The Resolution Foundation says that sustained employment does not eliminate in-work poverty for too many households.

Edinburgh households are more climate aware and generate less waste per resident than those of any other major Scottish city.

Boris Johnson will announce new plans for the ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK.

The BBC has revealed that full rollout of universal credit is being delayed again, to 2024, adding £500 million to its overall cost.
The government's flagship welfare reform was meant to be fully live by April 2017, but the new delay will push it back to September 2024. Officials claim that not enough people are moving to the benefit as they are ‘scared’ to move to universal credit. Will Quince, the welfare delivery minister, said claimants would not lose money as a result of the change.

A new investigation has found that councils are sharing information about users of their websites with dozens of private companies.
More than 400 local authorities allowed at least one third-party company to track individuals who visit their sites, including sensitive sections of their sites, such as when they seek help with a benefit claim, or with a disability or alcoholism.
Critics have argued that council websites serve a public purpose and should not let outside firms monitor their users’ activity, especially given the sensitive nature of some visits.

The government must go further and faster with plans to tackle air pollution by seizing a unique opportunity to clean up the country’s toxic air.

A new report by the Centre for the Future of Democracy has found that dissatisfaction with democracy has reached an all-time global high. 
The centre, based at the University of Cambridge, reports that Westminster-style democracies, as seen in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US, typically fare particularly badly in terms of democratic faith, with the proportion of citizens dissatisfied with the performance of their democracy doubling since the 1990s.
Specifically this proportion increased by around a fifth (18 percentage points) since then in the UK.

Council leaders have said that manufacturers need to recycle their own child car seats to prevent them being 'scandalously' landfilled.
More than 250,000 child car seats reach their “safety expiry date” in the UK every year, with 90 per cent of them ending up in landfill - the equivalent of up to 2,000 tonnes of mostly recyclable material. The Local Government Association says that manufacturers should have a duty to offer take-back services to help tackle the issue.

Kevin Stewart has criticised 'tweaks' to LHA rates, stressing that they potentially leave people facing homelessness.

Scotttish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has said that tackling the global climate emergency will be at the heart of the Scottish Budget.
Speaking ahead of the budget, Mackay highlighted how Scotland has already put in place the most ambitious climate legislation and targets of any country, including decarbonising Scotland’s railways by 2035 and making the Highlands and Islands the world’s first net zero aviation region by 2040.