The Treasury could lose up to £66 billion a year in tax revenues under a ‘hard Brexit’, according to leaked government papers.

Three in five boys in the least affluent parts of Britain will be overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school, new figures suggest.

Lesley Titcomb is requesting new powers to stop final-salary pension schemes being dumped when companies are sold.
Currently, companies do not have to inform the regulator before a sale, but the regulator would like firms with large pension deficits to be required to inform her if a sale is imminent and powers to intervene if necessary.
The recent collapse of BHS, which entered administration when former owner Sir Philip Green sold the company for £1, has highlighted the problems of final-salary or defined-benefit schemes when a company is sold.

Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced that Newcastle-Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North.
Showcasing the great creative, cultural and design sectors in the city and across the whole of the North of England, Newcastle-Gateshead faced strong competition from a number of other bidding towns and cities, including the three other shortlisted bidders: Blackpool, Bradford and Sheffield.

Too many households in flood risk areas do not have basic protection against rising waters installed, the ABI has warned.

Glasgow City Council has called for specific government action to mitigate the effects of Brexit, to avoid the greater Glasgow area coming to harm from any consequences of leaving the EU.

Aberdeen City Council has announced that it is the first local authority in Scotland to be assigned a credit rating.

Research by the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has outlined that Welsh councils could see their running costs increase by £200 million, in the next few years.

The House of Commons Education Committee has launched an inquiry into fostering care in England.

A report conducted by Scape Group has found that local authorities in England have estimated more than 2,000 new school will need to be created by 2020 to meet the demand for places.