Nottingham City Council has had bi-directional EV charging, solar and battery energy storage installed at its fleet depot. 

The Welsh Government has confirmed that free school meal holiday provision will continue to be available to children from lower income families for the Easter break and may bank holiday, with funding of £9 million.
In 2020 Wales became the first UK nation to guarantee free school meals for eligible families during the school holidays. Individual local authorities decide how to administer the free meal provision, either by creating lunches or by providing vouchers or direct payments to families.

The government has announced the launch of a UK Emergency Alert System with the capability to send alerts direct to mobile phones when there is a risk to life.
The system will be able to send urgent messages to nearly 90 per cent of mobile phone in a defined area and provide clear instructions about how best to respond.
The system has already been successfully test in East Suffolk and Reading and will now be rolled out across the country.
A country-wide test alert will take place on the evening of Sunday 23 April.

60 cultural venues are set to receive a share of £58.8 million funding. Those set to receive money from the Cultural Investment Fund include museums, cultural venues and public libraries.
The aim is to improve people's access to the arts, support local economic growth through culture and safeguard vital local collections for future generations.
The money will be used to transform, upgrade and create arts venues.

A new WasteShark has been deployed on the River Thames to collect rubbish.
The shark has been deployed in Canary Wharf as part of a programme to clean up the area and make it healthier and more biodiverse.
The battery-powered WasteShark can travel up to 5km in one charge, about 8-10 hours of cleaning time. The WasteShark can collect around 500kg of waste in one day - around 21,000 plastic bottles.
The waste that is collected is brought back to land to be sorted and then recycled or disposed of responsibly.

Forty per cent of Local Authorities in the UK are yet to engage with the fleet sector when considering electric vehicle charging needs, the BVRLA has uncovered.

In his most recent budget, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced £63 million for public leisure centres and pools.
In his speech in parliament, Hunt said: "I have listened to representations from the hon members for East Devon, North Cornwall, Colne Valley and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich about the risk to community facilities, especially swimming pools, caused by high costs. When times are tough, such facilities matter even more."

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has been rated the best employee workplace experience in the public sector.
A Leesman+ certification for the Birmingham office was awarded following rigorous surveying analysis and testing. Those who work in the office and those who visit more flexibly from other offices were surveyed. The hub was awarded a score of 76 out of 100, claiming first place in the UK's public sector. The office is also only the second public sector building in the world to achieve this.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has shared the contents of his budget.
The budget includes the extension to the energy price cap that had been unveiled earlier along with £200 million to bring energy charges for prepayment meters into line with prices for customers paying by direct debit.
£63 million will be made available for leisure centres to help with swimming pool heating costs and energy efficiency.

A new government hub in Peterborough has been officially opened by Cabinet Office Minister Alex Burghart.
Fletton Quays will house more than 1,000 staff from several departments and government bodies including the Home Office and DEFRA.
The hub is part of a £120 million regeneration project for Peterborough.
Cabinet Office Minister Alex Burghart said: "It’s fantastic to be in Peterborough to open our brand new Government Hub. This is a very important day for the city.