London, the South East and the East of England urgently need greater collaboration to respond to their current challenges.

New figures have shown that there are now constituencies within the UK where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.

Hampshire County Council has agreed for investment of up to £16.4 million in a new Meals on Wheels contract to support younger adults.

Liverpool City Council could get early access to £6.5 million from the government’s Troubled Families initiative to support struggling families.

Andy Burnham has announced budget proposals for Manchester’s essential services, including extra police numbers and congestion investment.

Homelessness charity Shelter is to launch a new commission scrutinising social housing in Britain in the wake of June’s Grenfell Tower fire.
The charity will draft a panel of high-profile figures, including former Labour leader Ed Miliband, to examine ‘the state of social housing in modern Britain and its future role in ending the housing crisis’, before the findings and recommendations are presented to Prime Minister Theresa May before the end of the year.

New energy efficient street lights are to replace around 54,000 street lights across Edinburgh by the end of 2020.

A new property model could deliver up to £6 billion worth of investment in construction if adopted by all councils across England, a new report argues.

The government is under renewed pressure to introduce a new Clean Air Act to tackle the UK’s toxic levels of air pollution.
Ministers are due back in the high court soon to defend their current plans which have previously been ruled spoor that they are illegal.
Ahead of the hearing, a coalition of experts has called on ministers to respond to a crisis that causes about 50,000 early deaths every year in the UK.