Earlier this month, local authorities in England were granted a new power to help them reinvigorate their local towns: they can now hold rental auctions to arrange lettings of vacant high street and town centre properties.

Since 2 December 2024, when non-statutory guidance was published, local authorities in England now have powers to hold rental auctions to let qualifying commercial premises on the high street.

Rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are now a central feature of the UK's transition to net zero, with England and Wales at the forefront of this shift.