The Mayor of London has invested £10 million in green projects that will support around 1,000 green jobs to boost London’s economic recovery.

£400 billion of investment is required in green infrastructure over the next decade if the UK is to meet its ambitious Net Zero target.

The National Care Forum has said that £500 million in extra government funding is needed to make care homes safe in the run-up to Christmas.
After Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged to make visiting possible in every care home by Christmas, the National Care Forum said homes need a doubling of the £546 million infection control fund to at least £1 billion to help prevent the need for staff to move between homes, improve visiting facilities, deliver testing for visitors and guarantee enough PPE.

The government has not been transparent about suppliers and services when it scrambled to award £18 billion worth of coronavirus contracts.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs.
Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister says that his blueprint will allow the UK to forge ahead with eradicating its contribution to climate change by 2050, particularly crucial in the run up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow next year.

A survey has shown that local authorities are facing a shortage of accessible housing, a problem made worse by some home builders' actions.

The British Medical Association has warned that lifting lockdown without new measures in place risks deepening the crisis in our health service.

TfL and London Councils have launched a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters.

Localis has said that ministers must give communities the power and resources they need to build back a better society.

New research from OpenText has revealed that UK local authorities are yet to fully embrace digital government services.