Labour is calling on the government to publish all communications between ministers and their business contacts who were awarded contracts over the pandemic.

The Crown Commercial Service has decided to extend G-Cloud 12 framework agreement for 12 months.

The Liberal Democrats are to put clean air at the centre of their campaign for next month’s local elections.

Labour is launching a programme of engagement events to talk to families about the importance of early education and childcare services.

To mark Earth Day, the Local Government Association is highlighting impressive new statistics that shine a light on the work councils are doing.
Councils continue to be at the forefront of the national response to climate change and have been working hard to put plans into action to help achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner. From waste collection and transport, to electric vehicles and parks, councils are taking huge steps to cut carbon emissions and protect our environment.

Homeless Link remains deeply concerned about the impact rough sleeping immigration rules will have on vulnerable non-UK nationals.

A record 2.5 million food parcels were given out during the first year of the pandemic by the Trussell Trust.

The most vulnerable to coronavirus who were instructed to ‘shield’ at home suffered from poor data and a lack of joined up systems.

The Home Office has appointed Roy Wilsher as the first independent advisor on fire policy, to support the White Paper on Fire Reform.

New data released by the Labour Party shows that rural England is projected to lose more than £255 million this year alone.
The party’s analysis, based on figures from the Rural Payments Agency, lays bare the scale of impact on rural economies by what Labour say is the government’s ‘reckless approach’ to the scheme. The move could risk as many as 9500 agricultural jobs.