancies is no laughing matter.
#unionists #scotland #councils #snp #redtories #edinburgh
Rich Speight · @MackemGog
56 followers · 207 posts · Server toot.walesDo you want to learn more about how climate and the just transition impact #publicservice in #Wales?
Are you free from 11-12.30 today?
If you work in #NHS #Councils #SocialCare #ThirdSector #SocialHousing in #Cymru, my free #webinar is will help motivate you to act - tickets still available to book right now!
#webinar #cymru #Socialhousing #thirdsector #socialcare #councils #nhs #Wales #publicservice