Beautiful, environmentally sustainable communities are at the centre of widespread planning changes announced by Robert Jenrick.
Adult social care leaders have come together to offer a collective vision of what should be in a workforce strategy for the growing sector.
Councillors have approved proposals which will see Nottinghamshire County Council staff move to a hybrid model of working from October.
Eddie Hughes has announced that vulnerable people in communities across England will be given extra support through the Changing Futures programme.
The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has stressed that reforms are needed to ensure the sustainability of local government finances.
A further 50 schools are to benefit from new, modern, energy efficient school buildings as part of the Prime Minister’s ten-year rebuilding programme.
The National Audit Office has stated that the government has not provided local authorities with clarity about their roles in achieving net zero by 2050.
Further measures to boost the nation’s skills, level up opportunities and get more people into better paid jobs have been announced.
Boris Johnson has pledged to empower strong local leaders by taking a more flexible approach to devolution, with new ‘County Deals’.
The government’s long-term plan to support the evolution and regeneration of high streets has been launched.
Decreasing local government funding over recent years probably contributed to declines in life expectancy in some areas of England.
London Councils has appointed Michelle Binfield as Rough Sleeping Programme Director to help end rough sleeping in the capital by 2024.
The National Food Strategy has suggested that sugar and salt should be taxed and vegetables prescribed by the NHS.
Labour has warned that nearly two million children will leave school without any catch-up support over the next four years.
Over a million children of key workers are currently living in poverty, with key worker families in the North East the hardest hit.