Buckinghamshire Council has awarded nearly £100,000 to a range of projects which promote positive emotional wellbeing for children and young people in Buckinghamshire.

The Local Government Association has responded to an Electoral Commission review into Voter ID which found that 14,000 people were unable to vote due to new voter ID requirements.
The review also found that some groups were more affected than others.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has opened a new Home Office hub in Stoke-on-Trent which is set to create five hundred new jobs.
The new office has been created thanks to £7 million of funding from Stoke-on-Trent’s £56 million allocation through the Levelling Up Fund.
The site will be used for a new Asylum Casework Hub which is intended to significantly speed up asylum decision-making by improving case working capacity and efficiency.

22 June marks 75 years since the MV Empire Windrush arrived in the UK.
Educational, arts and sporting projects and activities are being held across the UK to promote community cohesion and understanding of the Windrush story.
45 community projects across the UK are being funded by the £750,000 Windrush Day Grant Scheme. This includes cricket matches held at the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club and a procession celebrating the Windrush generation from Clapham Common to Brixton’s Windrush Square.

The Department for Levelling Up is awarding £1.59 million to a Local Government Association scheme to help councils recruit and develop more skilled planners.
The Pathways to Planning Programme will place graduates in councils. Around 30 people will be able to secure a placement while also receiving a bursary to study towards a planning masters.

The Department for Transport has announced additional funding to help lower bus fares, improve punctuality and reduce journey times for busses in Kent.
The funding is intended to improve local transport connections and grow the economy.
The money will go to Kent County Council for its bus service improvement plan (BSIP) to improve local bus services, speed up bus journey times and deliver lower fares to help passengers save money on travel.
Kent will be hosting the Big Free Bus Weekend on 24 and 25 June when all bus travel across the county will be completely free.

48 new charge points are to be installed across Waltham Forest.
The installations are part of Waltham Forest’s commitment to addressing climate change on a local level, reducing CO₂ emissions and promoting its sustainable transport strategy. It is also hoped the charge points will encourage locals to transition to low and no emission vehicles.
By 2025, Waltham Forest Council plans to have a charge point in every controlled parking zone in the borough by 2025.