The crisis in adult social care risks creating a ‘system for the rich’ that leaves poor communities unable to get the access they need.

Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has announced a range of measures to further support the public sector workforce in Scotland.
She said that guaranteeing a fair deal for the public sector workforce and protecting lower-paid workers underlines the well-being focus of this year’s Scottish Budget.

More than half of residents think their council should have powers to choose to introduce a local tourism levy.

Security Minister James Brokenshire has announced government plans to introduce changes under Martyn's Law.

Funding pressures have forced councils to overspend on children’s social care budgets by more than £3 billion in the past five years.

Ambitious plans to keep children safe by installing an advisory 20mph zone outside every school in Somerset have been announced.
Somerset County Council has committed £1.5 million to tackle speeding by rolling out a programme of advisory 20mph zones across the county. The zone will predominantly be outside half the county’s schools, with the rest to follow in future years. The programme will be rolled out in discussion with individual schools.

New research from IPPR North has argued that the centralisation of power in Westminster is unfairly holding all of England back.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was very vocal about the need to level up regional divides at the top of his government’s agenda. However, the think tank’s new report found that 47 per cent of new jobs in England in the last decade were in London and the south-east, despite only a third of the population living in that region.

Parents are set to benefit from new technology to support their children learning at home, with six new apps now available.