A recent survey from CIPFA has shown that more than half of public sector organisations do not currently report on their climate impact.
The LGA has warned that girls and young women are being deliberately and increasingly recruited into drug-dealing ‘county lines’ gangs.
Pupils in participating schools are set to benefit from more support in maths and English, as part of a £10 million scheme.
The government has announced that a new drugs unit will be set up to help end illegal drug-related illness and deaths.
Local authorities need greater powers to combat non-traffic sources of air pollution, according to a debate heard in the House of Lords this week.
A BBC investigation has shown that UK councils face a £3 billion black hole in their budgets as they emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
Nick Gibb has said that school funding will be made simpler, fairer and more transport as a result of government efforts to ‘level up’
Proposals on the future of adult social care, including a timetable for reform, should be brought forward by Sajid Javid in the next two weeks.
A number of homeless charities have written to the government urging ministers to reconsider the new Police and Crime Bill.
Plans for a new pilot to help people exercise more and eat better are being laid out by the government in a bid to cut obesity rates.
Shadow Communities Secretary Steve Reed is inviting councils to join Labour in forcing a U-turn on the Conservative's ‘Developers’ Charter’.
The Local Government Association has stressed that children and young people need to be at the heart of the national recovery.