The SMMT has called for all stakeholders to ‘plug the gap’ between electrical vehicle ambition and delivery, to make Britain a world leader in zero emission mobility.

London Councils is publishing new Climate Change Programme Action plans, which set out how boroughs will work collaboratively to reach Net Zero targets.

The Chancellor’s failure to address the cost of living crisis means that absolute poverty is expected to rise by 1.3 million people next year.

Thousands of disabled people who need specialised facilities when they are out and about will benefit from over 500 new Changing Places toilets.

Councils and Directors of Public Health are calling for an urgent extension of local outbreak management funding due to rising rates of coronavirus.
At the Annual Public Health Conference, the Local Government Association warned that without the funding extension councils will not have the capacity to tackle rising rates of community transmission and future variants due to a loss of relevant expertise.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced tax cut for nearly 30 million UK workers through rise in National Insurance thresholds.

Every school in England will have access to high speed internet by 2025, as part of the latest plans to roll out lightning-fast gigabit broadband across the UK.

Sadiq Khan has awarded £4 million to projects that will help improve green spaces across London and safeguard the capital from the impacts of climate change.

Citizens have called for the government to build on its digital services by providing the likes of online election voting, according to a new poll from Gemserv.

New jobs and skills training are at risk of delay or being lost altogether due to a looming funding gap when existing European funding runs out.