The coronavirus crisis is likely to make it impossible for the government to hit its housebuilding targets and exacerbate the housing crisis.

Leisure centres closed due to coronavirus may never re-open unless government brings forward a financial rescue package, says DCN.

The IFS has reported that the coronavirus episode has had substantial negative impacts on mental health across the population.

Cycling Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced that cyclists will have safer journeys thanks to new laws coming into force from 22 June.
Local authorities in England will have new powers to use CCTV to issue penalty charge notices to drivers who park or load illegally in mandatory cycle lanes, putting cyclists at risk of a serious accident.

Responses from residents and organisations across Nottingham have helped to shape how the city aims to become carbon neutral by 2028.

The Adam Smith Institute has argued that the social care system is broken, unfit for purpose and cannot be fixed by new taxes.
The think tank’s new report claims that the whole system is in crisis, distorted by perverse incentives, unfair and woefully out of date. Amid the current coronavirus pandemic, there has been much talk about raising public care spending and providing more free care. However, the Adam Smith Institute argues that only widespread and disruptive change will solve the deeper problems and prevent future cases of neglect.

A plan to help the West Midlands recover from the economic impact of coronavirus while making it a greener place has been given the green light.

Southampton City Council has installed 25 solar powered compactor public litter bins as a pilot scheme to tackle the issue of litter in the city.

The Sheffield City Region plans to create a network of more than 620 miles of accessible walking and cycling routes across South Yorkshire.

Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley have announced that they plan to stand for their job-shared role of joint leaders of the Green Party again.
Having held the leadership since 2018, Berry and Bartley used their announcement to declare that the time is right to seize the moment and become a mass-membership movement.
The party failed to add any seats at the 2019 election, winning just 2.7 per cent of the vote. It means that former party leader Caroline Lucas remains the party’s only MP in Westminster.