Steve Rotheram has revealed that bus services could be franchised as part of a London-style public transport system for the city region.

Somerset County Council has created a £1 million climate change fund, thought to be the biggest investment of its kind.

iHV has warned that public health budget cuts have left health visiting services unable to offer the minimum level of support in many areas.

Analysis shows that one in 10 of all new homes in England since 2013 have been built on land at the highest risk of flooding.

Rural areas will benefit from a series of government-funded trials to help them seize the potential of modern technology.

The LGA has warned that more than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built.

Three new projects will help to place the West Midlands as a global leader in the field of low-carbon energy, following government funding.

Participants from around the capital will be wearing individual pollution monitors to track changing pollution in their environment.

A new campaign is looking to inspire residents, businesses and policy makers to work together to put nature at the heart of Greater Manchester.

Grants, council tax relief and business rate relief have been announced for people and businesses in areas affected by flooding.

Priti Patel has launched a new points-based immigration system, in a bid to ‘move away’ from relying on ‘cheap labour’ from Europe.

New research has found that closing a loophole in the UK’s asylum policy could benefit the public purse by millions of pounds each year.

An opportunity of a lifetime is slipping through our fingers, unless public land is used to provide genuinely affordable homes.

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has warned that the Scottish Government’s Budget will hit vulnerable communities the hardest.

A scheme is now available to Birmingham residents to install central heating for free into fuel poor and vulnerable homes.