CIPFA’s 2022 Financial Resilience Index shows that English local authority reserves have grown to £29 billion, up from £19 billion in 2019/2020.

Michael Gove has published the government’s Levelling Up white paper setting out an ambitious blueprint to expand opportunities across the whole UK.

Young people will be given access to more activities, trips away from home and volunteering opportunities as part of a new National Youth Guarantee.

A cross-party group of MPs has declared that Londoners must not be excluded from the benefits of the government’s levelling up plans.

An investigation has found stark levels of inequality between rural and urban areas when it comes to health and social care services.

A new study has found that polices designed to address regional inequalities are less effective when undertaken in a national and centralised approach.

Sadiq Khan has called on the government to take urgent steps to tackle the spiralling cost of living amid rising poverty levels in the capital.

The City of Edinburgh Council is to revolutionise security and surveillance across the capital with a £2.6 million investment in a new CCTV Control Centre.

New government figures show that 397 households became homeless every day between July and September 2021.

Towns and cities will be transformed thanks to a radical new regeneration programme that will breathe fresh life into disadvantaged communities.

Hampshire County Council is the first Highway Authority in the country to trial plant-based plastic bollards to reduce its carbon footprint.

Oxford City Council has announced that Britain’s first Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) will begin in the city on 28 February 2022.

Birmingham City Council has published its Clean Air Strategy for the city, outlining a clear set of greener actions, priorities and pledges.

Analysis by Climate Emergency UK has shown that more than one in five of all councils in the UK have no climate action plan.

Nottingham City Council has said that it is on track to become the first carbon neutral city in the UK by 2028, following the first review of its action plan.

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