Northern mayors and combined authorities will have greater control over setting local train fares, timetables, and budgets.

Bus journeys have plummeted by more than 300 million in just five years, falling to their lowest level in over a decade.

Nicky Morgan has revealed the locations that will benefit from a £95 million heritage boost for high streets in 69 towns across the country.

The public sector could unlock more than £375 million in cost savings every year by adopting modern energy technology.

MPs claim there has been excessive secrecy over the use of consultants by government for Brexit preparations.

As the Summer of Parks concludes, Fields in Trust has crowned Stanley Park in Blackpool as the UK's Best Park 2019.
The fourth edition of the award began in May with the charity asking the public to nominate their favourite local green spaces and share why they are so special, with a record 364 nominations for local parks, recreation grounds, playing fields, country parks and green spaces received.

42 per cent of people in the UK believe that their local authority ‘throws most of the recycling in with general waste’.

A new report has called for 30,000 additional homes for later living every year to boost mental and physical health of older people.
The Homes for Later Living report, penned by former Treasury economist Chris Walker, says that as Brits are living longer, the number of people aged 80 or over who will suffer from falls is expected to rise from 1.6 million today to around 2.5 million in 2032, a rise of 900,000.

High streets face a bleak future as policymakers are failing to identify a clear economic focus to city centre regeneration strategies.

80 per cent of the public would put an end to the school children discounts offered by unhealthy fast food outlets near schools.