'Perverse incentives’ are driving an alarming trend of schools excluding pupils to boost their league table standings.

The government is being urged to provide safe spaces for the homeless and other vulnerable people to self-isolate, amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
Proposed new laws, which reports claim will give the police the power to arrest anyone with the virus not self-isolating indoors, will be published this week. Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran is calling for empty offices to be requisitioned to ensure the homeless are treated with dignity as the coronavirus spreads and ensure that rough sleepers are not ‘disproportionately affected’ by the legislation.

From today, the Prime Minister and senior ministers will host daily press conferences on the coronavirus pandemic.

A deal struck by the WMCA will see affordable homes built for nurses and other low paid staff working at the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital.

New guidance for councils and care providers will ensure that adults receiving social care will be better protected against coronavirus.

Six councils will receive a share of £1.2 million of government funding to spearhead innovative digital projects to improve public services.

Local and mayoral elections in England will be postponed for a year until May 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Local authorities will receive £16 million in 2020 to 2021 to deliver the preventative HIV treatment PrEP.

Manchester City Council has backed a framework for how the city will combat climate change in the next five years.

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has unveiled the exciting concept for a National Forest running the length and breadth of Wales.
Backed by £5 million in this year’s Budget, the National Forest will create areas of new woodland and help to restore and maintain some of Wales’ unique and irreplaceable ancient woodlands. A further £10 million of Glastir Woodland creation and restoration funding will be available to increase tree planting across Wales.