New investment will see large parts of London receive better full fibre connectivity when using the Tube network and public buildings.

Academies and sixth form colleges can now bid for a share of more than £400 million to improve their school buildings.

£10 million of funding will enable councils to develop locally-led proposals to deliver more new towns on the scale of Milton Keynes.

Prisons across England and Wales are set to receive a £156 million cash boost to tackle the most pressing maintenance issues.

Personalised bereavement support will be available on the NHS in England to care for people after a relative or friend’s suicide.

Robert Jenrick has launched a new £1.35 million fund to provide thousands of people across the country with new pocket parks.

The number of people sleeping rough in Greater Manchester has fallen for the second consecutive year.

Funding for buses in England is almost £400 million a year lower than it was ten years ago, according to the Campaign for Better Transport.
The charity has analysed government datasets and data obtained from Freedom of Information requests to all local transport authorities in England, and found that national government support for buses is now £234 million a year lower than in 2009/10, and that local authority funding for buses is £163 million lower in real terms compared to ten years ago – a reduction of over 40 per cent.