Councils are being given new powers to support the NHS and increase hospital capacity as Wales responds to the coronavirus pandemic.

The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to coronavirus.

The new unitary Buckinghamshire Council had come into existence, replacing the existing local councils in the region.

Sport England is making up to £195 million of funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the coronavirus crisis.

Anne Longfield has called for an army of volunteers to help support children’s social care during the coronavirus crisis.

The Chartered Institute of Housing has warned that grant levels for new social housing in England have fallen dangerously low.

There remains a real challenge for the Scottish government and the housing sector to deliver 50,000 affordable homes by March of next year.

The National Living Wage will increase to £8.72, giving a pay rise to thousands of workers at the frontline of the UK’s response to coronavirus.

Thousands of high street companies are beginning to receive £25,000 cash grants and will be exempt from business rates.

Over 80 per cent of young people with a history of mental ill health have found their conditions have worsened since the coronavirus crisis.

Urgent intervention is needed to ensure that millions of children are not unfairly disadvantaged by the measures to combat the coronavirus crisis.

Bus services will struggle to survive the coronavirus outbreak without emergency rescue funding, says LGA.

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