Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to lead a new drive on efficiency, effectiveness and economy in government spending.

New funding will allow councils to provide improved transit sites and stopping places so that travellers have authorised places to stay and access to facilities and services.

Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough have been unveiled as the four areas shortlisted to be UK City of Culture 2025.

The latest round of the Safer Streets Fund has been launched as part of a commitment to drive down crime and improve public safety.

If passed into law, the British Sign Language Bill will recognise BSL as a language of England, Wales and Scotland in its own right.
The Bill will be supported by a duty on the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to regularly report on what each relevant government department has done to promote or facilitate the use of British Sign Language in its communications with the public.

Care homes could face widespread closures and a shortage of beds when adult social care reforms are introduced next year, says the CCN.