The government has pledged to end smoking in England by 2030 as part of a much-criticised green paper on ill health.

The Department for Work and Pensions has developed new training on homelessness to improve support for vulnerable benefit claimants.
Jobcentre Customer Service Managers have been issued new guidance from expert organisations, including Crisis, Homeless Link and Shelter, to ensure that people experiencing homelessness, and those at risk of becoming homeless, get access to all relevant services offered by the government.

Jo Swinson has been elected new leader of the Liberal Democrats, becoming the party’s first female leader.

Three communities are set to be better protected against the impacts of flooding thanks to almost £3 million of government investment.

Andy Street has urged the government to urgently rethink part of the benefits system to protect the most vulnerable from becoming homeless.

Wiltshire Council has welcomed the first of a team of virtual assistants to its workforce.

New Electoral Commission figures reveal that more than 700 people were denied a vote for not having ID in May’s local elections.
The statistics show that a total 1,968 people were initially refused a ballot paper across the 10 trial areas for not having the right ID. While, more than half of those later returned to vote, 740 of them did not later return with ID – indicating they were denied a vote.

Resources devoted to neighbourhood services across Britain have fallen by 27 per cent since 2010.

The government has unveiled new measures to end the segregation of social housing residents in mixed-tenure developments.

Report warns that the government must seek to broaden public spending allocations and undo ‘systemic bias’ against rural Britain.