The TUC has warned that the NHS Test and Trace system risks failure unless ministers boost Statutory Sick Pay and ensure everyone is eligible for it.

All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres.

Local public health leaders are demanding greater control over the coronavirus testing system following mixed messages about tests’ availability.

The Citizens’ Assembly on climate change has urged for clear, internally consistent path for how the UK can reach net zero emissions by 2050.

The government is boosting its Land Release Fund and the One Public Estate programme with an additional £30 million.

The Green Party has re-elected Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry as co-leaders following an internal election this summer.
Bartley and Berry have now begun their second term as co-leaders by setting out their vision to build a grassroots mass movement for a Green recovery from the economic, climate and health crises we are currently in. The pair have set their sights on reproducing last year’s local election results, which saw the party increase its number of councillors from 178 to 362 on 122 councils.

Highways England is encouraging businesses to make the switch to electric by investing over £9 million in a ‘try before you buy’ scheme.

Steve Rotheram has announced the establishment of England’s first Land Commission to review the use of public land for community wealth building.

The new Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Purchasing System, from CCS, offers a route to buy artificial intelligence services in the public sector.

Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government Simon Clarke has resigned from the government for personal reasons.
Writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland cited the need to ‘balance my own life against the demands of office’, but said that he would continue working as an MP.
As Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government, his brief included the local authority resilience forum's Covid-19 response and devolution.