The government has announced that care workers looking after people in their own homes will be offered weekly coronavirus tests.

The Centre for Policy Studies has claimed that freezing public sector pay for the next three years could save a cumulative £23 billion.

Baroness Vere has called upon local authorities to ensure key transport routes to coronavirus test centres are kept open and running smoothly this winter.

It has been reported that millions of public sector workers in England, with the exception of NHS workers, face a pay freeze next year.

A bill to reform local government elections, democracy, performance and governance has been passed in the Senedd.

The Centre for Ageing Better has reported that coronavirus risks setting people in mid-life on a path to poverty and ill-health in old age.

More than 50 projects have been awarded a share of a £10 million pot to increase tree numbers in urban areas through small-scale planting projects.

The Mayor of London has invested £10 million in green projects that will support around 1,000 green jobs to boost London’s economic recovery.

£400 billion of investment is required in green infrastructure over the next decade if the UK is to meet its ambitious Net Zero target.

The National Care Forum has said that £500 million in extra government funding is needed to make care homes safe in the run-up to Christmas.

The government has not been transparent about suppliers and services when it scrambled to award £18 billion worth of coronavirus contracts.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has outlined his Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs.

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