The government has announced the latest round of funding through the Air Quality Grant scheme to help local authorities improve air quality.

The long-awaited Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry report is to be released on 30 October, the day before Britain is due to leave the EU.
Conclusions about the fire, which took 72 lives on 14 June 2017, will be published and given to Parliament, after the original publication date in Spring was extended as result of the issue being ‘far more complex and time-consuming task than originally anticipated’.

There needs to be more modern housing options for young people, claiming that affordable housing isn’t actually affordable for young people.

Adam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru, has said that there will be a referendum on Welsh independence by 2030.
Speaking ahead of Plaid's party conference in Swansea, Price said that ‘things are accelerating’ and that ‘the UK as we know it could cease to exist in a short few years’.

Children with special educational needs and disabilities are increasingly being failed by the system designed to support them.

55,000 free trees are up for grabs for Londoners to plant in their gardens and shared green spaces, and for larger community led ‘plant-athons’.

The government has published a consultation document setting out in greater detail its proposals for how to fund local government in 2020 to 2021.
After the Spending Round confirmed that councils will receive the biggest year-on-year real terms increase in funding for almost a decade, local authorities across England can now submit views to the government’s funding proposals for the sector in the next financial year.
The consultation will last for four weeks from 3 October 2019 to 31 October 2019.

Local councils have been wasting ‘jaw-dropping’ sums of money when purchasing IT products, a new study shows.   

Councils are facing unprecedented numbers of cyber attacks, with nearly half of local councils having been targeted since the start of 2017.

MHCLG has revealed that more than 170,000 new homes were built for the year ending June 2019.