NLGN research suggests household level waste incentives will be ineffective and counter- productive, but that braver decisions are required on waste disposal. Financial incentives, improved publicity and information, and a willingness to create energy-from-waste will all be vital.

Research from NLGN warns that local councils may struggle to employ enough staff to run services over the next ten years as a third of its staff are due to retire. Two thirds of employees are over 40, whilst the proportion of those under 25 is half that of the wider economy.

This publication has unveiled a raft of proposals to help local communities integrate new migrant workers. The research argues that whilst many areas have benefited from an influx of migrant workers, the current mechanism for local authorities could be reformed to help communities cope.

This publication calls for the Government to step back from any national road pricing approaches and instead putting local authorities more firmly in the driving seat. It argues a series of radical measures to stop congestion on Britain’s roads rising by a predicted 30% by 2025.