The Electoral Commission has warned that hundreds of thousands of people could be excluded from voting in a UK general election due to new voter ID laws.
The election watchdog warned that the laws will have a disproportionate effect on poorer people, those with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds.
The Commission urged ministers to take urgent action to alleviate these impact - by drawing a wider list of documents that people can show to vote and allowing people without ID to have someone else vouch for their identity.

Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay is to host a round table with the Prime Minister and clinical leader to discuss ways to mitigate winter pressures improve performance and drive forward planning to ease pressures on the NHS this winter.

A new National Centre has been launched in Scotland with the aim of reducing health inequalities and improving the delivery of healthcare services in rural communities.
The National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care, is expected to launch next month, and will seek to improve the capability of remote, rural and island Primary Care and enhance the delivery of community-based services.

A record number of renewable energy projects have been given funding from the government's flagship renewables scheme, which is intended to grow the economy, achieve net zero, protect families and businesses from volatile global gas prices, and strengthen energy security.
95 projects have been successful from the first annual Contracts for Difference round.
The latest round had budget funding of £227 million and has secured enough to power the equivalent of 2 million homes.

Secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities Michael Gove has written to social housing providers about recently published guidance on the health impacts of damp and mould in the home.
Consolidated guidance on the health outcomes of damp and mould in the home has been published as part of the government’s response to the Coroner’s report into the death of Awaab Ishak.
The guidance sets out the legal responsibilities of social and private sector landlords to their tenants and the serious health risks that damp and mould pose.

New fire safety legislation will come into force from 1 October, as part of the Building Safety Act 2022.
The new legislation will impose new duties on responsible persons of businesses and buildings, with the aim to further safeguard lives and property.

The government has announced £129 million to help local transport authorities introduce zero emission buses.
To make sure more parts of England benefit from green technology, particularly remote areas where building the infrastructure needed for the buses is more expensive, the government has prioritised the first £25 million for rural communities.

Local authorities in Scotland will be able to charge a premium of up to 100 per cent on council tax for second homes under new legislation which is intended to increase the availability of housing.
The secondary legislation, if approved by parliament, would bring second homes into line with long-term empty homes, which can already be subject to a 100 per cent premium on their council tax.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has written to all registered social housing providers in England about Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
The regulator outlines their current understanding that RAAC is not widespread in social housing. However, it may be present in a small number of buildings dating from this period particularly in flat roof and panel structures.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has officially opened the UK’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at the NEC Campus in the West Midlands. The Gigahub™ from bp pulse and The EV Network (EVN) will help serve the seven million visitors attracted to the NEC Campus annually, along with a wide range of other road users that make up the area’s average yearly traffic count of 60 million. Accessed via the main NEC Campus through road, less than 1 mile from junction 6 on the M42 and just 2.4 miles from junction 7A for the M6.