Labour launches green economic recovery consultation

The Labour Party has launched a consultation on how to help the UK make a green and just economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

LGA says that council loan repayments delay needed

Councils need access to cheaper short-term loans with delayed repayments to help them tackle current cash flow problems.

Social care providers face £6bn in extra costs

Providers of adult social care services may face more than £6.6bn in extra costs due to the coronavirus crisis by the end of September.

Contact-tracing app in place by end of month

Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi has said that the new NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app should be in place by the end of the month.

Face coverings will be mandatory on public transport

The Department for Transport has said that, from 15 June, face coverings will be required while using public transport in England.

Multi-million market town investment in Cambridgeshire

Eleven market towns in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough can now bid for millions of pounds to help them build the future they want.

New app to organise booking at recycling centres

A free online booking and appointment app is helping the Vale of Glamorgan Council reopen its recycling centres.

Reduced symptoms for people with respiratory conditions

Two million people in the UK with respiratory conditions such as asthma have experienced reduced symptoms during the coronavirus lockdown.

Campaign group urges for reopening of playgrounds

The API has written to Boris Johnson urging him to set out when and how public playgrounds will be brought back into use.

Welsh libraries to introduce Click and Collect service

Many of Wales’ local authorities are now embarking on the first phase of resuming library services – with a Click and Collect service.

Busiest month ever for UK food banks

There has been an 89 per cent increase in need for emergency food parcels during April 2020 compared to the same month last year.

Too many office staff working in inappropriate home environment

Two in every five office staff are now working in an ‘inappropriate’ home-working environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

Southampton announces its Green Transport Recovery Plan

Southampton CC is to deliver a package of transformative transport measures to help people travel healthily in an era of social distancing.

Greater detail needed on test and tracing

Clive Betts has written to the Prime Minister requesting greater detail on the government’s approach to implementing contact test and tracing.

Too soon to ease lockdown in north-east England

Local government leaders in the north-east of England have urged residents to disregard the government’s ‘reckless’ relaxation of the lockdown.

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