Only one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services.
A new consultation has been launched on proposals to ban online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt in the UK.
The Northern Health Science Alliance has reported that the north has been hit harder than the rest of England during the coronavirus pandemic.
Anne Longfield has warned that thousands of children in care being ‘failed by the state’ because of a broken residential care home market.
The NAO has stressed that it is not yet clear that the government has in place what it needs to meet its long-term environmental goals.
The Public Accounts Committee says it is ‘not convinced by the rationales for selecting some towns’ for the £3.6 billion Towns Fund.
A new report has claimed that councils remain one of the biggest investors in culture, sport and leisure - spending over £2 billion a year.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced new plans to clean up toxic air at schools in the worst polluted areas of the capital.
The IPPR think tank is warning that the UK is off course to meet its own net zero carbon ambitions by 2050 and restore nature.
New research by campaign group HS2 East has revealed a lack of public confidence in the levelling-up agenda.
Labour is urging the government to ‘Build it in Britain’ and support the creation of 400,000 jobs, through a green recovery package.
Over half a million rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests will be sent out by NHS Test and Trace to local public health leaders this week.