National Recycling Week (NRW) will highlight the many measures councils have introduced to maximise recycling.
Taking place from 12-18 September, NRW will see the Local Government Association (LGA) showcase some of the ‘innovative and ground-breaking’ recycling schemes set up by councils in the UK.
Recycle Week will encourage people to recycle more by: highlighting the unusual items that often get forgotten about when recycling around the home; showing the benefits that come from recycling; motivating them to do more; and demonstrating how to be an effective recycler.

An £80 million fund for England’s youth sector will help provide opportunities for young people to get involved in their communities.

More than 200 religious leaders have urged Theresa May to relax current immigration rules so that refugees can be reunited with their families.
Despite government ministers claiming the UK has been at the head of the response to the migrant crisis, faith representatives from the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Sikh faiths to have signed the letter to the Prime Minister arguing that relatives of Britons and refugees already in the UK should gain a legal route into the country.

Business secretary Sajid Javid has announced that the £900 million North East devolution deal is ‘off the table’, after four out of the seven local authorities voted against the plans.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced he will deliver his first Autumn Statement on Wednesday 23 November.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called on the government to ban the use of ‘golden hellos’ by independent fostering agencies attempting to encourage foster carers away from local authorities.

Hull City Council has confirmed it has approved plans to build more than 100 new homes, as part of a £17 million scheme to regenerate the region’s Fruit Market area.

Dumfries and Galloway Council has reduced its staff numbers by around 600 full-time positions, in the space of a year.

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the expansion of grammar schools in England will be accompanied by conditions requiring them to accept a proportion of children from low-income families.

The second round of the Community Minibus Fund has been launched by Transport Minister Andrew Jones.