Almost one in 10 children are clinically obese when they begin their first year of school, new NHS figures have revealed.
Care leavers should be exempt from paying for council tax, prescriptions, NHS dental treatment and optician costs, to help prevent them from falling into financial hardship when they leave care and...
The Scottish Green Party will debate a motion tomorrow on withdrawing support for the National Care Service Bill.
A new retrofit housing programme launched in four local areas aims to help reduce fuel poverty and accelerate progress towards net zero.
A report has called for a new devolution framework to address health inequalities and the creation of a local government finance taskforce to ensure funding is distributed according to need.
Councils are facing a ‘social care blackhole’ in their finances, according to the Liberal Democrats.
The Lib Dems have repeated their call for cross-party talks on social care after revealing a steep rise in the number of pensioners per care home.
A new initiative will enable at least 100 towns and cities across the UK to become better places to live and work, by putting nature and green spaces at the heart of their plans and priorities.
Councils have called on the Government to increase investment in the public health grant in the Autumn Budget.
An ICB has decided not to reopen a Norfolk reablement centre despite opposition from local campaigners.
Scottish council leaders have withdrawn their support for the Government’s revised National Care Service Bill.
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