The Chartered Institute of Housing has warned that grant levels for new social housing in England have fallen dangerously low.

There remains a real challenge for the Scottish government and the housing sector to deliver 50,000 affordable homes by March of next year.

The National Living Wage will increase to £8.72, giving a pay rise to thousands of workers at the frontline of the UK’s response to coronavirus.

Thousands of high street companies are beginning to receive £25,000 cash grants and will be exempt from business rates.

Over 80 per cent of young people with a history of mental ill health have found their conditions have worsened since the coronavirus crisis.

Urgent intervention is needed to ensure that millions of children are not unfairly disadvantaged by the measures to combat the coronavirus crisis.

Bus services will struggle to survive the coronavirus outbreak without emergency rescue funding, says LGA.

Children eligible for free school meals will benefit from a voucher scheme allowing them to continue to access meals whilst they stay at home.

The Forestry Commission has opened the second round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund, to help increase tree numbers in urban areas.

The government has announced that specialist units are working at pace to combat false and misleading narratives about coronavirus.

NHS staff will receive free travel on buses throughout Wales in return for hardship funding over the next three months.

The number of people committing to join the NHS coronavirus effort is three times higher than initially targeted.

The LGA is growing increasingly concerned about ‘unacceptable’ attacks on council workers carrying out essential social distancing duties.

People struggling with their mental health during the coronavirus outbreak will be offered additional online support.

Robert Jenrick has announced that the first food boxes have been delivered to those vulnerable people being shielded from coronavirus.

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