£3 million has been made available to fund 28 innovative projects to improve air quality across local authorities in England.

East Suffolk Council - a brand new local authority replacing Suffolk Coastal and Waveney - began operating on 1 April 2019.
In January 2017, the two previous councils of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney agreed to create a new, ‘super district’, to deliver services to communities across east Suffolk and now, after 11 years working in partnership the two have become one.

The number of primary school children in Pupil Referral Units more than doubled since 2011.

The government is reportedly consulting on plans to launch a new register of children in England who are being educated at home.
Government officials say a register would help councils to intervene when standards are poor or if children are at risk, with it being the parents' responsibility to register their child if they were not attending a state school or registered private school. It is currently estimated that the number of children being home educated in England has risen to 60,000.

Organisations which commission adult social care services are being invited to bid for a share of £4.8 million.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed that two million Londoners are living in areas which exceed legal limits for air pollution.

A campaign for the government to fund the retro-fitting of life-saving sprinklers in thousands of high-rise tower blocks is underway.

As of 1 April 2019, 1.8 million workers will receive an additional £690 over the year thanks to an increase to the National Living Wage.
This means that full-time workers receiving the National Living Wage will be more than £2,750 better off compared to 2015 when the rate was first introduced. The increase of five per cent brings the rate up to £8.21 per hour.
The government has also announced that the National Minimum Wage is also being increased, rising to £7.70 per hour for 21 to 24-year olds and £6.15 for 18 to 21-year olds.

Latest figures have shown that the public sector has failed to narrow its gender pay gap this year.
Data reveals that the median pay gap sat at 14.1 per cent in March last year, with women paid an average of 86p for every pound paid to men.