The Social Mobility Commission has called for a shake-up of child welfare benefits and significant investment in education.

Oxford City Council’s cabinet will be asked to approve the commissioning of an electric vehicle strategy for the city.

A planned Clean Air Zone to cut harmful traffic emissions and improve air quality in Newcastle could be put in place next summer.

The government has launched a new multi-million pound strategy to speed up diagnosis and improve support and care for autistic people.

The creation of a new Community Forest to bring people closer to nature in the North East has been announced.
The North East Community Forest sees six local authorities joining forces with environmental organisations to plant trees across the region. The initiative aims to plant up to 500 hectares of trees by 2025, with a long-term goal to increase canopy cover across the north east to 30 per cent by 2050 – almost double the current national average.

A new strategy on how Birmingham City Council will secure the right to host major sporting events in the next decade has been published.

MPs have called for more government funding for a scheme to quickly house long-term homeless people in England.

England's chief medical officer has said that a new national strategy is needed to tackle poor health and lower life expectancy in seaside towns.

Beautiful, environmentally sustainable communities are at the centre of widespread planning changes announced by Robert Jenrick.