The Scottish Government has announced further funding to support local authorities decarbonise heat and improve energy efficiency.
The funding is available to the nine local authorities who have not yet piloted strategies, with councils able to apply for funding to pilot Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies which aim to identify local solutions to reduce emissions from buildings and tackle fuel poverty.

Bristol City Leap has launched a global search to deliver up to £1 billion of investment for the people of Bristol before 2030.

Southampton City Council is collaborating to help provide hearing loop systems for small businesses and GP surgeries across the city for free.

Andy Burnham has announced a £6 million funding package for the second phase of the flagship A Bed Every Night scheme.

MPs have criticised the Department for Transport for failing to take action on pavement parking, despite promising to look into the issue in 2015.

Manchester City Council has committed to revising the overall number of homes to be delivered in the city from 20,000 to 32,000.

Localis has recommended that ministers should put a premium on preventative care budgets and fix public health funding.

Lincolnshire County Council has reduced the amount of rubbish it sends to landfill by 92 per cent as a result of its successful Energy from Waste plant.

Nottingham and Derby City Councils, along with Nottinghamshire County Council, is working to deliver the Go Ultra-Low Programme.

The Age UK charity has warned that nearly 4.5 million older people claim to have felt lonely during later life.