A new report from the Chartered Institute of Housing shows that councils are still facing obstacles to building more homes.

The latest round of the Local Government Association’s Behavioural Insights Programme has awarded funding to eight councils.
The programme encourages innovation in local public services with the aim of changing behaviour to reduce demand on overstretched local services as well as improving residents’ lives. Behavioural insights is a scientific approach that helps people to make better choices for themselves and society through interventions or ‘nudges’.

415 schools in England are ‘stuck’ in a cycle of low performance and need better and more tailored support to improve.

United for All Ages has highlighted 20 ways in which the UK can create a ‘country for all ages’ by the end of this decade.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council's cabinet is set to approve a new homelessness and rough sleeping strategy.

Cambridge City Council’s budget for 2020-21 is pledging action on climate change, biodiversity and the environment.

Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council have published final draft proposals for its Zero Emission Zone.

Norfolk County Council is proposing significant extra investment in adults’ and children’s services as part of the authority’s latest budget.

More than 100 councils across England have been awarded a share of over £4 million to crack down on criminal landlords and letting agents.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick conceded that the majority of landlords provide decent homes for their tenants, but said that the new funding will be used by councils to take enforcement action against the small minority of landlords who persist in breaking the law, as well as to advise tenants of their housing rights.

A new campaign to tackle hidden homelessness has been launched by the Welsh Government.