The government has announced an investment of £350 million to increase the number of affordable and social homes, as well as support home ownership and ease council housing pressures.
The funding comes alongside plans to drive up standards and tackle rogue landlords in supported housing.
Through a £300 million injection into the Affordable Homes Programme, up to 2,800 affordable homes will be built. Half of those will be for social rent.
A £50 million boost to the Local Authority Housing Fund will help to build over 250 more council homes.
Last year, the UK Government's Cyber Essentials (CE) scheme celebrated its tenth anniversary, marking a decade of growth. The scheme is centered around five technical controls and is proven to protect organisations of all sizes from the most common cyber attacks
A new state-of-the-art government office building in First Street in Manchester has received a key stage of its construction. The nine-story 12,000 metre square building is now ready for the internal fit-out to start.
Two thirds of Welsh rail journeys are on new trains
Thanks to an £800 million investment package from the Welsh government, more than two thirds of passenger journeys in Wales are on new and improved trains.
Lanarkshire council and NHS team up on major road project
The East Airdrie Link Road project will link together Newhouse and Stand/Riggend, opening up a wider transport network in the Airdrie area, and will improve journey times, transport reliability, and connections across West Scotland.
Local authorities can put themselves forward for AI development
The government has opened its bidding for its AI Growth Zones, letting local and regional authorities nationwide put themselves forward to become dedicated regions for AI infrastructure development.
The government is to consult on plans to mandate all private landlords in England and Wales to meet higher energy performance ratings in their properties by 2030.
48 per cent of private rented homes in England already have a Energy Performance Certificate rated C or above, but the government wants to ensure this good practice is extended to all properties in the sector.
By 2030, all private landlords will be required to meet a higher standard of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C or equivalent in their properties – up from the current level of EPC E.
£90 million of government funding has been allocated to upgrade four major roads schemes in England.
The schemes set to receive funding are the A350 Chippenham Bypass phases 4 and 5 in Wiltshire; the A647 Dawsons Corner and Stanningley Bypass in Leeds; the South East Aylesbury Link Road (SEALR) in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire; and the A127/A130 Fairglen Interchange in Essex.
A £200 million funding package is set to benefit public health services, and is set to boost addiction recovery services, sexual health clinics, and local nurses, among other incentives.
