The House of Commons has paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds in non-disclosure and settlement agreements with former employees.

Government cuts have heightened public hygiene problems with the closure of more than a fifth of public toilets in Britain during the past decade.
As people across the country are urged to wash hands more frequently to control the outbreak of coronavirus, UNISON says any efforts are being made more difficult because of the government’s recent council funding cuts, which have led to widespread closures of almost a thousand public toilets since the decade of austerity began in 2010.

A new CCN report has warned the government that it cannot overlook shire counties in its ‘levelling up’ agenda.

A new £210 million scheme to assist people build their own home and increase the supply of housing in Wales has been launched.
Self Build Wales, which is financed by the Welsh Government and managed by the Development Bank of Wales, provides people with ‘oven ready’ plots and a loan that covers 75 per cent of the cost of a building plot and 100 per cent of the cost to build a home.

A new index has revealed the best places to own an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle, as well as the locations with the highest uptake of ULEVs.
Using data on the number of registered ULEVs and publicly available charging and rapid charging points, Migrate’s EV index reveals the areas of the UK that are making it the easiest for motorists to make the switch from a petrol or diesel-powered car to a low emissions vehicle.

The capital will only become a more resilient city if there is a complete restructuring of green finance systems across London.

New research has found that councils’ expenditure on both adult and children’s social care continues to rise at an alarming rate.
Grant Thornton UK LLP says that social care continues to be the number one drain on councils’ finances in England, with 47 per cent of councils overspending on their adult social care budget last year, a seven per cent increase compared to 2017/18.

An independent panel has argued that the safeguarding system needs to do more to protect children from abuse and neglect.

There is an alarming overlap between places in England with slow public transport and places with struggling secondary schools.

The new Sustran’s Bike Life report shows increasing levels of public support to reduce car use and make it easier for people to cycle.