The UK will struggle to reach its climate change targets unless more power and money is put into local hands, say metro mayors.
Councils could repair more than 9.5 million extra potholes with the funding lost from local road maintenance budgets this year.
New funding has been introduced for councils to extend support to care leavers, worth £51 million.
Labour has said that plans for voters to show photo ID before in future elections will cost around £40 million in extra government spending over a decade.
One-third of the UK population is now represented by councils aiming to reach net-zero emissions at least five years ahead of the 2050 commitment.
Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has announced that a new national design code is being tested across 14 areas in England.
A pioneering partnership will work with local authorities to engage inventive companies in developing and deploying new services.
A green initiative aimed at encouraging hundreds of thousands of children to walk to school has received £2.1 million in government support.
The single-use carrier bag charge has increased from 5p to 10p and been extended to all businesses in England.
A new report has warned that councils, businesses and communities could be losing out on vital financial support from central government.
£118 million for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets this year due to a change in how Pupil Premium funding is calculated.
The government has said that anyone with symptoms of coronavirus is now eligible to book a test, ahead of the rollout of the test and trace service.