DHSC is providing new funding to help to move people with learning disabilities and autistic people into more appropriate care.
Additional financial freedoms would empower communities to help kickstart a national coronavirus economic recovery, says the LGA.
RAC patrols still had to go to the rescue of 1,766 drivers whose vehicles had fallen foul of potholes, despite lockdown restrictions since April.
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson committed to an ‘independent inquiry’ into the coronavirus pandemic.
The Welsh Government has made up to £9 million available to support town centres recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced fresh rules to restrict the spread of coronavirus in an effort to avoid a centrally imposed lockdown.
Action on Smoking and Health has suggested that more than one million people have given up smoking since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
Coronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, with the likelihood of infection tripling with every additional 20 beds.
Ombudsman finds that problems with the way councils are meeting new housing duties are making some homeless people’s situation worse.
Labour is calling on the government to release more information to local authorities to help contain local spread of coronavirus in future.
A new report from the ARCO and consultancy Carterwood has called for planning system to be reformed to reduce waste and inefficiency.
The government needs to act to prevent council tax loading £158 million in bailiff and court fees on to people who can’t pay following the pandemic.