Regional contact tracing to be strengthened

NHS Test and Trace and PHE will extend its partnership with local authorities to reach more people testing positive and their contacts.

Mayors join TUC to launch 'Time Out to Help Out'

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are calling for workers to still get paid when they are requested to self-isolate.

Urgent reform of UK adult social care funding needed

Urgent reform of the funding of UK adult social care is needed to save a desperately overstretched system which has now reached breaking point.

Councils call for tougher licensing powers

Councils should be given the powers to close down places where coronavirus rules are being flouted and communities are put at risk of infection.

Urgent mental health investment needed, say councils

Failure to invest in mental health services will undermine efforts to boost the country in the next phases of the coronavirus pandemic.

Local restrictions introduced in Aberdeen

Following an increase in coronavirus cases in Aberdeen, local restrictions on travel, indoor gatherings hospitality have been introduced.

Pavement cafes to be smoke free in Newcastle

Newcastle City Council is ensuring that the outdoor areas of the city's pubs and cafes are 100 per cent smoke free.

Schools must come before pubs in lockdown plans

Anne Longfield has said that schools should be the last places to be locked down if any local or national lockdown takes place.

Border failures in March accelerated pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic in the UK was accelerated in the early months by critical errors in the government's approach to border measures.

Creative industries key to coronavirus recovery

A guide has been published to help councils support their local creative industries recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Blackburn with Darwen launches own tracing system

Blackburn with Darwen Council has launched a locally supported contact tracing system for the borough to help plug holes in the national system.

£50 million for social care sector in Scotland

The social care sector in Scotland will receive up to £50 million additional funding to help meet additional costs related to coronavirus.

£22.7m to help adult social care sector in Wales

Vaughan Gething has announced £22.7 million to help meet the additional costs adult social care providers are currently incurring.

Ban adverts for polluting large cars, says report

A new report from the think tank The New Weather Institute is demanding an immediate end to adverts for large polluting cars.

Major incident declared in Greater Manchester

A major incident has been declared by authorities in Greater Manchester following recent rises in coronavirus infection rates.

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