The government has published a ten year vision for adult social care which it argues will help provide greater choice for those receiving care.

A new app will be piloted in Wolverhampton which will offer incentives for people who eat healthy and exercise more.

Sadiq Khan has launched his annual Winter Rough Sleeping Fundraising Campaign, urging the government to ‘wake up’ to the dangers facing the vulnerable in the capital.

The Nuffield Trust has warned that the social care sector may have lost up to 50,000 workers across all providers of care in the months leading up to winter.

Croydon council has announced that bus shelters in the borough will soon be upgraded with digital screens and state-of-the-art technology.

Derelict sites across the country will be transformed into new homes under a flagship government scheme to regenerate brownfield land.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has revealed that allocation of a further £11 million from the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to support 23 redevelopment schemes across 15 councils. This follows the allocation of £58 million last month to 53 local councils across the country.

The Welsh Government is announcing a new £30 million funding pot over five years for local authorities to help end homelessness.
Under the Private Rented Sector Leasing Scheme, private property owners will be encouraged to lease their properties to local authorities in return for a rent guarantee and additional funding to improve the condition of their property.
Local authorities can then use these properties to provide affordable and good quality homes for people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

A new shadow cabinet is in place after Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer undertook a somewhat surprising reorganisation of his top team.
The move has seen Yvette Cooper named Shadow Home Secretary, David Lammy promoted to Shadow Foreign Secretary, replacing Lisa Nandy who begins a new brief scrutinising Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove.
Although former leader Ed Miliband has retained his role over climate change policy, he has seen his Shadow Business Secretary title given to Jonathan Reynolds.

A Commons Standards Committee report has said that MPs should be banned from providing paid parliamentary advice or consultancy services.

Employment and skills support in local areas will become even more fragmented if councils are sidelined in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.