The government’s failure to back Greater Manchester’s clean air proposals with fair funding could put jobs and businesses at risk.

The beaches receiving international Blue Flag and Seaside Awards have been announced by the Keep Britain Tidy charity.

Universal Credit is draining cash and resources from already hard-pressed councils and their not-for-profit housing companies.

Keep Britain Tidy is calling on parents across the UK to make time to visit their local green space with their child.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are combining their efforts and launching a county-wide campaign to tackle fly–tipping.

New research has warned that working parents will have to find £828 on average for six weeks of holiday childcare per child this Summer.
Coram Family and Childcare’s 15th annual Holiday Childcare Survey reveals that holiday childcare prices have risen by three per cent since last summer, bringing the average price that parents now pay for one week of holiday childcare to £138 – double the price parents currently pay for after-school clubs during term time.

Child poverty is becoming the norm in some parts of the UK, with more than half of children living trapped in poverty in some constituencies.

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a new inquiry into progress on devolution in England.
Each devolution deal involves its own arrangements for funding and increased responsibilities, but can include greater responsibility over areas including business support, planning, transport and health. Since 2014, deals have been agreed in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Cornwall, amongst other regions.

The LGiU has called on the next Prime Minister to address local government funding in his first 100 days in office.