The Local Government Association has announced the nine successful councils in its new Digital Pathfinders Programme.
New homes and buildings, as well as those undergoing major renovation, will be required to install electric vehicle charge points from next year.
The number of vulnerable children being placed in council care could reach almost 100,000 by the middle of the decade.
The government has launched a £7 million fund to help people access more volunteering opportunities across a range of sectors.
The CCN is urging the government to show the ‘highest level of ambition’ for devolution and levelling up in county and rural areas.
Shelter has warned that a failure to include social housing in the government’s upcoming ‘levelling up’ plan may escalate the housing emergency.
More than a million vulnerable children in England have had their life chances reduced by cuts to early years and youth support since 2010.
Hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations across England will receive a share of £107 million from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
The UK’s arts, culture and heritage sector suffered from a 60 per cent decline in output due to social distancing rules and lockdowns.
New research has argued that it is investment in cities, not towns, is the best way to tackle regional inequality for the long-term.
Nearly 100 cities have been named as leaders in environmental action and transparency in 2021 by CDP, with 11 UK cities making the list.
An additional £18 million will be available this year to help householders in Scotland install energy efficient measures and reduce their heating bills.
The LGA has launched a new online resource to map national employment and skills provision in every local authority in England.
Welsh Ministers have announced £51 million to help families facing the cost-of-living crisis to pay their bills this winter.
Over 100,000 young people across the country have now started jobs through the government’s landmark Kickstart Scheme.