Following complaints from local MPs, the government has said that it will look into the closure of more than 20 libraries in Lancashire.
Blaming the closures on cuts, Lancashire county council confirmed in August that it was set to shut more than 20 local libraries in a bid to save £200 million, leading to two local Conservative MPs voicing their concerns to the the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley and Libraries Minister Rob Wilson have confirmed that the department will investigate the situation.

The names of unaccompanied children living in Calais's Jungle camp who are eligible to brought to Britain will be given to the UK government.

The Treasury could lose up to £66 billion a year in tax revenues under a ‘hard Brexit’, according to leaked government papers.

Three in five boys in the least affluent parts of Britain will be overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school, new figures suggest.

Lesley Titcomb is requesting new powers to stop final-salary pension schemes being dumped when companies are sold.
Currently, companies do not have to inform the regulator before a sale, but the regulator would like firms with large pension deficits to be required to inform her if a sale is imminent and powers to intervene if necessary.
The recent collapse of BHS, which entered administration when former owner Sir Philip Green sold the company for £1, has highlighted the problems of final-salary or defined-benefit schemes when a company is sold.

Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced that Newcastle-Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North.
Showcasing the great creative, cultural and design sectors in the city and across the whole of the North of England, Newcastle-Gateshead faced strong competition from a number of other bidding towns and cities, including the three other shortlisted bidders: Blackpool, Bradford and Sheffield.

Too many households in flood risk areas do not have basic protection against rising waters installed, the ABI has warned.

Glasgow City Council has called for specific government action to mitigate the effects of Brexit, to avoid the greater Glasgow area coming to harm from any consequences of leaving the EU.

Aberdeen City Council has announced that it is the first local authority in Scotland to be assigned a credit rating.

Research by the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has outlined that Welsh councils could see their running costs increase by £200 million, in the next few years.