Sir Keir Starmer has said that his party is calling for an emergency budget to bring forward more measures to tackle the cost of living crisis.

A Nuffield Health survey has indicated that as many as one in three adults believe their mental health has deteriorated over the past year.
The poll shows that 37 per cent of adults in the UK are more concerned about their mental health due to coronavirus, and 40 per cent are worried about their physical state.

Future homebuyers will see their prospective property bills reduce when a ban on charging ground rent on new leases comes into force in June.

New analysis from Savills has revealed that home buyers are paying significantly more for homes with low-carbon technology.

New data has shown that local authority supply chains are responsible for over 10 per cent of UK carbon emissions.
The figure, shared by Oxygen Finance,  equates to 43,666,540 tonnes of CO2 emitted during year 2020/2021 based on published spend data by all English authorities and a proportion of those in Wales – a figure close to the entire CO2 emissions from countries such as Sweden and Norway.

MPs in Yorkshire, the Midlands and North East have been urged to vote against the government’s social care cap amendment.

Two-fifths of families with children at home were already struggling to pay their bills in early April as the cost-of-living crisis deepened.

The government should commit to a strategy to remove all asbestos from public and commercial buildings within 40 years, say MPs.

The government has been urged to implement an action plan to help local authorities take action on fuel poverty.
The action plan, developed by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, includes legislation to prevent energy firms from charging more than the lowest tariff for those on pre-payment meters and the introduction of a Windfall Tax on fossil fuel firms’ profits.
In addition to the central government action plan, the group has also encouraged candidates standing for election to local authorities across England on 5 May to take action to end fuel poverty.

Students will be able to study the natural world through an exciting new GCSE in natural history to be introduced by September 2025.