Figures from the CCN have indicated that local services are at breaking point as a result of an increasingly elderly population and ‘outdated’ government funding.

Prime Minister Theresa May is to host a reception at Downing Street and set out the government’s plans to tackle loneliness and social isolation.
May will announce that the government is accepting a series of recommendations from the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness as she hosts a reception to celebrate Jo Cox’s legacy and her work in combatting loneliness.
Ahead of the reception, the Prime Minister paid tribute to Jo Cox, her family and those working for the Foundation and Commission for highlighting the issue.

Sajid Javid has announced that councils will receive an additional £29 million to boost their support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Essex County Council’s budget proposals for 2018/19 include investment in the region’s roads, schools and homes.

Plans for Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council to merge their transactional services have taken a major step forward.
Under the proposals, staff who deliver transactional services at Newcastle City Council will transfer over to the Northumberland County Council under TUPE arrangements, ensuring high quality transactional services such as council tax, business rates, staff payroll and revenues and benefits. The move is expected to save £895,000 over the next three years for each council, a total of almost £1.8 million.

New research has revealed that a third of the lowest-income households in Britain have loans and credit card debts that outstrip the assets they hold.

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on proposals to transfer ‘flood risk management activities’ of watercourses to local groups.

London’s January air quality is within legal limits for the first time in 10 years, City Hall has said.
The capital breached limits for nitrogen dioxide by 6 January every year for the last decade.
So far this year, London’s NO2 has not exceeded limits, although it is likely to soon, Mayor Sadiq Khan said.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that despite recent progress there is still more to do.
A recent NO2 study found Marylebone Road and Hyde Park Corner were the most polluted postcodes in Britain.