Starmer pledges to ‘push power closer to people’

Labour has outlined how the next Labour government will spread power out of Westminster and to the British people.

School funding boost confirmed for every local authority

The Department for Education has published school funding allocations going to every local authority in England.

Plans to tackle failure of Nottingham City Council

Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new measures to address the serious failures at Nottingham City Council.

£2.2 billion funding increase for councils next year

Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that councils across England will receive £51.2 billion next year.

Harness the benefits of community business, councils urged

The NALC has launched a new guide to community business to promote the opportunities that community businesses can create locally.

Almost 400 free educational courses next year

As part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee, tens of thousands of adults will be able to benefit from almost 400 free courses next year.

Ensure no one spends winter on streets, says Labour

Labour is calling on the government to commit that no one will spend this winter on the streets, amid fears of fewer beds being available.

A million people regularly struggling to pay for food

More than a million of the UK’s poorest people are regularly struggling to pay for food and are in 'severe financial trouble'.

Public health cuts worse in north than south

The poorest parts of England have seen the biggest cuts to councils' public health budgets, a new study from the IPPR North suggests.

Government infrastructure policy isn’t fit for net zero

There are significant shortfalls in the government’s approach to infrastructure policy which risks holding back the net zero shift.

Spend on British libraries drops by nearly £20m

CIPFA has revealed that total spending on libraries in Great Britain decreased by nearly £20 million over the last financial year.

Food bank users having money taken for benefit payments

Nearly half of households surveyed at food banks during the summer owed money to the DWP due to loans and overpayments of benefits.

Opening hours for Christmas shopping extended

Rretailers will be able to extend their daily opening hours from Monday to Saturday in the run up to Christmas and through January.

Regions set to miss out on millions from key business support

Tier 3 communities in North and Midlands set to miss out on millions from key business support grant in run up to Christmas.

Use ‘window of opportunity’ to improve public health

A new report says that, in the wake of the pandemic, there is a window of opportunity to build an improved public health system.

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