London, the South East and the East of England urgently need greater collaboration to respond to their current challenges.

New figures have shown that there are now constituencies within the UK where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.

Hampshire County Council has agreed for investment of up to £16.4 million in a new Meals on Wheels contract to support younger adults.

Liverpool City Council could get early access to £6.5 million from the government’s Troubled Families initiative to support struggling families.

Andy Burnham has announced budget proposals for Manchester’s essential services, including extra police numbers and congestion investment.

The APPG on hunger has urged the government to tackle malnutrition in the elderly to save the NHS and social care over £15 billion a year.

The Smith Institute think tank has urged the government to pause all public service outsourcing and PFI deals.

A ‘Western Powerhouse’ can boost job prospects across the whole region and rival the Northern Powerhouse, the Welsh Secretary has said.

Sheffield City Council has applied for funding to convert two of its retired refuse collection vehicles to run on the waste taken away from households.

The Treasury Select Committee has said that government plans to tackle the housing crisis will fail without further reforms.

Small and medium-sized businesses may be worst affected when the UK leaves the European Union.

Leeds City Council is to introduce a charge residents looking to dispose of certain types of household rubbish at their local waste sorting site.

The District Councils’ Network has urged for changes to the ‘unfair’ system governing council tax increases which are curbing their key role in prevention.

Figures from the CCN have indicated that local services are at breaking point as a result of an increasingly elderly population and ‘outdated’ government funding.

Sajid Javid has announced that councils will receive an additional £29 million to boost their support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

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