Robert Jenrick has announced that two new apps are being launched to help homeowners improve and extend their homes.

Sustrans has urged the government to create a ‘golden age of cycling’ by capitalising on the surge of interest brought about by lockdown.

The businesses rates system in England will be made fairer and more streamlined with more frequent property revaluations.

The Environmental Audit Committee has urged the government to conserve and restore UK biodiversity and ecosystems.

England’s largest councils have called for urgent action in this year’s Spending Review to address a spiralling deficit in special educational needs services.

A new report has highlighted a disparate and fragmented approach to cyber security among local authorities in the UK.
The Redscan report is based on analysis of Freedom of Information data supplied by more than 60 per cent of borough, district, unitary and county councils.
In the last 12 months there have been numerous reports of data breaches at UK local authorities, including high-profile incidents suffered by Hackney as well as Redcar & Cleveland Borough Councils.

The government is asking teachers and school leaders for views on managing good behaviour, including on the use of mobile phones in the school day.

People in rural Scotland, Wales and the North East of England are set to enjoy huge improvements in mobile coverage.

Adoption UK is warning of a mental health emergency amongst some of the UK’s most vulnerable children.

England’s poorest neighbourhoods have by far the biggest shortages of basic social infrastructure, such as parks and sports facilities.