The Transforming Places Through Heritage fund has opened to reinvigorate England’s high streets and town centres.

Birmingham City Council is one of 29 local authorities chosen to pilot a scheme that will help local councils recover unpaid council tax.
As of 31 March 2018, this costs local authorities in England around £3 billion, with the arrears dating back to the introduction of council tax in 1993.

Thousands of small businesses have won the chance to bid to supply cloud computing services to government bodies.

Homeless people in England are 60 times more likely to visit A&E in a year than the general population.

A third of councils fear they will run out of funding to provide their statutory services by the end of this Parliament.

A BBC investigation has discovered that more than 100 children go missing from council-run care in the North East every year.
Figures from 11 local authorities in the North East revealed that at least 596 youngsters disappeared in the five years up to April this year, with Sunderland City Council having the highest number with 118. Newcastle City Council recorded the second-highest number of missing youngsters across the five years at 110, followed by Durham County Council with 100.

High Streets Minister Jake Berry has announced the four local communities set to receive a funding boost of a share of over £100,000.

Childcare in England risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, unless a £660 million funding gap in a free childcare scheme is plugged.

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation is launching a petition to support training opportunities for the UK temporary workforce. The REC claims that 960,000 temporary workers could benefit from better skills training if government let them access the training funds their agencies pay to the Treasury. Courses which could lead to significant pay rises and higher productivity would be unlocked if money paid for the Apprenticeship Levy could also be used on other high quality qualifications as part of a skills levy.

David Mundell has announced a £394.5 million investment into the five local authority areas of the Scottish Borderlands.