Councils anticipating closure of childcare providers

More than half of local authorities believe local childcare providers will permanently close as a result of childcare support being withdrawn.

New nature test sites for mental health research

Seven sites will receive a share of over £5.5 million pot to research how nature can be used to improve mental health and well-being.

Public support for making Universal Credit uplift permanent

The Health Foundation is calling on the government to make permanent its temporary increase to Universal Credit of £20 per week.

Starmer pledges to ‘push power closer to people’

Labour has outlined how the next Labour government will spread power out of Westminster and to the British people.

Plans to tackle failure of Nottingham City Council

Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new measures to address the serious failures at Nottingham City Council.

Devolution deal for West Yorkshire laid in Parliament

West Yorkshire is closer to becoming a Mayoral Combined Authority as the Order for its multi-million-pound devolution deal was laid in Parliament.

£2.2 billion funding increase for councils next year

Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that councils across England will receive £51.2 billion next year.

Starmer calls for flood preparedness taskforce

Keir Starmer has urged Boris Johnson to urgently convene a taskforce on flood preparedness during the pandemic.

New report commends Welsh local authority partnership

A new report commends the way that Welsh local authorities and the third sector worked together during the coronavirus pandemic.

New plans set out to transform procurement

The Cabinet Office has launched new plans to overhaul procurement rules, making it easier for smaller businesses to win government contracts.

Much-needed new homes part of levelling-up measures

Robert Jenrick has set out new measures to level up England’s cities, recover from the pandemic and help provide much-needed new homes.

Parliamentary Constituencies Act passed into law

The geographical boundaries of the UK’s 650 constituencies will be redrawn to each contain a near equal number of eligible voters.

Poor state of local roads is drivers’ number-one concern

The RAC has reported that the poor state of local roads is officially the UK’s most widespread motoring concern in 2020.

Extra dependency support announce for rough sleepers

Kelly Tolhurst has announced that rough sleepers across England will receive extra support to help them recover from drug and alcohol misuse.

67 local authorities to begin enhanced testing programmes

The first 67 local authorities to start community testing programmes have been confirmed as part of government’s coronavirus Winter Plan.

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