Asking retired care workers to return to work could help support those most at risk of the coronavirus outbreak.

Matt Hancock is giving immediate financial backing for all NHS trusts to provide free car parking to NHS staff for the duration of coronavirus.
The Health Secretary pledged that the government will cover the costs of providing free car parking to NHS staff working in hospitals during this unprecedented time. NHS Trusts are responsible for setting car parking charges locally, and Hancock is urging all trusts to immediately make use of government funding to abolish parking charges for their staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

Plans to reduce the number of MPs have been dropped by the government, because of ‘a greater workload’ following Brexit.

The government has launched a coronavirus information service on WhatsApp, to provide trustworthy and timely information.

Ceating a local housing development and management company will mean that Manchester City Council can develop affordable homes directly.

Cambridge City Council is working to support rough sleepers who will be unable to self-isolate from coronavirus.

The government is facing increasing pressure to stop non-essential construction work to help tackle the spread of coronavirus in the UK.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that those who cannot do their jobs from home should go to work to ‘keep the country running’, highlighting that construction work can continue so long as people are two metres apart.

The government must take more concerted action now to prevent parts of southern England running out of water within 20 years.

The £500 million Hardship Fund will provide council tax relief to vulnerable households, to help those affected most by coronavirus.