£68 million has been announced to unlock brownfield sites for housing.
54 councils are set to get a share of the money to turn neglected land into new homes. It is hoped the funding will transform local communities and help families onto the property ladder.
The funding can be used by councils to clear empty buildings, former car parks and industrial land to make way for homes.

Closing the International Investment Summit, the chancellor has announced new plans to secure investment in the UK.
In her speech, chancellor Rachel Reeves revealed that restoring fiscal stability will be at the centre of her first budget at the end of the month.
Two new bodies are set to drive long-term investment in Britain as the government plans to work with business to create new high skilled jobs across the country.

The Met Office has launched a Local Authority Climate Service. The tool will provide local authorities with easy access to tailored information on climate change, to support local climate change adaptation planning.
Working with Esri UK, the Met Office has built the new operational service to help local authorities visualise climate challenges, explore climate projections and communicate a climate story specific to their local areas.  

The Mayor of London has appointed Kaya Comer-Schwartz as the city's new Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime.
Kaya Comer-Schwartz has been a councillor in Islington for more than a decade and served as Council Leader for more than three years. She has previously worked as Executive Member for Community Safety and Children, Young People and Families, championing equality, public safety and community cohesion.  

The Environment Agency has launched Flood Action Week to make sure that everyone knows their flood risk.
Flood Action Week takes place from 14-20 October and is launched on year on from Storm Babet. According to the Met Office, Storm Babet saw the third wettest three-day period in a series for England and Wales since 1891.
During the Storm, around 2,150 properties were flooded, though 96,900 properties were protected by the Environment Agency.

Eight energy and nature experts have been appointed to the Clean Power 2030 Advisory Commission to help accelerate the government’s world leading target to deliver clean power by 2030.
The Clean Power 2030 Advisory Commission will support Chris Stark, Head of Mission Control, in developing a Clean Power 2030 system.
Expertise will be added to deliver the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, which is expected later this year. The Action Plan will set out the path to decarbonise the electricity grid.

North East Combined Authority (NECA) and Homes England have signed a Strategic Place Partnership that aims to support the region to realise its housing ambitions.
The two organisations will work together for the long-term to unlock locally-led plans to create new homes within thriving places for people across the region.
The work will draw on Homes England expertise and resources, including land, legal powers and funding, underpinned by the development of a shared business plan aligned to local priorities.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has chaired the first meeting of the Mayor Council in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The council will discuss the future of devolution and how best to shift power away from Westminster and into communities.
Regional mayors were invited to share their views on the development of the upcoming English Devolution White Paper.

The Technology Working Group has published its third and final report on AI.
The report 'Intelligent Investment: AI Deployment Strategies for UK Investment Management Firms' focuses on AI, in particular existing and future use cases for AI within the UK’s asset management sector, as well as the barriers firms have or are anticipated to encounter in adopting AI.
The first two reports looks at fund tokenisation in November 2023 and March 2024.

The chair of Natural England has said that a new approach is needed to save nature.
The warning comes as a new report on the state of the natural world is launched.
The State of Natural Capital Report, published by Natural England, will provide a unique insight into the vital role that healthy nature plays in underpinning economic health.
The report gives an assessment of the state of the country's ecosystem assets, including wetlands and forests.