Children with a social worker in England will benefit from further dedicated support in school and at college to help level up their outcomes in education.

New research released on Clean Air Day has found that 27 per cent of UK schools are in areas above WHO air pollution limits.

The government’s ‘levelling up’ ambitions can only be achieved through a new settlement, centred around the needs of local places.

Mobile Household Recycling Centres will roll out on the streets of Birmingham as part of the council’s effort to achieve cleaner streets.

Coronavirus vaccinations are to become mandatory for care home staff under plans to be announced by ministers.

The pandemic’s ‘devastating impact on the care sector’ has emphasised that ‘care is not properly funded, lacks transparency and urgently needs reform’.

Ministers and civil servants have announced an ambitious programme for government reform, to ensure the country builds back better from coronavirus.

UNISON has warned that visitors locking to UK beauty spots are creating vast piles of litter that are putting enormous pressure on councils.

Step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown will be delayed by up to four weeks and the vaccination programme accelerated.

The rates paid to local authorities for the ‘free childcare’ offer are just two-thirds of what the government itself estimated would be needed.

An innovative approach towards tackling food inequality has seen Bristol become only the second city in the UK to secure Gold Sustainable Food City status.

London Councils is calling for the government to ensure that it established a fire safety regime that is ‘fit for purpose’.

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