A further 50 schools are to benefit from new, modern, energy efficient school buildings as part of the Prime Minister’s ten-year rebuilding programme.
Sadiq Khan has announced an additional £5 million for the scrappage scheme that is accelerating the move to cleaner vehicles across London.
Council areas across Scotland are to share more than £3.2 billion in grant funding over five years to deliver more affordable homes.
The National Audit Office has stated that the government has not provided local authorities with clarity about their roles in achieving net zero by 2050.
Further measures to boost the nation’s skills, level up opportunities and get more people into better paid jobs have been announced.
Leeds City Council’s proposed new air quality strategy is aiming to tackle emissions from homes, industry and agriculture as well as transport.
A coalition of health and education experts have committed to making mental health and wellbeing a central part of education recovery plans.
New guidance to help local authorities to plan, design and deliver high quality walking and cycling routes across Wales has been launched.
Boris Johnson has pledged to empower strong local leaders by taking a more flexible approach to devolution, with new ‘County Deals’.
The government’s long-term plan to support the evolution and regeneration of high streets has been launched.
Decreasing local government funding over recent years probably contributed to declines in life expectancy in some areas of England.
North of Tyne Combined Authority has announced that it is working with the Energy Saving Trust to develop a housing stock database.
London Councils has appointed Michelle Binfield as Rough Sleeping Programme Director to help end rough sleeping in the capital by 2024.
Sutton Council is deploying sensors to help combat fly-tipping and the rise of unauthorised access in the borough’s car parks.
Half of employers expect an increase in demand for flexible forms of working from employees after the country comes out of the pandemic.