Named family and friends may soon be able to regularly visit loved ones in care homes as a new testing pilot is launched.
A project trialling digital technology with disadvantaged communities has found that tackling the ‘digital divide’ is crucial to reducing health inequalities.
More than a million young people in England could be missing formal full-time education, fuelled by significant gaps in education legislation.
London Councils has revealed that seven out of ten Londoners agree that tackling climate change is a priority for the capital.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has announced greater protections for iconic landscapes and the creation of new national parks.
Labour has called for legislation that would include financial and criminal penalties for companies that fail to act to ‘stamp out dangerous anti-vaccine content’.
A post-pandemic building boom of 100,000 new social homes for rent each year would not only meet demand for affordable homes but also boost the economy.
The LGA says that councils should be able to act shoulder-to-shoulder with the NHS in the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.
Small businesses will receive a significant £2.2 billion from the government to help them through the current period of national restrictions.
The AA has found that just one in six English councils have installed on-street charge points in residential areas.
Almost three-quarters of frontline care workers in England are earning below the ‘real’ living wage.
The government has launched a new Green Jobs Taskforce to support plans to build back greener and reach net zero emissions by 2050.