The Public Accounts Committee says it is ‘not convinced by the rationales for selecting some towns’ for the £3.6 billion Towns Fund.

A new report has claimed that councils remain one of the biggest investors in culture, sport and leisure - spending over £2 billion a year.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced new plans to clean up toxic air at schools in the worst polluted areas of the capital.

The IPPR think tank is warning that the UK is off course to meet its own net zero carbon ambitions by 2050 and restore nature.

New research by campaign group HS2 East has revealed a lack of public confidence in the levelling-up agenda.

Labour is urging the government to ‘Build it in Britain’ and support the creation of 400,000 jobs, through a green recovery package.

Over half a million rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests will be sent out by NHS Test and Trace to local public health leaders this week.

More than half of UK drivers say that having access to a car is more important than it was before the coronavirus pandemic.

The government has announced that councils will be given new funding to ensure vulnerable households do not go hungry or without essential items.

Age UK is calling on the government to improve the salaries of care workers so that they are the same as those for people doing the equivalent job in the NHS.

The NSPCC has warned that increasing stress levels have taken a toll on the mental and emotional health of young people since March.

The RIBA is calling on the government to end the housing crisis by giving support to local authorities to deliver the next generation of council housing.

Robert Jenrick has announced that renters will be protected during the national restrictions, with no bailiff enforcement action.

A multi-million pound programme to reduce the carbon and ecological footprint in Bristol has been approved.

A rapid coronavirus test missed more than 50 per cent of positive cases in an Operation Moonshot pilot in Greater Manchester.

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