The latest Green Space Index has found that 2.78 million people live further than a ten-minute walk from their nearest park or green space.

The government is holding a further technical consultation this summer on its proposed changes to parking charges.

The Regulator of Social Housing has published the results of its latest Quarterly survey of registered providers’ financial health.
The RSH states that the sector remained financially healthy over the quarter and the financial year despite the pressures caused by the pandemic, supporting investor confidence, with good access to finance enabling investment in new and existing homes.

The government’s legislation to transform our environment has returned to Parliament, with new amendments including a legally-binding 2030 species target.

Centre for London has argued that the government should give communities more say over their local high streets’ future.

Generation Rent has estimated that almost 700,000 thousand private renters have received a section 21 eviction in the last year.

The Labour Party has estimated that more than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic.
Government data shows that from March to October 2020 over 11,000 children became eligible for free school meals each week. Combined with Labour Freedom of Information data this suggests over 418,000 children became eligible for free school meals from March to December 2020.

Approximately a third of adults do not have safe or secure homes, according to housing charity Shelter.

MPs have claimed that the Department for Education had ‘no plan’ and was ‘unprepared’ for the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.