The Royal Institute of British Architects has launched a call for urgent action to tackle the severe lack of age-friendly housing.

Ministers in Scotland are to consider the introduction of an additional charge to help cut down on the number of single-use coffee cups used every year.

The government must fix the broken education funding system and bring forward a strategic ten-year education funding plan.

The Salvation Army has found that there is significantly less money to care for older people who live in rural areas across England.

The Treasury is set to reveal the biggest public sector pay rise in six years as one of Theresa May's final acts as Prime Minister.
The Times has reported that soldiers are set to get a 2.9 per cent rise while teachers and other school staff will get 2.75 per cent, police officers, dentists and consultants 2.5 per cent and senior civil servants two per cent. The pledge does not cover nurses or other junior civil servants.
The pay rises, above the level of inflation, will likely be funded from existing budgets.

County councils are warning that costs of ‘well-intentioned’ reforms to expand SEN services are threatening to ‘break’ their budgets.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed the locations of 50 new water fountains in the capital to help cut plastic waste.
Distributed across shopping and business districts, green spaces, busy high streets and stations, the water fountains are being installed across busy areas of London to help people ditch single-use plastic bottles and reduce plastic waste.
The Mayor has partnered with Thames Water on the new water fountain network, which will include 20 rail and Underground stations.

Welsh Government research has found that over half of population of Wales is not making any provision for their old age.
The survey shows that 70 per cent of those questioned said they were concerned about the social care support they may need in the future, as the Welsh Government tries to understand what the public know about social care and how it is funded, and how authorities can meet the predicted rise in costs of social care.

An independent report has called on the Welsh Government to commit to a 30 year programme to reduce carbon emissions in its homes.
The report, ‘Better Homes, Better Wales, Better World’, was commissioned by Welsh Ministers last year and recognises the political, economic and social challenges of making homes greener and more energy efficient.

A new report has called for a national debate on who should pay for the UK’s much-loved public parks and green spaces.