Higher COVID risk for BAME people
People from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are more likely to catch coronavirus and die from it, according to a report from Public Health England.
People from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are more likely to catch coronavirus and die from it, according to a report from Public Health England.
Further funding and financial flexibilities are needed to avoid in-year cuts to vital local services during the pandemic.
Councillors and their councils have the democratic mandate, expertise and local insights to change our communities for the better.
Currently, there are around 1,150 regular, traditional retail markets, and almost 80 per cent of them are operated or licensed by local authorities. But this situation might soon change unless councils support their markets.
I read recently that, in a crisis, you should “deploy an innovation team alongside the business recovery teams… to capture the novel practice”.
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With so many of us confined to our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, domestic abuse helplines have, alarmingly, reported a significant increase in cases of domestic violence.
As first was going to press, the Government was working on a review of the two-metre social-distancing rule, which was expected to report by 4 July.
The Government needs to bring together a comprehensive national strategy to prevent rough sleepers and homeless people returning to the streets after the pandemic, according to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
Leisure centres closed because of the coronavirus crisis may never re-open unless the Government brings forward a financial rescue package to save the sector, according to a new survey.