According to a ukactive survey in November 2022, 40 per cent of council areas will see their leisure centres close or services reduce before 31 March 2023

Sunak's Ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus concluded that Zahawi had made a “serious breach” of the code by not telling officials he was under investigation by the tax body when he was appointed chancellor by Boris Johnson.

Announced in December, Levelling up Secretary Michael Gove has now signed a deal which has allocated £1.4 billion of funding over the next 30 years for the devolved North East

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman complaints resolution investigation between London Borough of Ealing and the National Fostering Agency (NFA) highlights the need to check what you can and can't share.

The work, which is expected to be carried out on hundreds of properties over the coming months, will be aimed at bringing poor quality homes up to the Government’s ‘Decent Homes Standard’.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published a regulatory notice for Sheffield City Council, after concluding the council broke consumer standards.
The RSH concluded that Sheffield City Council breached the Home Standard and, as a result, there was potential for serious detriment to tenants.
RSH carried out an investigation after a self-referral and found that the council failed to meet statutory health and safety requirements, as Annual gas safety checks were overdue for hundreds of homes, with some dating back several years.

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has given a speech at the Convention of the North.
He began by talking about what needs to change, including stunted economic development and the over-financialisation of economies and criticised partnering with authoritarian regimes.
Gove said: "And of course bureaucratic reporting requirements that have sometimes elevated abstract goals that please pressure groups ahead of concrete gains that deliver for the poorest.

The Mayor of London has announced funding for up to 800 new homes for rough sleepers in the city.
Sadiq Khan made the announcement during a visit to a Crisis at Christmas service in Newham, where he met people who have been sleeping rough and staff from Crisis and St Mungo's.
Crisis at Christmas, a partnership between Crisis, St Mungo's and City Hall, has been extended into the new year for the second year in a row, so guests have somewhere safe and warm to stay until mid-January.

Welsh climate change minister, Julie James, has published a consultation on targets for Wales for meet 100 per cent of electricity needs with renewable sources by 2035.
Wales already generates 55 per cent of its electricity with renewable sources.
The minister also announced a target for at least 1.5 GigaWatt of renewable energy capacity to be locally owned by 2035, excluding heat pumps.