Busy street in London

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £600,000 injection into revitalising 12 high streets in the capital, with each one to receive £50,000.

Houses of Parliament

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill will be introduced to Parliament today, which aims to give local communities more governance and more power to their elected leaders and mayors.

The Welsh Government has announced that young people will be able to travel on buses for £1 from September.

Electricity pylon

The government is reforming the electricity system that puts working people first and moves towards clean power

House keys

From today, the social housing local connection requirements for young people under 25 leaving care and domestic abuse survivors will be removed, meaning they will be able to access social housing more easily.

Welcome to Wales sign

The Senedd has passed legislation to give councils the choice to introduce a small fee on overnight stays to raise and reinvest funding into local tourism.

Seven housebuilders have agreed to pay a total of £100 million to affordable housing programmes following a Competition and Markets Authority

Disabled person next to EV

More than a third of UK councils do not provide any on-street electric vehicle (EV) charging suitable for disabled drivers, according to new Freedom of Information (FOI) research by Vauxhall.

Cladding on building

The Building Safety (Wales) Bill was laid before the Senedd yesterday (7th July 2025), and forms part of a wider programme of reforms to improve safety in buildings across Wales, as part of the Welsh government’s broader response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Roadworks

The government has approved more than five strategic road schemes and five key rail upgrades, which have also been allocated funding and will support 42,000 jobs.

The government are starting to roll out ‘Best Start Family Hubs’ across every local authority in England by April 2026, offering help a

Woman charging car at kerbside

Brighton and Hove is set to deliver a huge increase in electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure over the next 15 years, thanks to a new contract with Char.gy to install and manage more than 6,000 new lamppost chargepoints.

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