Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden has stressed that the government must improve the way it uses technology.

The Queen’s Speech needs to reignite the devolution process to ensure all parts of England reap the benefits of having greater powers.

The Trussell Trust says the government should end the five week wait for Universal Credit, which is increasing use of food banks.

Scotland has reached a record low in the volume of household waste produced and a significant drop in its environmental impact.

The Welsh Government has announced more than £20 million to help housing associations buy land to build more homes.

IPPR calls for the state to build and operate new residential care homes, and establish new financial regulator to oversee private providers.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found problems in nearly two out of every three adult social care complaints.

A majority of the public recognise the climate crisis as an ‘emergency’ and believe that politicians are failing to tackle the problem.
A new eight-country poll has revealed that climate breakdown is viewed as the most important issue facing the world, ahead of migration, terrorism and the global economy, in seven out of the eight countries surveyed, with only the US public not viewing it as the largest issue.

Leicester City Council is set to start work with De Montfort University on joint projects designed to improve life for residents in the city.

Planning permission has been granted for work to begin on a new council headquarters building for Cambridgeshire County Council.
The authority will move from its current home at Shire Hall in Cambridge to Alconbury - more than 20 miles away.