£5 billion for community regeneration
Community groups will be given powers to block betting and vape shops from opening and save local pubs and libraries from closure.
Communities ‘don’t know who is managing flood risk’
MPs have called for a single national flood information and reporting service, warning that many communities do not know who is responsible for managing flood risk in their area.
Licence plan to protect children from vape sales
The Government has announced plans to introduce the first licences for retailers selling tobacco, vapes and nicotine products.
‘Some progress’ on housing complaints
Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman for England continued to rise last year, though there are signs of improvement in how some landlords are handling cases, according to its Annual Complaints Review 2024-25.
Closing the gap in child dental health
More than two million free toothbrushes and toothpastes have been given to children in disadvantaged communities as part of local councils’ delivery of the national supervised toothbrushing programme.
