15/01/2021 - 09:19
Gavin Williamson is launching a review of children’s social care to help make sure children and young adults get the support they need.
14/01/2021 - 10:50
Six areas have been chosen to join the first phase of a programme designed to improve the health and wellbeing of communities.
14/01/2021 - 10:06
The National Audit Office has said that the scale of the rough sleeping population in England far exceeds the government’s previous estimates.
13/01/2021 - 12:10
The Welsh Government is investing £4.9 million to improve digital public services so that they are easier and slicker for people to use.
13/01/2021 - 12:00
The LGA has warned that 450 primary schools’ worth of homeless children are spending lockdown in temporary accommodation.
12/01/2021 - 11:39
More than one in five rough sleepers placed in hotels during the first lockdown last year ended up leaving the accommodation because of poor support.
12/01/2021 - 10:25
The government has said that rapid, regular testing for people without symptoms of coronavirus will be made available across the country.
12/01/2021 - 10:05
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said that expected council tax rises should be scrapped to ease the pressure on family budgets.
12/01/2021 - 09:40
Communities across Scotland are to benefit from fast-tracked funding to help tackle climate change and deliver a green recovery from the pandemic.
08/01/2021 - 14:26
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced extra support to help protect rough sleepers and renters from the effects of coronavirus.
08/01/2021 - 10:34
Thousands of homeless people promised permanent housing after the first wave of coronavirus have now slipped off the radar without any state support.
08/01/2021 - 09:42
MPs have criticised the ‘litany’ of failures from DCMS which has meant that business and homes in rural areas could be locked out of gigabit broadband.
07/01/2021 - 09:36
Scores of councils have lower approval rates for non-visible disabilities applications compared to those for physical impairments.
07/01/2021 - 09:27
Closing gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools is costing the UK £7.25 million in lost social value for every week of lockdown.
06/01/2021 - 16:12
Nearly ten million jobs from carbon-intensive industries could be disrupted in the next three decades as a result of the transition to net zero.
