Many of Wales’ local authorities are now embarking on the first phase of resuming library services – with a Click and Collect service.
The Welsh Government provided £250,000 towards digital library resources which enabled public libraries to provide additional resources during the crisis and has led to libraries seeing a dramatic increase in the number of individuals accessing digital resources.

There has been an 89 per cent increase in need for emergency food parcels during April 2020 compared to the same month last year.

The key to unlocking the housing crisis lies in tackling the under-occupation of family homes where there are more than 15 million ‘surplus’ bedrooms.

Research has found inconsistencies across local authorities in England as to what cyber security is as well as its threat to their organisations.

The government has outlined a new plan to ensure the UK is aligned with its commitment to reach net zero by 2050.

Two in every five office staff are now working in an ‘inappropriate’ home-working environment as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

Southampton CC is to deliver a package of transformative transport measures to help people travel healthily in an era of social distancing.

Clive Betts has written to the Prime Minister requesting greater detail on the government’s approach to implementing contact test and tracing.

Manchester City Council’s new authority-owned housing development company is seeking to build 500 affordable homes per year.
With the aim of increasing the number of multi-tenure, sustainable, high-quality homes for lower-income families, the company will adopt the council’s ambitious home building target that will see at least 32,000 homes built in the city between 2015 and 2025 - 6,400 of which (or 20 per cent) will be affordable to Manchester residents.