Young people across all corners of Great Britain are now benefitting from new specialist employment support and advice from local Youth Hubs.

A new CCN report has claimed that councils need a long-term funding settlement to invest in organisational resilience.

Parts of the North of England and the Midlands will lose parliamentary seats while areas in the South gain under Boundary Commission proposals.

The government has announced that 26 towns will share over £610 million to boost their local economies, create jobs and help them build back better.

Julie Morgan has announced that a new £3 million fund is being set up to provide respite and short breaks for Wales’ small army of unpaid carers.

More than 90,000 primary school pupils in Scotland will be entitled to new free school meal support in term time.

One Public Estate has awarded £30 million to successful cross-public sector projects as part of its levelling up agenda.

A new campaign aimed at inspiring the nation to get planting has been launched to help communities tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

The Public Accounts Committee has warned that the impact of the pandemic risks leading to reductions in services for local people even as council tax rises.

New guidance for public bodies stresses that opportunities for local growth should be taken into account when awarding public contracts.

40 areas have been awarded a share of £18.3 million to make streets safer through projects to crack down on neighbourhood crimes.

The LGA has revealed that more than eight in 10 councils in England responsible for children’s social care overspent in the year to 2019/20.

Labour has proposed a programme for all children to ‘play, learn and develop’ as the post-Covid catch up continues.

The Welsh Government has announced that the Test, Trace, Protect service will be extended to next year, with a further injection of funding.

Children and young people across England will be offered up to 100 million hours of free tuition to help them catch up on learning lost during the pandemic.

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