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You must make sure your dog is fitted with a microchip by the time it’s 8 weeks old.
Your dog’s microchip must be fitted by a trained professional
A House of Lords Committeee have released a report titled Building Better PlacesCivic Voice have welcomed the report in a press release, emphasising the recommendations for maintaining and improving local control and community engagement in the planning process, and preservation of the historic environment:
The House of Lords Committeee on National Policy for the Built Environment have released a Report of Session 2015-16 titled Building Better Places last week. The report (which is available here) covered areas such as the recent trends in the built environment, creating better places through design, quality and standards, building for the long-term, delivering more housing and local leadership, delivery and skills. Members of the committee included Baroness Andrews, who works with Civic Voice to raise our issues in the House of Lords. (more…)
The Government Electricity Rebate (GER) is a £12 government contribution to help lower the impacts of these Government environmental and social policy costs on consumer energy bills.
Most households will not need to take any action to receive the rebate. If you pay by Direct Debit or on receipt of a bill (e.g. quarterly) you will see a credit automatically applied on the next bill.
However, if you pay for your electricity through a pre-payment meter, you may need to actively redeem the rebate.
Your supplier should inform you about how you can claim the rebate but is likely to be one of two methods:
Arrangements for how pre-payment customers receive the GER will depend on suppliers.
The GER should have been paid to eligible domestic electricity customers over the course of the autumn from the 11 October 2015.
If you pay for you electricity by cash, cheque or direct debit you will have this applied directly to your account and will be notified of receiving the rebate on your next bill or statement.
If you are a pre-payment customer – you should have received a letter from your supplier between October and November which should include either a £12 GER voucher or instructions to take your pre-payment key to a pre-payment vending site to collect your £12.
If you have still not received your GER, you should get in contact with your electricity supplier.
Suppliers must attempt to provide the rebate during the payment period (11 October– 27 November 2015) but can extend this to 28 February 2016 (the cut-off date) if required.
It has been reported that resolution has been reached on Britain’s relationship with the European Union, but will you your opinion count when the referendum is held later this year?
Register to vote to have your say https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
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Highways England (HE) will be carrying out community consultation to obtain feedback on our plans for M20 junction 10a. The consultation will run for nine weeks, from Thursday 14 January until Thursday 17 March 2016.
You can find out the full details of our consultation by looking at the Statement of Community Consultation (SOCC) (please see Publications below)
You can give your views by:
Proposals for a major new lorry area that would help improve Kent’s resilience when services across the English Channel are disrupted have been announced today.
Two potential sites near the M20 have been identified for the lorry area, along with four broad ways it could be used. Each option would help to prevent the need for the M20 to be closed when there is disruption to cross-channel services.
The consultation asks for views on the suitability of each proposed sites, and on how it should be operated.
Highways England and Andrew Jones MP 11 December 2015 (more…)
This call for evidence asks consumers to share their experiences on switching suppliers and how the process could be improved. We welcome any views and experiences of switching suppliers for:
The call for evidence proposes 6 principles which suppliers should follow to make switching easier for consumers. (more…)