Hull is seeking to become the first UK city to test a weekly universal basic income for its residents.

The Local Government Association has found that local buses are travelling almost 150 million fewer miles than they were 10 years ago.
Having fallen to their lowest level since the mid-Eighties, the latest annual figures show that buses in England travelled a distance of 1.18 billion miles in 2018/19, down from 1.33 billion in 2008/09. Bus passenger journeys have also dropped by 318 million between 2018/19 and 2008/09.

The government has announced that village halls in England have received £1.2 million to aid community hubs in making vital refurbishments.

In the first three months of a trial scheme run by Portsmouth City Council, local residents have recycled more than 175 tonnes of food scraps.
During the six-month trial, which started on 16 September 2019, people in selected areas are putting waste food into kitchen caddies. Instead of being incinerated and energy being recovered, the waste is recycled and turned into fuel and fertiliser.

The Department for Transport has announced £3.4 million for trials for wireless charging of electric taxis in Nottingham.
Wireless charging at taxi ranks could provide an alternative to plugs and chargepoints, meaning multiple taxis can recharge at once, supporting drivers to charge up more easily. It would also reduce clutter on our streets. The new technology could also be rolled out more broadly for public use, helping everyday drivers of electric vehicles charge more easily on the go.

Over 141,000 premises across West Yorkshire can now enjoy faster, fibre broadband.

City of York Council has awarded over £1.6 million to five bus companies to make their vehicles more environmentally-friendly.

The Adam Smith Institute has argued that the high street needs to be made fit for purpose in the next decade.

Proposals have been announced for a project that could improve a number of health areas in Liverpool through better use of data.

Almost one in four private renters have felt physically ill or sick because of housing problems or worries in the last year, according to Shelter.
The new study, carried out by YouGov for the homelessness charity, shows the dramatic impact that housing worries like affording the rent, poor conditions and the threat of eviction are having on people’s physical and mental health.