Barnardo’s has warned that the government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.

Councils and environmental groups have said that homes are not becoming green quickly enough due to flaws and gaps in government support.
According to the Independent, progress in decarbonising both council houses and private properties is being hindered due to the way the schemes work and who can access them. Barriers raised to the newspaper include the competitive nature of bidding for funds and a complex application process, as well as suggestions for work upgrading buildings to be zero-rated for VAT.

New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme.
The Department for Education has also announced that air cleaning units will be provided in all classrooms and teaching spaces that need them, with the £8 million in funding from NHS England set to be used to support secondary schools with the vitally important in-school vaccination programme for young people – hosting NHS vaccination teams and passing on materials about vaccination to further boost protection.

Britain’s public services will be strengthened to further protect them from the risk of being shut down by hostile cyber threats.

A new report by Police Exchange has proposed a comprehensive and coherent city-wide tall buildings policy for the capital.
Such a policy could urgently address some of the damage that has already been caused by irresponsible and inappropriate tall building development and could also prevent similar instances from reoccurring in the future.

Proposals to invest a record £1.8 billion in council homes have been unveiled by Bristol City Council, that could see over 2,000 new council homes built.

More than three quarters of local authorities were providing some form of dedicated specialist service for smokers last year.

The coronavirus pandemic has cost businesses in city and large town centres more than a third of their potential takings since March 2020.