Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in the 'Budget for Long Term Growth' today that, among a variety of other plans, the government will abolish the furnished holiday lettings regime. 

£90 million of investment from the government aims to support Blackpool as part of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.

The Chancellor has outlined plans to deliver up to £1.8 billion worth of benefits by 2029 by improving public sector productivity.

£5.9 million of Welsh Government support has been given to businesses investing in research and innovation across the country.

Changes to a Scottish Government benefit will see an estimated 20,000 people able to access money to help with the cost of food shopping.

£4.7 billion of reallocated HS2 funding has been invested into the North and Midlands through the Local Transport Fund in an attempt to improve local connections, the Department for Transport has announced today.

The government has introduced gigabit networks to more than one million homes, businesses and public buildings with the aim to connect hard-to-reach communities.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced provisional investment allocations for the second stage of the Levelling Up Fund.

No Indyref2 vote without UK government consent, rules court

Supreme Court President Lord Reed rules that the power to hold a referendum on the Union was “a reserved matter”.

The Elections Bill has received Royal Assent, providing voters with greater protection against election fraud.

One in twenty civil servants will be an apprentice by 2025 under new plans that will diversify the pipeline of talent into government.

The Trussell Trust network provided more than 2.1 million parcels to people facing financial hardship across the country in the space of a year.

Shelter says that every seven minutes a private renter in England is handed a Section 21 no-fault eviction notice by their landlord.

MPs have said that the government was ‘complacent in preventing fraud’ in the 100 per cent taxpayer-guaranteed Bounceback Loan Scheme.

The Cabinet Office has published guidance which will inform departments how to review their public bodies over the next five years.

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