Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price says that ‘Wales can be the cradle of a Green Jobs Revolution’.

A new study has found that planting a hedge in front of a park can halve the amount of traffic pollution that reaches children as they play.

Manchester is the first UK city to have recycled eco Christmas Lights, with the city centre lights largely made from recycled materials.

The LGA has stressed that the next government needs to invest in children’s services so councils can fulfil the ambitions of the Children’s Act.

The Conservatives are pledging an extra £1 billion per year for social care in England over the next five years.

New polling has claimed that the NHS has overtaken Brexit as the most important electoral issue for adults in the UK.
The Ipsos MORI poll shows that 60 per cent of UK adults said that the NHS is now very important in helping them decide who to vote for, compared to 56 per cent of people who felt the same way about Brexit. However, the two topics remain far more important than any other in this election.
Following the NHS and Brexit, adult social care and crime were considered ‘very important’ issues in the election for 30 per cent of voters.

Mark Drakeford has welcomed official figures which show Wales continues to invest more in key public services than other parts of the UK.

Two thirds of UK adults can expect to care unpaid for a loved one in their lifetime, new figures suggest.

With the party launching its election manifesto, Labour is announcing new plans for the biggest council and social housing programme in decades.
Outlining plans to transform the lives of millions of people struggling to afford a decent home because of the housing crisis, the party says that the plans will be paid for with funding from Labour’s Social Transformation Fund, with half of the funding, approximately £75 billion over five years – set to be allocated to housing.

Up to 690 children are at risk of domestic violence every day, the equivalent of over 25,000 children during the General Election period alone.