The Chancellor’s failure to address the cost of living crisis means that absolute poverty is expected to rise by 1.3 million people next year.

Thousands of disabled people who need specialised facilities when they are out and about will benefit from over 500 new Changing Places toilets.

Councils and Directors of Public Health are calling for an urgent extension of local outbreak management funding due to rising rates of coronavirus.
At the Annual Public Health Conference, the Local Government Association warned that without the funding extension councils will not have the capacity to tackle rising rates of community transmission and future variants due to a loss of relevant expertise.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced tax cut for nearly 30 million UK workers through rise in National Insurance thresholds.

Every school in England will have access to high speed internet by 2025, as part of the latest plans to roll out lightning-fast gigabit broadband across the UK.

Sadiq Khan has awarded £4 million to projects that will help improve green spaces across London and safeguard the capital from the impacts of climate change.

Citizens have called for the government to build on its digital services by providing the likes of online election voting, according to a new poll from Gemserv.

New jobs and skills training are at risk of delay or being lost altogether due to a looming funding gap when existing European funding runs out.

Analysis of major UK cities to mark the second anniversary of the first UK lockdown has shown that Glasgow has proved most resilient in the face of the pandemic.

Councils have warned of public health workforce shortages and staff exhaustion concerns given a rise in coronavirus community transmission rates.
The Local Government Association has said that there are growing concerns among councils that staff have been left exhausted from the strain of tackling the pandemic in local communities over the last two years, with local authorities finding it increasingly challenging to recruit and retain staff.