Welsh Transport Secretary Ken Skates has announced £78 million of additional funding for local transport projects in Wales.

Ben Houchen has announced that he has agreed terms with Peel Airports to bring Durham Tees Valley Airport back into public ownership.

The government has launched a national scheme between independent schools and councils to improve the offer they make to young people growing up in care.

Housing charity Shelter has claimed that more than 130,000 children across Great Britain will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation.
With a lack of housing preventing councils from coping with the situation, the figures indicate that one in every 103 under-18s are now officially homeless, a 59 per cent rise in five years. The 130,000 figure also represents the equivalent of five youngsters in every school.

The IPPR North thinktank has argued that the north of England is continuing to see bigger cuts in public spending.

Rishi Sunak has announced that community groups can now bid for funds to establish a new pocket park or refurbishing an existing park in their area.

£250,000 will help people with disabilities run for elected office in next year’s council elections.

The North of Tyne Combined Authority is seeking £12 million from the government to increase ultrafast broadband rollout.

MPs have claimed that quantitative evidence alone is not sufficient to warrant a statutory ban on energy drinks sales to children.

Local authorities have been challenged not to ‘throw out the rule book’ when redesigning services in the face of budget and resource pressures.