Successful efforts to tackle rough sleeping during the coronavirus outbreak risk being squandered by the government, says committee of MPs.

A rise in vulnerable children needing support due to the lockdown is likely, but councils could struggle to meet surge in demand.

‘Red Wall’ communities are most vulnerable to permanent economic scarring as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The government’s £1 billion Building Safety Fund will not be enough to make high rise and high risk buildings safe from fire.

A new report shows how trusts have gone to great lengths to support care homes through the coronavirus pandemic.

The government should change ‘ineffective’ regulations on how councils collect council tax arrears to protect households during coronavirus.

A new taskforce has been created aimed at helping getting the country’s recreation and leisure sector up and running again.

Children are ill equipped to cope with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic because of years of child poverty in Britain.

The government must end rough sleeping by seizing the ‘once in a generation opportunity’ presented by the coronavirus pandemic.

Public sector employers need to develop a robust employer value proposition that builds on the intangible aspects of public services to attract new talent.

The Homeless Link charity is calling for urgent national and local action so that nobody is forced to sleep rough after lockdown.

The contest to replace Jo Swinson as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats will take place this summer.

There is an urgent need to increase the pace and scale of investment into the energy efficiency and resilience of UK residential buildings.

London boroughs have agreed a new pan-London partnership to secure emergency supplies of PPE for crucial local services.

Local authority children’s services have been reduced to crisis-driven firefighting as a result of years of under investment.

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