The new Parks and Green Space Network has called on the government to deliver a truly green economic recovery from coronavirus.

New funding will support Wales’ sport and leisure sector against the ongoing challenges resulting from coronavirus.

Fuel-poor households are to benefit from a further £16 million investment to improve energy efficiency in their homes.
The funding will be used to improve insulation and install energy efficient heating systems, including those using renewable technology, contributing to Scotland’s net zero targets and helping to meet a key Programme for Government commitment.
The Scottish Government’s national fuel poverty scheme, Warmer Homes Scotland, will receive £6 million while area based schemes delivered by local authorities will receive £10 million.

Approximately 90 per cent of the on-street household population are outside of the five-minute catchment area to an electric vehicle charger.

A programme aimed at increasing the pool of future Directors of Children’s Services has been launched, supported by the Department for Education.

Only a third of high-rise buildings with Grenfell-style flammable cladding due to be fixed by now have had their cladding replaced with a safe alternative.

Michael King is urging for more to be done to help the adult social care sector capitalise on the valuable learning complaints can bring.

MPs have said that the power to choose the date of the next General Election should not be handed back to Prime Ministers.

Keir Starmer has called on the government to replace the furlough scheme as part of a ‘genuine national plan’ for jobs.

The Centre for Ageing Better has stressed the need for stronger action to support those in their 50s and 60s in the wake of coronavirus.