Better support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is at the heart of a new national plan.

The £36 million Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme will be used to help deliver innovative adaptation projects in North Norfolk and East Riding of Yorkshire.

The government has launched two consultations on proposals to make it easier for local authorities to tackle poor air quality in their areas.
Following the recent announcement of £11.6 million for local authorities to deliver projects to improve air quality and the recent launch of a consultation on targets under the Environment Act, the first consultation seeks views on increased engagement between local authorities and the communities that they serve, and an increased focus on the impact of air quality on people’s health.

Adult social care organisations have called on the government to deliver a long-term care workforce strategy and tackle the issue of care worker pay.

Millions of people will be able to make greener journeys as almost 1,000 green buses are rolled out with the backing of nearly £200 million in funding.

Five local authorities will implement a new and improved adult social care charging reform system which caps the cost of care.

A new Geospatial Commission project will explore what electric vehicle chargepoint infrastructure data is needed by local authorities.
Coinciding with the government’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy, published by the Department for Transport, the discovery project will explore how location data can be better utilised to support planning and delivery of electric vehicle charge points by local authorities.

Over 1,200 new affordable homes will be delivered across England with communities put in charge of where and how they will be built.
The £4 million Community Housing Fund (CHF) programme helps community groups build homes in their local area by covering a range of costs incurred in the process - including renting the town hall for a public meeting, paying for searches, administration costs or legal advice, design work and planning applications.

The vast majority of local councils do not have strategies in local plans to make sure they reach net zero carbon, says CPRE.

The number of substandard road bridges managed by councils has risen for the second year running, with a shortage of staff to carry out inspections.