A FOI survey carried out by the Association of Play Industries has revealed that some UK regions have almost five times the free-to-access play provision of others.
A new report by the Onward think tank has claimed that ministers’ efforts to relocate large numbers of civil servants out of London are going
Thousands of social housing tenants will have their energy bills cut and homes made warmer as the government improves energy efficiency.
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.
Newcastle City Council has submitted a bid to the European Commission for the city to become one of its 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030.
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.
Transport for New Homes has found that housing developments on former farmland are adding hundreds of thousands of extra car journeys to England’s roads.
The Public Campaign for the Arts has found that local authority expenditure on all cultural services has halved across England since 2009-10.
Thousands more jobseekers can now access tailored face-to-face job support and meet local employers as 150 new jobcentres are opened.
The number of children with mental health problems seen by social workers has surged by a quarter since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Rishi Sunak has announced that millions of households will receive £350 of government support to help protect them from rising energy costs.
CPRE has said that every neighbourhood should have a protected place for community well-being to level access to green space and nature.
Government policies to stimulate local economic growth are not consistently based on evidence of what interventions are likely to be most effective.
A new £1 million fund has been established by the Scottish Government to support projects which look after the well-being of staff working in social care.