The Mayor of Sheffield City Region has declared a climate emergency in South Yorkshire following floods earlier this month.

Two communities in Leicester will get 20mph zones covering residential streets after local support for the road safety schemes.

Researchers have argued that the so-called ‘social prescribing’ of exercise to patients may not yield the benefits hoped for.

The Green Party is set to launch its election manifesto with a pledge to reach net zero carbon emissions in the UK by 2030.

New figures from the RAC Foundation show that councils across the country made a total of £930 million from parking activities in a year.

The Welsh Government is reforming local government in Wales to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote at local elections.

New TUC analysis has shown that the number of children growing up in poverty in working households has risen by 800,000 since 2010.

Rates of work-related stress, depression and anxiety among civil servants has risen drastically in the past year to the highest level for decades.

A Labour government will creat​e a climate apprenticeship programme to deliver 320,000 apprenticeships during its first term in government.

New research has revealed that nearly a third of adults were in a collision, or had a near miss, with a vehicle on a UK road in the past year.

The County Councils Network has urged the incoming government to set out a ‘practical devolution settlement for all’.

The Prime Minister has announced an ambitious package to support towns and communities across Britain.

The Green Party has pledged to introduce a universal basic income by 2025, which would see every adult receiving a minimum of £89 per week.

The cost of housing homeless families in temporary accommodation has risen by 78 per cent in five years to more than £1 billion.

Labour will install solar power hubs in 2,000 public spaces, saving them an average of £3,000 on their bills every year.

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