Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed new measures to support renters affected by coronavirus over autumn and winter.
The government has already changed the law to increase notice periods to six months meaning renters now served notice can stay in their homes over winter, with time to find alternative support or accommodation.
Jenrick has also confirmed that with coronavirus still posing a risk, if an area is in a local lockdown that includes a restriction on gathering in homes, evictions will not be enforced by bailiffs.

Anne Longfield is calling for the government to change the law to stop councils placing under 18s in care in unregulated accommodation.

The TUC has warned that the NHS Test and Trace system risks failure unless ministers boost Statutory Sick Pay and ensure everyone is eligible for it.

All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres.

Local public health leaders are demanding greater control over the coronavirus testing system following mixed messages about tests’ availability.

The Citizens’ Assembly on climate change has urged for clear, internally consistent path for how the UK can reach net zero emissions by 2050.

The government is boosting its Land Release Fund and the One Public Estate programme with an additional £30 million.

The Green Party has re-elected Jonathan Bartley and Sian Berry as co-leaders following an internal election this summer.
Bartley and Berry have now begun their second term as co-leaders by setting out their vision to build a grassroots mass movement for a Green recovery from the economic, climate and health crises we are currently in. The pair have set their sights on reproducing last year’s local election results, which saw the party increase its number of councillors from 178 to 362 on 122 councils.

Highways England is encouraging businesses to make the switch to electric by investing over £9 million in a ‘try before you buy’ scheme.

Steve Rotheram has announced the establishment of England’s first Land Commission to review the use of public land for community wealth building.