Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that councils will receive a further £175 million to create safe space for cycling and walking.
The Centre for Mental Health says that inequalities can be reduced through concerted action nationally and locally.
Over 19,000 job placements for unemployed young people have so far been created under the government’s £2 billion Kickstart Scheme.
Two million people have now been reached by the service, including those who tested positive and their contacts.
The Housing Advisers Programme funds the provision of independent expertise for councils undertaking specific projects to tackle the housing crisis.
The Labour Party has demanded transparency for the taxpayer over £130 million government spend on ‘communications consultants’.
Only one in five of England’s largest councils are confident of setting a balanced budget next year without dramatic reductions to frontline services.
A new consultation has been launched on proposals to ban online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt in the UK.
The Northern Health Science Alliance has reported that the north has been hit harder than the rest of England during the coronavirus pandemic.
Anne Longfield has warned that thousands of children in care being ‘failed by the state’ because of a broken residential care home market.
The NAO has stressed that it is not yet clear that the government has in place what it needs to meet its long-term environmental goals.
The Public Accounts Committee says it is ‘not convinced by the rationales for selecting some towns’ for the £3.6 billion Towns Fund.