Three social housing landlords have failed to meet the outcomes of RSH’s new consumer standards.
Castle Point Borough Council, North Yorkshire Council, and Warwick District Council have been given a C3 grading, meaning there are serious failings that they need to address.
The news comes after the regulator carried out responsive investigations into each council.

A new Floods Resilience Taskforce to boost the development of flood defences and bolster the nation’s resilience to extreme weather has convened for the first time.

The Intellectual Property Office has launched a bilingual website, as part of work provide digital information and services in Welsh. The home page and main navigation pages are now bilingual.
The move is part of the IPO's commitment under its Welsh language scheme to provide as many services as possible in both Welsh and English, enabling customers to access these services in the language they choose.
Teams at the IPO have been working with the Government Digital Service (GDS) to create Welsh language content for the IPO’s website.

Transport secretary, Louise Haigh, has announced that the government will no longer fund the clean vehicle retrofit accreditation scheme. 

Britain’s energy system will be planned by a new publicly owned organisation as part of a new more strategic approach to help to deliver clean power by 2030.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that further funding cuts for councils would be disastrous.
In its submission to the Treasury ahead of the Autumn Budget, the LGA has called for urgent funding and reform.
LGA analysis has shown that due to inflation and wage pressures alongside cost and demand pressures, English councils face a £2.3 billion funding gap in 2025/26, a figure which will rise to £3.9 billion in 2026/27. This represents a £6.2 billion shortfall across the two years.

Georgia Gould, parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office has announced that the new regime under the Procurement Act will now go live on 24 February 2025