The Cabinet Office has revealed that for the year 2018/19, government spending with small and medium size firms rose to £14.2 billion.

Treasury Minister Simon Clarke is holding a meeting with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to discuss extra powers from Westminster.

A new study has revealed that unscrupulous drivers are scamming close to a billion pounds each year from UK councils.
The study, carried out by Wilmington Millennium, found that there were 2.35 million Blue Badge holders last year, accounting for 4.3 per cent of the population. However, the Audit Commission estimates that at least 20 per cent of badges are being used fraudulently, meaning that currently close to half a million Blue Badges (470,000) are being used dishonestly - scamming at least £853 million worth of parking charges from local councils.

Carl Lis has said that more affordable housing should be built in England’s national parks to help communities excluded by spiralling prices.

Edinburgh is set to be home to one million trees by the end of this decade, joining international counterparts in becoming a Million Tree City.

New analysis has revealed that more than two-thirds of all council homelessness services in England have been pushed into the red.

Bus passengers across England will soon be able to plan their journeys down to the minute thanks to a pioneering project to share bus data.
Buses Minister Baroness Vere said that move will standardise and openly publish information from operators, which will enable bus users to plan routes, understand costs in advance and predict bus arrival times.
Transport Focus has previously claimed that only half of bus users think that it is easy to stay up to date with timetables and fares, impacting the number of journeys taken and the user experience.

Brighton & Hove City councillors have agreed to explore the possibility of the city becoming ‘car-free’ by 2023.
Members of the council’s Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee last week requested a report that explores the feasibility and costs of developing a car-free city that will be presented to them in October 2020. The report will also look at costs and practicalities of any project or any possible exemptions.

One in 20 teachers in England are reporting a long-lasting mental health problem and their well-being has not improved over the past three decades.
The working paper, undertaken by UCL, examines the mental health and well-being of teachers in England over time, with researchers analysing data from over 20,000 teachers and education professionals collected at different waves between 1992 and 2018 from three large population based surveys.

A joint report has highlighted increasing evidence linking indoor air pollution and respiratory problems in children.