Coronavirus testing for designated visitors of care home residents will start this week with a trial across five Scottish local authority areas.
From 7 December, lateral flow testing of designated visitors will be trialled in 14 early adopter care homes in North Ayrshire, Fife, Argyll and Bute, Inverclyde, and Aberdeenshire. Testing kits will then be sent out to all care homes from 14 December, once guidance and training materials have been finalised following the trial.

There are significant shortfalls in the government’s approach to infrastructure policy which risks holding back the net zero shift.

Over 500 hectares will be planted with trees across England’s 10 Community Forests, backed by £12.1 million of investment.

CIPFA has revealed that total spending on libraries in Great Britain decreased by nearly £20 million over the last financial year.

A new report has claimed that the high needs system for further education is not working and requires a radical shake-up.

The Prime Minister has announced a new ambitious target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68 per cent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.
The target is the first set by the UK following its departure from the EU, something that the government claims demonstrates the UK’s leadership in tackling climate change. Over the past decade, the UK has cut carbon emissions by more than any similar developed country and was the first major economy to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050.

An extra £68 million will help thousands more disabled people to access grants to improve their homes so they can live independently.

The Welsh Government has announced a £10 million funding boost for town centres, under the £90 million Transforming Towns programme, to support businesses and increase vibrancy and footfall in towns across Wales.

The Welsh Government has published its strategy to achieve a substantial increase in the number of electric car charging points in Wales, with a proposed investment of £30 million over five years will be set aside to help with delivery.

Scotland’s first community testing site for people without symptoms to get tested for Covid-19 has opened in Johnstone, Renfrewshire.