A programme to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency in Scotland will receive an extra £9 million of funding this year.

In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent the national average, according to new research.
The University of Sheffield has revealed the areas in the UK where residents most struggle to afford or access food and found that rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent the national average in one out of eery six local authorities. Shockingly, in one in 10 local authorities, the rate is almost double.

A new report has found that the total annual cost of waste-related crime in England has risen by 53 per cent in just three years.

The government has said that leaseholders in blocks of flats with cladding should be supported to buy, sell or re-mortgage their homes.

The government should conduct a review of the role of such permitted development rights in the wider planning system, say MPs.

The government has launched a new campaign to remind public of importance of continuing healthy behaviours to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

Plans for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset have taken an important step forward following the Communities Secretary’s approval.

MPs have said that a lack of clarity over ‘levelling up’ risks relegating the government’s flagship agenda to an ‘everything and nothing policy’.

Keir Starmer has launched Labour’s Safer Communities campaign with a pledge to crack down on anti-social behaviour.

There is a ‘golden opportunity’ to lead the levelling up agenda and fundamentally ‘rethink’ the role councils play in the wake of the pandemic.