The APPG on hunger has urged the government to tackle malnutrition in the elderly to save the NHS and social care over £15 billion a year.

The Smith Institute think tank has urged the government to pause all public service outsourcing and PFI deals.

A ‘Western Powerhouse’ can boost job prospects across the whole region and rival the Northern Powerhouse, the Welsh Secretary has said.

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has been awarded a contract by Devon County Council to develop a new waste transfer station.

Sheffield City Council has applied for funding to convert two of its retired refuse collection vehicles to run on the waste taken away from households.

The Treasury Select Committee has said that government plans to tackle the housing crisis will fail without further reforms.

Small and medium-sized businesses may be worst affected when the UK leaves the European Union.

An Ofsted report of Birmingham City Council’s children’s services has heralded ‘continued progress’ and improvement in the quality of social work.
Inspectors found that the city council has sustained the progress already made around reducing caseloads for staff, and also said that child protection plans are outcome focused and reviewed regularly and that regular management oversight is evident in the cases seen by inspectors and is helping to ensure some progress in the majority of cases.

Leeds City Council is to introduce a charge residents looking to dispose of certain types of household rubbish at their local waste sorting site.

The Department for BEIS has announced the creation of a new office tasked with identifying consumer risks and managing responses to large-scale product recalls and repairs.