The Scottish Government is set to legislate for a charge to be applied on single-use drinks cups.

O2 has switched on its 5G network in five cities, becoming the last of the UK's mobile operators to do so.

Sport England has revealed that one million more people are physically active than they were in 2015.
The Active Lives Adult Survey, based on data gathered from 180,000 respondents aged 16 and over in the 12 months from May 2018 to May 2019, shows that 1,015,700 more people are active compared to when the survey started in 2015.

Around one in eight schools do not have a library, with poorer children less likely to have access to one than their richer peers.

Referrals of potential child victims of modern slavery made by councils in England have soared by a staggering 800 per cent in five years.

British businesses and the public are set to be better protected from hostile cyber attacks and online threats.

A new Digital Centre of Excellence, supported by nearly £4 million of EU funding, is set to make Wales a global leader in 5G technology.
The Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre of Excellence, based at Bangor University, will provide highly specialised research into digital communication systems like mobile phones, Wi-Fi hubs and modern manufacturing lines. Improvements in DSP are a cost-effective way of speeding up networks, dramatically improving the way that mobile phones, devices and network architecture work.

A ‘wholesale redesign of local welfare’ is needed to help London boroughs tackle poverty and support low-income residents.

The Prime Minister will chair a new Cabinet Committee on Climate Change to drive further environmental action across government.

A new UNISON poll has revealed that refuse and recycling are the services that people would most like to see their council spend money on.
The study from the union found that 39 per cent of respondents say it would be their number one choice if the government were to give their local authority extra cash, followed by pavements (32 per cent) and homecare (30 per cent). Making up the top five spend areas for local authorities were parks (28 per cent) and public toilets (26 per cent).