Peterborough City Council has overseen plans for a new service to support young people with their well-being and mental health.

Lambeth Council has urged the government to commit funding for local authorities for fire safety work following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Nine in 10 people who pay for their own care in England won’t benefit if the ‘cap’ on care costs goes ahead.

Glasgow City Council has approved the draft Strategic Housing Investment Plan, which will see 10,000 affordable homes over the next five years.
The plan, which will benefit from a £600 million investment, will promote area regeneration and enable investment in new build housing and raise managements standards in the private rented sector.
The housing plans also identify a number of housing investment principles, covering quality in design, community benefits, digital innovation and tackling homelessness.

New analysis has revealed that one in ten council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are paid below the living wage.
UNISON is urging the government, ahead of the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage week, to fund councils so they can become living wage employers and help more than 60,000 cleaners, library assistants, residential and home care workers out of poverty.

Hackney Council is planning to build new housing with religiously compliant features to appeal to the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
Among the Haredi-friendly features, the 132 flats of the Tower Court development in Stamford Hill will include lifts which do not require manual operation on Shabbat, the Jewish sabbath; open balconies to accommodate temporary enclosures during the religious holiday of Sukkot, and separate kitchens which can be easily adapted to kosher requirements.

The LGA has warned that the freeze on Local Housing Allowance LHA risks an increase in homelessness in the private sector.

The number of households moving off the benefit cap and going into work has reached 39,000, up 5,000 on the last quarter, new figures show.
The benefit cap, introduced in 2013, incentivises work, including part-time work, as anyone eligible for Working Tax Credit is exempt.
It limits the amount that most people aged 16 to 64 can receive in benefits to £20,000 a year outside London, and £23,000 in Greater London.

Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire East Council have appointed transformation specialist Agilisys.

Leeds City Council has successfully secured grant funding from the Department for Communities and Local Government Controlling Migration Fund.