English households are being urged to set up direct debits with their local council to receive a council tax rebate of £150.

Less than a year after coming into being, North Northamptonshire Council has announced that it is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

Access to arts and culture will be transformed with plans to increase and better distribute funding for the sector to previously neglected areas.

Thousands of households will see energy bills reduced by up to £200 a year as part of £67 million to install insulation and clean heating.

The Labour Party has urged the government to ‘come clean’ on bus funding as operators prepare to slash services.

The Welsh Government has announced a package of expanded measures to help people with the cost-of-living crisis.

YMCA has revealed the annual spend per head on five-to-17-year-olds in England has plummeted from £158 in 2010/11 to just £37 in 2020/21.

The government has said that £125 million will be handed to councils to make sure safe accommodation spaces can provide victims with vital support services.

Councils are warning that essential bus routes may have to be axed from the end of next month if emergency government funding support is not extended.

The Welsh Government has confirmed a consultation on proposals for a local visitor levy will launch in autumn 2022.

Councils have warned that they will have to scale back road maintenance as local authorities face a £500 million funding reduction.

Councils will have access to a share of £54.1 billion in funding for the coming financial year, including more than £1 billion for social care.

Motorists are set to benefit from a government crackdown on rogue parking firms which will see fines slashed and a clearer appeals system created.

The TUC has warned that millions of low-income workers face a ‘perfect storm’ this April with Universal Credit falling behind the cost of living.

The Public Campaign for the Arts has found that local authority expenditure on all cultural services has halved across England since 2009-10.

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