The government plans to spend £1.1 million per mile to maintain its strategic road network in the next few years, but only £21,000 per mile for the local roads.

Shops, cafes and businesses will offer free water refill points in every major city and town by 2021 in a bid to cut disposable plastic bottle use.

£42 million will be spent on enabling more elderly and disabled residents to make adaptations to their homes so they can live independently.

Following a successful trial, Conwy County Borough Council has taken the decision to phase in four-weekly black bin collections across the region.

Hackney Council has announced plans to build modern new homes at a genuinely affordable living rent, saving renters £10,000 a year.

London, the South East and the East of England urgently need greater collaboration to respond to their current challenges.

New figures have shown that there are now constituencies within the UK where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.

Hampshire County Council has agreed for investment of up to £16.4 million in a new Meals on Wheels contract to support younger adults.

Liverpool City Council could get early access to £6.5 million from the government’s Troubled Families initiative to support struggling families.

Andy Burnham has announced budget proposals for Manchester’s essential services, including extra police numbers and congestion investment.

Homelessness charity Shelter is to launch a new commission scrutinising social housing in Britain in the wake of June’s Grenfell Tower fire.

The APPG on hunger has urged the government to tackle malnutrition in the elderly to save the NHS and social care over £15 billion a year.

The Smith Institute think tank has urged the government to pause all public service outsourcing and PFI deals.

A ‘Western Powerhouse’ can boost job prospects across the whole region and rival the Northern Powerhouse, the Welsh Secretary has said.

SUEZ recycling and recovery UK has been awarded a contract by Devon County Council to develop a new waste transfer station.

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