Sheffield City Council has set out its ambitions for the city’s parks with a new five-year strategy that could see millions invested in green spaces.

New figures show that the number of new homes built for social rent has fallen by almost four-fifths in a decade.

The government has announced it has approved Nottingham City Council’s new plan to tackle air pollution in Nottingham city centre.
Having worked alongside Defra officials to identify measures to reduce levels of pollution in the shortest possible time and deliver compliance with legal air quality limits, the council now becomes the first local authority to have their air quality plan approved as part of the government’s wider £3.5 billion plan to tackle harmful emissions from road transport across the country.

iMPOWER has published its list of the most productive councils in England with Leicestershire retaining it’s number one ranking.

Jesse Norman has announced aims for a new cycling and walking champion, to promote cycle and pedestrian-friendly policies.

Shelter has said that there has been a 13,000 increase in the number of people recorded as homeless in Britain from last year.

Wales continues to invest more in key public services than other parts of the UK, especially in health and social services.

Transport spending per person has gone up twice as much in London as in the North since the Northern Powerhouse agenda was introduced in 2014.

Northamptonshire County Council has spent more than £15 million since the start of April placing children in care homes in other parts of the country.