01/04/2022 - 09:56
The government’s universal credit boost helped lift 400,000 children out of poverty during the first year of the pandemic.
01/04/2022 - 09:31
Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes into effect.
31/03/2022 - 08:56
Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the final £35 million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund.
29/03/2022 - 12:18
New Cabinet Office guidance has called for the public sector to urgently review contracts with Russian and Belarusian companies.
29/03/2022 - 12:09
More than £3.4 billion was saved in 2020/21 through successful efforts to improve efficiency across Whitehall.
25/03/2022 - 06:14
Pubs in rural communities across England are among the cherished community assets being saved by government levelling up funding.
25/03/2022 - 05:56
Local authorities will be supported by £1.36 billion from the Health and Social Care Levy to pay a fairer rate of care to adult social care providers.
25/03/2022 - 05:50
Spiralling fuel prices are impacting on school transport services, with local authorities set to have to pay providers significantly more.
24/03/2022 - 16:36
Paul Scully has confirmed that a new law is now in place to help resolve certain remaining commercial rent debts accrued because of the pandemic.
24/03/2022 - 09:38
The Chancellor’s failure to address the cost of living crisis means that absolute poverty is expected to rise by 1.3 million people next year.
24/03/2022 - 09:28
Thousands of disabled people who need specialised facilities when they are out and about will benefit from over 500 new Changing Places toilets.
23/03/2022 - 14:53
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced tax cut for nearly 30 million UK workers through rise in National Insurance thresholds.
23/03/2022 - 11:52
Sadiq Khan has awarded £4 million to projects that will help improve green spaces across London and safeguard the capital from the impacts of climate change.
22/03/2022 - 16:03
The backlog of carriageway repairs to fix local roads has reached £12.64 billion, compounded by increased costs caused by rising inflation.
22/03/2022 - 13:20
The government must rethink the assumption that merely directing investment away from an ‘overheated’ South East will benefit the rest of the country.
