The National Audit office has found that price rises for personal protective equipment earlier this year cost taxpayers about £10 billion.

Some people sleeping rough in some areas could be forced to stay out in the cold this winter to avoid a risk of infection in unsafe settings.

Drone deliveries and digital mapping for easy-to-access walking and cycling routes could soon be a reality for people living in rural areas.

Over 630 vulnerable young people a day were being referred to councils’ children’s services in the months after the first lockdown.

The Local Government Association has said that securing the immediate sustainability of local services must be the top priority for the Spending Review.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has provided further details of the government’s Covid Winter Plan to MPs, setting out post-lockdown rules.

London Councils has that adult social care should receive the same funding increases as the NHS to safeguard London’s future resilience.

Leisure centres closed again due to coronavirus may never re-open unless government brings forward a financial rescue package to save the sector.

Temporary ‘pods’ are being provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months.

Rishi Sunak is expected to use the upcoming Spending Review to tackle homelessness after coronavirus with a multimillion-pound funding boost.

The LGA says that coronavirus has exposed existing health inequalities which need to be levelled up if we are to protect our communities in future.

Local authorities are anticipating a second wave of homelessness of people hit by the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fall out.

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