The government’s is awarding funding to level up local bus services to 31 counties, city regions and unitary authorities.

The Labour Party has said that the average annual cost of a nursery place for children under two has risen by nearly £1,500 in five years.

Councils have been urged to introduce incentives for people who give up private vehicles to help increase the use of shared transport.

The government has announced wide-ranging support across its flagship family programmes for those who need extra help to fulfil their potential.

Sixty two further education colleges are to benefit from a share of more than £400 million to upgrade buildings and transform campuses.

The Campaign for Better Transport has revealed that more than one in four bus services in England have been lost in the last decade.

Bristol City Council is considering ramping up its programme to replace 29,000 old street lights with the latest LED lanterns.
The new lighting is projected to save the council around £1.8 million a year in energy and maintenance costs. The proposals also include introducing a central management system that would enable the street lighting network to be monitored and controlled remotely. It could be used to dim lights in certain areas or illuminate others for events or if there is an accident or incident.

Violence Reduction Units and ‘hotspot policing’ initiatives prevented 49,000 violent offences across England and Wales.

The government’s universal credit boost helped lift 400,000 children out of poverty during the first year of the pandemic.

New research from the Museum of Homelessness that found that 1,286 people experiencing homelessness died in 2021.