The creation of a £26 million fund will help deliver a faster property search service for homebuyers through a national LLC Register.

Nicola Sturgeon has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a second independence referendum is ‘a matter of when - not if’.

Labour will remain in power in Wales for another five years after matching its best-ever Senedd election result.

Sir Keir Starmer has undertaken a slight reshuffle of his shadow cabinet after the recent poor election results for the Labour Party in England.
Anneliese Dodds has left her position as Shadow Chancellor and will now become the Labour Party's chair - replacing deputy leader Angela Rayner, who was sacked from the role as Labour’s poor performance in the 6 May elections was confirmed.

The Green Party is celebrating the best local elections results in its history with more green councillors on more councils than ever before.

Thousands of trees will be planted near schools and healthcare centres, as the Urban Tree Challenge Fund has re-opened for applications.

More than 840 charities, community groups and grassroots organisations tackling social isolation have received a share of £4 million.

Council leaders have stressed that a failure to act on social care in the upcoming Queen’s Speech will be ‘bitter blow’.
Ahead of the Queen’s Speech setting out the legislative agenda for the next year, the Local Government Association’s Chairman and political group leaders have signed a letter to the Chancellor calling for promised proposals on the future of care and support to finally be published so that people are best supported to live the lives they want to lead.

Despite a dispiriting day at the local elections, the Labour Party enjoyed success across the country in the mayoral elections.
As expected, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram held their positions as elected mayors in Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan also elected for a second term in office.
Labour’s Paul Dennett also held the Salford mayor position, as did Norma Redfean in North Tyneside, with Marvin Rees confirmed again as the Mayor in Bristol.

More than a million children and young people will have access to mental health support at school, to help tackle common mental health issues.