The LGA has expressed concern over an initiative for children leaving care only having enough funding to support one in five young people.

Homelessness Minister Heather Wheeler has announced that councils are set to receive a share of £215 million to prevent homelessness.
The funding, which will be made available in 2019, includes a £15 million fund for London councils to support their work together to prevent and reduce homelessness and is the latest funding from the third round from the government’s Flexible Homelessness Support Grant programme.

Greater Manchester has set out their priorities for building community safety across Greater Manchester.

Sir James Bevan has opened debate on whether communities at the highest risk of flooding should be abandoned and their residents permanently relocated.

Sajid Javid has announced that Greater Manchester, the West of England and Oxfordshire will receive shares of nearly £300 million for new homes.

A planned merger between Somerset’s West Somerset and Taunton Deane Borough councils has been approved despite growing criticism.

The CIH has revealed that government investment in building new homes has plummeted while spending on housing benefit has soared.

Marie Curie has reported that the NHS is struggling to cope with A&E admissions of people who are in the last year of their lives.

Alun Davies has published plans that could see Wales' 22 councils merged to as few as ten, as part of local government reform proposals.
The Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services set out possible options on how this can achieved – from voluntary mergers, to a phased approach with early adopters merging first, followed by other authorities, to a comprehensive merger programme.

Rural areas could lose out on investment for affordable homes as a result of planning changes allowing more new homes to avoid local approval.