Steve Barclay has tasked departments across government with ensuring their offices can return quickly to full occupancy.

Cyclist Chris Boardman is to become national commissioner of the government’s new cycling and walking body, Active Travel England.
Launched on 24 January, Active Travel England will be responsible for driving up the standards of cycling and walking infrastructure and managing the national active travel budget, awarding funding for projects that meet the new national standards set out in 2020.

Environment Minister Jo Churchill has set out two proposals to clamp down on waste crime and support people and businesses to manage waste correctly.

130 zero-emission double decker buses will be introduced next year as part of a project to make Coventry the UK’s first all-electric bus city.

A lack of certainty around councils’ public health funding this year risks exacerbating the growing crisis of demand for support services.

Sunderland City Council has announced the deployment of a new Integrated Smart City Platform to cement its position as a UK smart city leader.

Northern MPs, regional mayors, local authority and cultural leaders have come together to make the case for Northern culture.