Jamie Driscoll, Mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority, has announced £19.75 million for business in the North of Tyne.
The investment, which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), will be used to support business growth and innovation, boost rural economies, and bring new investment to Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside.

The first councils to sign up to Locality’s Keep it Local Network have been revealed.

Manchester City Council has detailed how it will reduce the carbon emissions from its buildings, energy use and transport.

Local authorities have spent on average just £2 per head of population per year on cycling infrastructure over the last decade.

Dozens of community groups will receive funding to transform neglected urban spaces into thriving green spaces.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has set out the details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has urged all of London’s primary schools to become ‘water only’ in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.

Robert Jenrick has announced over £3.5 million of government funding for Grimsby, including £2.2 million for its landmark Town Deal.

Councillors at Warwick District Council have voted for a referendum in order to fund a Climate Emergency Action Programme.

The LGA has said that more than 33,000 mattresses were illegally dumped across England between 2018 and 2019.