The Centre for Mental Health says that inequalities can be reduced through concerted action nationally and locally.

Over 19,000 job placements for unemployed young people have so far been created under the government’s £2 billion Kickstart Scheme.
The scheme, which gives 16-24-year olds a future of opportunity and hope by creating high-quality, government-subsidised jobs across the UK, has also received 4,359 applications from employers across Great Britain. This covers a wide array of sectors, including in tech, construction, communications, fitness and media.

Two million people have now been reached by the service, including those who tested positive and their contacts.

The Housing Advisers Programme funds the provision of independent expertise for councils undertaking specific projects to tackle the housing crisis.

The Labour Party has demanded transparency for the taxpayer over £130 million government spend on ‘communications consultants’.
According to the opposition party, 23 different communications consultancies have been used by the government since the year began at a combined cost in excess of £130 billion.

Only one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services.

A new consultation has been launched on proposals to ban online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt in the UK.
Research shows children are exposed to over 15 billion adverts for products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) online every year. Such exposure can affect what children eat and when they eat, both in the short term by increasing the amount of food children eat immediately after being exposed to an advert, and by shaping longer-term food preferences from a young age.

The Northern Health Science Alliance has reported that the north has been hit harder than the rest of England during the coronavirus pandemic.

Anne Longfield has warned that thousands of children in care being ‘failed by the state’ because of a broken residential care home market.