A House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on plastic waste in the UK, including statistics on plastic waste and information on UK Government and devolved Government plans and ambitions to reduce avoidable plastic waste and examples of voluntary initiatives from the plastics industry, environmental groups and retailers.
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Local government standards in England (221 KB, PDF)
In England, local authorities are responsible for councillor standards and conduct. They must maintain a code of conduct and a register of disclosable pecuniary interests, and deal with allegations of breaches in the code and failure to register pecuniary interests. This system was introduced by the Localism Act 2011. Between 2000 and 2012, an England-wide code of conduct was maintained, and breaches investigated, by Standards for England (formerly the Standards Board).
Local government standards are devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, each of which have a single standards regime managed by an organisation at the devolved level. The bulk of this note addresses the regime in England, with some further links to information regarding the devolved territories.
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Local government standards in England (221 KB, PDF)
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A briefing on the Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No.2) Bill 2019-21
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This Commons Library briefing paper examines the key funding pressures facing adult social care services in England and evidence of the impacts of these pressures on social care and health services. The paper explains the additional funding committed to adult social care between 2016/17 and 2020/21, and outlines concerns about a social care funding gap and future financial uncertainty.
