Extend incentives for new apprenticeships beyond furlough

The financial incentives in place to help employers create apprenticeship programmes should be extended beyond the end of the furlough scheme.

Record 20 places bid for title of UK City of Culture 2025

A record 20 places from across the UK have submitted an expression of interest to become the UK City of Culture 2025.

Disadvantaged ‘locked out’ of crucial early years opportunities

New research from the Sutton Trust has revealed that most disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds are ‘locked out’ of crucial early years education.

£20 million announced to create more Family Hubs

The government has set out plans to elevate its Family Hubs programme, backed by £20 million of new funding.

Suffolk targets devolution talks with the government

Local leaders in Suffolk have welcomed early discussions with the government about a possible devolution deal for the region.

Government to work with councils on Afghan resettlement

The government has said that thousands of Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK.

Unions make call for urgent action on ventilation in schools

Education unions have urged the government to take firm action to improve ventilation in schools to reduce further coronavirus disruption.

Labour outlines apprenticeships creation plan

Labour has pledged new opportunities for young people to earn and learn with a plan to create 100,000 new apprenticeships.

Millions of homes could be heated with hydrogen by 2030

The UK’s Hydrogen Strategy seeks to use low carbon hydrogen to replace natural gas in powering around three million UK homes each year.

Three million children going to schools in areas with toxic air

Children in London are four times more likely to go to school in areas with high levels pollution levels than children in the rest of England.

Figures show Help to Buy loans pass £20 billion

The number of people purchasing a home through the Help to Buy scheme is at an all-time high, according to new figures.

Government must make it easier for councils to tackle climate crisis

Friends of the Earth has stressed that the government must do more to enable councils to play their part in decarbonising the UK.  

Treatment for Type 2 diabetes in children rockets

Type 2 diabetes treatment rates in children and young people has rocketed by nearly 60 per cent in just five years, according to the LGA.

Councils to benefit from new pothole funding

A multimillion-pound scheme to explore how new technology could be used to find and fix potholes has been announced.

Value for money toolkit launched by CIPFA

CIPFA has partnered with the University of Oxford's GO Lab to develop the innovative GO Lab-CIPFA Value for Money (VfM) Toolkit.

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