New research has indicated that the majority of UK councils have not allocated budget towards meeting the requirements of the GDPR.

While adult social services are improving, too many people across England are receiving care in care homes that is not good enough.

Volunteers may need to be recruited across London to preserve parks as a number of local authorities plan to withdraw all funding by 2020.

Sadiq Khan and TfL have announced three more electric-only bus routes to help tackle the capital’s toxic air.

Integrating health and social care should not be held back by issues of funding and instead needs an urgent ‘reboot’, according to a new report.
Rebooting Health and Social Care Integration - An agenda for more person centred care, published by the Localis think tank, says that integration should be provide greater independence and control to all people receiving care.

Sajid Javid has announced that an independent Recovery Taskforce to run services for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

A new report has highlighted that an increasing number of local authorities are acquiring property for investment purposes.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has launched a new strategy to address how local roads will benefit from a multi-billion pound fund.
The Transport investment strategy features the proposed creation of a new major road network, in response to the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study last year, which would see a share of the annual National Road Fund, funded by VED, given to local authorities to improve or replace the most important A roads under their management. UK VED was £5.8 billion for 2016-17.

The Mayor of London has launched Thrive LDN, a new movement to improve mental health and well-being across the capital.
Thrive LDN will help support more Londoners to maintain good mental health, develop a programme to stamp out mental health stigma and discrimination and work with employers to improve mental health in the workplace.
According to Public Health England figures, nearly 10 per cent of children and young people living in London aged between five and 16 experiences a mental health issue, while more than 14 London residents take their own lives each week.