The government's ten year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime, backed by an increase in funding for drug treatment.

Older people should be helped to spend their later years in new urban retirement housing in town and city centres rather than the coast or the countryside.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has committed £51 million to help keep Londoners warm and tackle fuel poverty.
As part of a ‘retrofit revolution’ to improve the energy efficiency of homes, Khan has secured a record £40.2 million in Sustainable Warmth funding from the government to upgrade 3,200 fuel poor homes from Spring 2022. This will be delivered through his successful Warmer Homes scheme which will offer grants of up to £20,000 for heating, insulation and ventilation improvements to low income Londoners who own their own homes or rent privately.

A crumbling and failing system is what children and young people in foster care are faced with, if urgent improvements aren't made.

The Local Government Association and Women’s Aid have said that people need to look out for common signs of domestic abuse this Christmas.
With domestic abuse-related crimes representing a higher percentage of all crimes in December than the rest of the year, the total number of police reported domestic abuse-related crimes in England and Wales rose six per cent in 2020/21, with calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline in England also up by 22 per cent.

More than £13 million has been awarded to local authorities to increase the quantity and quality of recycling in Scotland.
Nine more local authorities have successfully bid for support from the Scottish Government’s Recycling Improvement Fund, bringing the total investment to date to £20 million. The fund, which will total £70 million over five years, will deliver a step change in Scotland’s recycling performance and help local authorities get ready for future developments, including Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme.

A report has shown that visits to the UK’s woodlands boosts mental health and is estimated to save £185 million in treatment costs annually.