Research has found that the 2011 Housing benefit reform was a false economy, and simply shifted burdens to local councils.

Plans for the design of the largest smart city-wide energy system in the UK have been unveiled by Peterborough City Council.
The two-year Peterborough Integrated Renewables Infrastructure project has been granted funding to begin the design of a local, smart energy system, and will combine a next generation heat network, electricity network and EV infrastructure under one holistic scheme.

Bright Blue has suggested an increase of fixed penalty notices to a minimum of £500 to individuals caught littering by local authorities.

Six of the 10 largest independent groups of providers of children’s residential and fostering placements had more debts and liabilities than tangible assets last year.
The Local Government Association is concerned this is placing the stability of placements for children in care at risk, particularly as the private children’s social care providers offering the most homes for children increasingly operate using a private equity model which relies on large debt to drive growth.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an extra £236 million to help get people off the streets.

Oxfordshire County Council has revealed plans to become a more dementia-friendly organisation.

The Ultra Low Emission Zone and the Mayor of London’s other air quality policies will save the NHS around £5 billion over next 30 years.

A new survey has revealed that parents in the UK are paying five per cent more for childcare for under-twos than they were one year ago.
The Coram Family and Childcare’s 20th annual Childcare Survey found that parents have been hit by childcare costs rising well ahead of inflation, and are now paying an average of £131.61 per week, or over £6,800 per year, for a part-time nursery place.

Five times as many rough sleepers were seen by councils in the last year than reported in official figures.

Michael Marmot has warned that life expectancy among women living in the poorest communities in England has declined since 2011.
Marmot’s landmark review, a decade after his last, reveals a shocking picture across England, which he says is no different to the rest of the UK and could have been prevented.