The government has announced a new million-pound programme to get more students physically active in time for Bike to School Week.

Nearly a quarter of a million households who were homeless or at risk of becoming homeless have benefited from the Homelessness Reduction Act.

Under new measures, businesses seeking to win government work must set out how they will also deliver social value priorities.
Government departments will use the social value model to assess and score suppliers on the wider positive benefits they bring by delivering the contract, meaning that value for money for the taxpayer can be maximised while also building a more resilient and diverse supplier base.

Over a hundred towns in England are to share £80 million to boost regeneration, as part of the government's plan to build back better.
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that the funding, which ranges from £500,000 up to £1 million per town, will be used to support projects that will make a difference to the area, such as new green spaces, the creation of pop-up businesses spaces, pedestrianising streets to encourage walking or cycling and creating of new community hubs to support those living alone.

Councils are warning that remoter rural areas could be impacted the most by childcare closures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
A study carried out by the County Councils Network (CCN) of its member councils found that every single respondent felt up to 10 per cent of their childcare providers could close this winter at the very least, rising to one in four in some areas. This is even without a second coronavirus wave.

The government will protect 30 per cent of the UK’s land by 2030, as part of plans to put nature and biodiversity on a road to recovery by 2030.

The Mayor of London has launched an air quality monitoring project to give an accurate indication of the benefits closing school roads to motor traffic at drop-off and pick-up times.

Trial participants will be given the chance to create their own personal accounts to use on parts of GOV.UK, the government website.

The government has launched a consultation to gain views on a Green Gas Levy, which will reduce emissions from the gas grid and help the UK reach its net zero target by 2050.

The Department for Health and Social Care has released its list on how Covid tests are prioritised.