The number of deaths in UK care homes has dropped below pre-Covid levels for the first time, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Supreme Court President Lord Reed rules that the power to hold a referendum on the Union was “a reserved matter”.

Patrick Melia: "Trying to respond to these pressures through regressive council tax or use of reserves is simply not sustainable, as this survey shows."

Conservative Mayor Jason Perry, who took office six months ago as the borough's first elected Mayor, claimed the council needed more government aid because “historic financial mismanagement has left the authority operationally unsustainable”.

Up to £484 million in research funding to support the R&D sector has been announced by Business Secretary Grant Shapps. The Government says this is in response to the EU’s 'refusal' to finalise UK access to EU programmes Horizon Europe, Euratom and Fusion for Energy following Brexit.

Research commissioned by the County Councils Network (CCN) showed that the per-capita ratio of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in England’s 36 county areas is just half of that of England’s big cities that have access to devolved powers.
The report Global Britain, Global Counties: Attracting Foreign Direct Investment reveals that despite success in attracting investment over the last four years, local leaders are ambitious to go further.