The Department for Transport and Active Travel England have announced £32.9 million of funding to boost walking and cycling schemes across the country.
Families, commuters and school children are being encouraged to take up healthy habits. The funding can be used by local councils to develop a network of local walking and cycling schemes, to be co-created by the communities that will use them.

Scotland has published a National Carers Strategy in order to improve the lives of unpaid carers across Scotland.
The announcement follows engagement with carer organisations, carer centres, local government and unpaid carers.
The strategy also aims to ensure that the importance of carers to society is recognised and that carers' voices are represented in policy making.

The government has announced £654 million for the Homelessness Prevention Grant intended to protect vulnerable people from homelessness.
The funding will be shared among councils in England over the next two year to provide support to those who need it.
The funding will be spent on temporary accommodation for families, helping those at risk of becoming homeless to pay deposits for new homes and mediating with landlords to avoid evictions.
£24 million will be spent on supporting victims of domestic abuse.

Scottish ministers have made an agreement with social landlords on below-inflation rent increases for the next financial year.
Under the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act 2022, rents are effectively frozen in the social rented sectors until 31 March 2023. Further announcements on future plans for the private sector rent freeze will be announced shortly.

The Scottish government has published details of how £13.2 billion of Scottish government funding will be distributed across local authorities.
The funding includes a cash increase of 3.5 per cent in day-to-day revenue funding for next year.
The deal represents a total cash increase of £570 million, 4.5 per cent.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: “I recognise the challenge which local councils face in delivering services during the current bleak economic climate.

The Mayor of London of London has announced new measures to help migrant and refugee Londoners access support.
A new map has been produced to help Londoners with immigration needs to access information about their rights and entitlements and find their nearest services and resources. The map provides details of services and organisations specialising in providing immigration advice, employment advice and employability support, welfare advice, healthcare and mental health support, and housing advice and support.

Village halls in England will be able to apply for grants for renovations, as the Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund opens for applications.
The £3 million capital fund was launched to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022.
Being managed by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), it is expected that the fund will be used to support around 125 village halls over three years.

Levelling up secretary Michael Gove has announced a £59.5 billion funding package for councils for the next financial year. The 9 per cent increase on the previous year is intended to ensure that councils can continue to deliver vital frontline services.

The Welsh Government has launched a new initiative to encourage more local spending on food by the Welsh NHS, schools and local government to help support Welsh producers, create more jobs and boost prosperity in local communities.
The new online food procurement resource 'Buying Food Fit for the Future, is part of government plans to support everyday local economies.
The government said the food economy is facing challenges following Brexit, Covid and the war in Ukraine and public sector procurement can help to address these challenges.