Councils must be clear with parents of home-schooled children whether home visits are routine or triggered by specific concerns.

The government has been ‘far too slow’ in reforming the building and fire safety regime in the two years since the Grenfell Tower fire.

The Mayor of Liverpool is to appoint the city’s first Climate Change champion to the city council’s cabinet.

The Local Government Association is launching its third year of the Housing Advisers Programme.

Hundreds of thousands of people could be facing homelessness in their retirement in the coming decades due to the rising costs of renting.
A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People says that the rise in unaffordable rents for older people could cause a surge in pension poverty over the next 20 years.

Oliver Dowden has warned that public sector organisations must pay their suppliers on time and set an example for the private sector.

Social workers are urging the government and NHS to promote the social model of health within new mental health legislation.

MPs have urged the government to be less prescriptive in its approach to tackling waste and improving recycling levels.

Empty shops are turning into vibrant community centres under new plans to take back control of vacant high streets.