£20 million has been made available to help ensure that no-one in emergency shelter in Wales during the coronavirus crisis has to return to the streets.

The government has been urged to allow the West Midlands to become a national test bed for an early reopening of the tourism, hospitality and cultural sector.

BSI has published new safe working guidelines to help businesses manage a safe return to work and reoccupation of their facilities.
The guidelines are intended to become a consensus of good practice and BSI encourages the business community and members of the public to have their say and share their learnings and insight on safe working to help protect public health.

The new NHS Test and Trace service has now launched across England, seeking to help identify, contain and control coronavirus.

The New Local Government Network has found that local cohesion and trust has never been higher, despite economic confidence at its lowest levels.

Additional funding is needed to support all early years providers if enough childcare places are to be available for families who need them.

The latest Green Space Index has highlighted the need to revalue local parks and green spaces and protect them in perpetuity.

Only by going ‘faster, further, and fairer’ can we seize the significant national and global opportunities of a net-zero economy.

The Cop26 climate summit had been tentatively rescheduled for early 2021 but looks likely to be pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic.

IOSH has called for the closer safeguarding of key workers psychological health as a result of coronavirus related secondary trauma.