Free cyber skills training for thousands of school pupils

Thousands of secondary school students will learn essential cyber security skills for free through a new online learning platform being rolled out in schools.

Stronger action needed on major health risk factors

The Health Foundation has called for the government to take stronger action to tackle the leading risk factors for ill health.

Bath commits to help district reach net zero

Bath & North East Somerset Council is committing to invest tens of millions of pounds in tackling the climate and ecological emergency.

Businesses asked to help in drive to end rough sleeping

The government is calling on business and charity leaders to be more generous in offering employment opportunities to former homeless people.

Warning over homelessness levels rising by a third

Homelessness charity Crisis has warned that the number of homeless people in England could increase by a third by 2024.

Government outlines plan for living with Covid

All remaining domestic covid regulations restricting public freedoms are to end this week as part of the government’s Living with Covid Plan.

Electoral Commission warns bill threatens independence

The Electoral Commission has said that plans could seriously undermine its independence and could affect confidence in the wider electoral system.

Everyone should be legally entitled to nature access

Wildlife campaigners are arguing that everyone in the UK should be legally entitled to equal access to nature.

£200 savings on bills with energy efficiency investment

Thousands of households will see energy bills reduced by up to £200 a year as part of £67 million to install insulation and clean heating.

Councils call for powers over gambling premises

The LGA and Association of PCCs are calling for tougher powers for councils to determine where and how many gambling premises can open in their areas.

Local outbreak management cash still be needed

Councils have stressed that the government must continue to provide funding for local public health teams to manage coronavirus outbreaks in their areas.

Ministers must come clean on bus funding

The Labour Party has urged the government to ‘come clean’ on bus funding as operators prepare to slash services.

Extra support to safeguard political impartiality in schools

The government has published guidance to support teachers in tackling sensitive issues in the classroom in a politically impartial way.

Calls for new body to regulate EV chargepoints

The SMMT has published a new seven-point plan to ensure every driver in Britain can benefit from the electric vehicle charging network.

£330m to help people in Wales tackle cost-of-living crisis

The Welsh Government has announced a package of expanded measures to help people with the cost-of-living crisis.

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