Environmental efforts have seen East Sussex County Council cut its carbon emissions by over 60 per cent since 2008.
Eluned Morgan has welcomed more than half a billion pounds of new funding for health and social services in Wales to deal with coronavirus.
New research from the Sutton Trust has revealed that most disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds are ‘locked out’ of crucial early years education.
The government has set out plans to elevate its Family Hubs programme, backed by £20 million of new funding.
Local leaders in Suffolk have welcomed early discussions with the government about a possible devolution deal for the region.
The government has said that thousands of Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK.
An extra £570 million will be required in 2022 to prevent a further fall in spending per student in UK colleges and sixth forms.
An innovative scheme to collect and recycle facemasks, gloves and other PPE has been launched in Brighton & Hove.
Labour has pledged new opportunities for young people to earn and learn with a plan to create 100,000 new apprenticeships.
The UK’s Hydrogen Strategy seeks to use low carbon hydrogen to replace natural gas in powering around three million UK homes each year.
Children in London are four times more likely to go to school in areas with high levels pollution levels than children in the rest of England.
London needs 90-100,000 new homes each year to tackle the housing crisis – double the number currently being built.
The LGA has launched its Digital Pathfinders Programme to help councils innovate and pioneer projects to advance digital inclusion and cyber security.
The number of people purchasing a home through the Help to Buy scheme is at an all-time high, according to new figures.
Friends of the Earth has stressed that the government must do more to enable councils to play their part in decarbonising the UK.