An £80 million fund for England’s youth sector will help provide opportunities for young people to get involved in their communities.

More than 200 religious leaders have urged Theresa May to relax current immigration rules so that refugees can be reunited with their families.

Business secretary Sajid Javid has announced that the £900 million North East devolution deal is ‘off the table’, after four out of the seven local authorities voted against the plans.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he will deliver his first Autumn Statement on Wednesday 23 November.

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the expansion of grammar schools in England will be accompanied by conditions requiring them to accept a proportion of children from low-income families.

The second round of the Community Minibus Fund has been launched by Transport Minister Andrew Jones.

New approaches to make the UK more resilient to flooding have been outlined in the government’s National Flood Resilience Review.

The Adam Smith Institute has branded the High-Speed 2 rail project ‘economically irresponsible’ and has called for it to be scrapped.

A public consultation has shown support for proposals to devolve power and funding from Westminster to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

A London MP has said as he urged politicians to support homelessness reforms, labelling the current situation as an ‘absolute disgrace’.

A senior Parliamentary Committee is to recommend that all MPs and peers vacate both Houses of Parliament for six years to allow for urgent repairs.

The Resolution Foundation has urged ministers to ignore calls to cut future increases to the National Living Wage (NLW).

The Committees on Arms Export Controls has called on the UK government to cease the selling of weaponry to Saudia Arabia, after evidence has suggested the trade has likely been used to violate international humanitarian and human rights laws.

The UK is set to begin preliminary talks with Australia exploring the possibility of a future free trade deal.

A Tory MP has proposed ‘eradicating’ the combination of county councils and district councils and replacing them with single-tier unitary councils.

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