Labour has called for legislation that would include financial and criminal penalties for companies that fail to act to ‘stamp out dangerous anti-vaccine content’.

The LGA says that councils should be able to act shoulder-to-shoulder with the NHS in the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.

The AA has found that just one in six English councils have installed on-street charge points in residential areas.

The government has launched a new Green Jobs Taskforce to support plans to build back greener and reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Two million people have now been reached by the service, including those who tested positive and their contacts.

Only one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services.

The Northern Health Science Alliance has reported that the north has been hit harder than the rest of England during the coronavirus pandemic.