New research from the Town and Country Planning Association has exposed the potential risk to high-street posed by change of planning laws.
Alongside University College London, the research reveals that 80 per cent of shops and other commercial premises on high streets across England could be lost because of further changes to planning rules.

Birmingham City Council has announced a £62 million capital investment to increase the sustainable supply of affordable homes.

A new Carnegie UK report has highlighted an increase in loneliness and a worrying decline in trust in government.

Millions of people in rural England will get access to faster broadband speeds as part of a £5 billion plan to level up internet access across the UK.

As many as 119,830 children in England will be living in temporary accommodation during the end-of-year Summer school break.

Greater Manchester has taken its first key step towards becoming carbon neutral by 2038 through the launch of a retrofitting skills training academy.

The Liverpool City Combined Authority has launched a new £1.5 million fund to lure UK tourists back to the area.
Normally worth £4.9 billion a year and supporting 59,000 jobs, the sector brought in just £2.1 billion in 2020. Visit Britain forecasts that visitor spend nationwide in 2021 will be only 23 per cent of 2019 levels and visitor numbers only 29 per cent.

The pandemic has created a ‘perfect storm’ of existing inequality, leading to higher rates of coronavirus infections amongst the most disadvantaged people.

Grant Shapps has announced that a £338 million package to boost cycling and walking will help boost the pandemic's active travel boom.

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has urged the government to renew efforts to get people exercising.