Wales is set to become the world's first 'Marmot nation', as part of work to tackle health inequalities.
Becoming a Marmot nation involves adopting public health expert Sir Michael Marmot’s eight principles, which aim to eliminate unfair and avoidable differences in health. These could be caused by where people live, what kind of job they do and how they are treated in society.
The announcement follows success in Torfaen, which was an early adopter of the Marmot principles when the wider Gwent area became a Marmot region.

A new online tool has been launched to help local authorities secure electric vehicle infrastructure investment.

The government has confirmed a £500 million boost for hydrogen infrastructure, as part of the government’s plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower.

The world’s first prototype fusion energy plant will receive £2.5 billion, as announced by the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves.

Although London Councils network praise the £39 billion boost for affordable housing, as well as additional investment for children’s social care and temporary accommodation, it expresses concern at the small increase to council funding.

As part of her Spending Review, chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced investment into Welsh rails worth at least £445 million, as part of a wider mission to boost the UK’s renewal.
This transformative package will reconnect Wales’ industrial heartland, improve commuter journeys, and drive economic growth in areas that have suffered from isolation and disconnectivity.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled her spending review, promising £39 billion for social and affordable housing, an extension to free school meals and the £3 bus fare cap, and a 3 per cent spending increase for the NHS a year, after inflation.
This is the first multi-year spending review since 2021 and will set the day-to-day budgets of government departments over the next three years.

The government has announced it will repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, meaning rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence.
While use of the Act has declined, it still remains enforceable in law.
The government has said it is repealing the Act to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence, and it is concentrating its efforts on getting to the root causes of homelessness.

The government has announced that everyone over the State Pension age in England and Wales with an income of, or below, £35,000 a year will benefit from a Winter Fuel Payment this winter.

A new AI tool which can scan hundreds of files in seconds is being rolled out to speed up planning permissions. It is hoped this will make it easier to make home improvements, while also helping the plan for change to build 1.5 million homes.
The prime minister announced "Extract", an AI assistant for planning officers and local councils, developed by government with support from Google, at London Tech Week.