An expected 23,000 low income households in Scotland without proper internet access will be helped by £15 million of funding.

There has been a 14 per cent increase in the number of apprenticeships created directly by boroughs this year.

Dan Jarvis has agreed a new partnership that lays the groundwork for an ambitious campaign to plant trees and create more woodland.

Reports of people sleeping rough rose sharply during lockdown, despite government claims that suggest otherwise.

Kent County Council has said that it can no longer ‘safely meet its statutory duty’ to care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Welsh Ministers have announced a funding boost of more than £260 million for local councils in Wales.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is the first governmental body in the world to join the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.

Ofsted has announced that it will begin visits to local authorities and children's social care providers from September 2020.
The visits will provide assurance that vulnerable children are getting the help, care and protection that they need, amid concerns that some have fallen out of sight during the coronavirus pandemic.
Alongside the announcement, the inspectorate has also published new guidance for local authorities and the children’s social care providers it regulates and inspects on how the visits will work in practice.

MPs have warned that the country could see ‘a new wave of homelessness’ when a ban on evictions ends later this month.