Chancellor Sajid Javid has pledged to raise the National Living Wage to £10.50 within the next five years.

The Transport Secretary has announced new measures to boost buses, including new low-fare, high-frequency ‘Superbus’ networks.

A think tank says that politicians should embrace a domestic agenda built around offering people greater control of their lives.

The Labour Party will scrap Universal Credit, calling the flagship Tory welfare reform ‘inhumane’ and an ‘unmitigated disaster’.

Greater Manchester could become the first city-region in the UK to hold a public consultation on the introduction of a bus franchising scheme.

The School Cuts coalition has revealed that four in five of England’s schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015.

Chancellor Sajid Javid promised funding totalling £25 billion to be spent on England's roads.

Five projects along the Great British Coast have been awarded more than £10 million from the government’s Coastal Communities Fund.

The New Economics Foundation has found that only six per cent of homes built on sold-off public land will be for affordable social rent.

The Trussell Trust says the government should end the five week wait for Universal Credit, which is increasing use of food banks.

The Welsh Government has announced more than £20 million to help housing associations buy land to build more homes.

Planning permission has been granted for work to begin on a new council headquarters building for Cambridgeshire County Council.

Hampshire County Council has warned that its health and adult social care services face an unprecedented challenge from budget cuts.

Sadiq Khan has announced plans for a new, fair-priced, green energy company, available exclusively to Londoners from this December.

Sir Tony Redmond is to lead an independent review into the effectiveness of the audit and financial reporting of local authorities.

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