Robert Jenrick has announced that the Fair Funding Review and 75 per cent business rate retention will be delayed until 2020-21.
The government wrote to county MPs and county leaders following the Spending Review to confirm that both would be delayed, with the government instead signalling a commitment to implement both reforms in 2020-21.

A new £20 million government investment will see cyclists across the country benefit from more than 20 new and improved cycling routes.
Chris Heaton-Harris, the government’s Cycling Minister, unveiled the upgrades for the National Cycle Network, including new routes, better surfacing, and improved links to other transport modes. The National Cycle Network spans more than 16,000 miles of on-road and off-road cycling and walking paths.

The national campaign to recruit 20,000 new police officers has been launched by the government.

London’s Child Obesity Taskforce wants every child in the capital to grow up eating healthily, drinking plenty of water and being physically active.

The Chancellor has delivered his Spending Round to Parliament, including a £13.8 billion real term increase in day-to-day spending.

The APPG on Social Care has demanded a radical shake-up of England’s ‘broken’ social care system to avoid its total collapse.

New national statistics show that more people than ever before are concerned about damage to nature.
A new report from Natural England reveals that nine out of ten adults in England are concerned about increasing threats to the natural environment, with nearly two-thirds specifically worried about biodiversity loss.

Sheffield City Council has announced its trial of electric bin lorries powered by the very waste they have collected.

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has called on the government to commit £141 million to support new flood defence works.

Communities across Liverpool are being given the chance to take control of their future thanks to a council improvement fund.