Lambeth leader Cllr Lib Peck has been appointed as director of the London’s new Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), it was announced this week. The VRU was established in September 2018 to bring together specialists to work together to reduce violence in the capital by taking a public
The NHS long term plan was announced last week, which explains how the healthcare service will develop over the next ten years. Cancer is mentioned as one of the focus areas of the long-term plan. However, there is a lack of focus on cancers like
Pupils with additional and often complex needs are set to benefit from more than 120 new school places, as two special free schools have been given the green light to open. Children and Families Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced (9 January) that the two new
The capital’s skills shortages and productivity challenges may continue unless the present Apprenticeship Levy is reformed, London government and employers have warned. In 2017 the government introduced the Apprenticeship Levy to give employers a greater role in addressing skills shortages and help achieve the government’s
With three months to go until the launch of the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the central London Congestion Charge Zone, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged London’s drivers and business owners who drive in the zone to check whether
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new guide for employers to increase the number of women in leadership roles and address the gender pay gap. On the day Sadiq publishes City Hall’s third gender pay gap report, he has also released
Hospitals across England are delivering 81 projects to provide improvements this winter using money from a £420 million winter fund. Social care services also received funding and are using it to increase their winter capacity. The £420 million is the total of several funding announcements
A campaign launched a month ago by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has already raised more than £150,000 to help homelessness charities go further in tackling rough sleeping in the capital. The campaign is part of the Mayor’s efforts to boost rough sleeping services
New shopping centres, stadiums and theme parks are among buildings that could be required to provide Changing Places toilets for severely disabled people, under proposals to be put forward by the government. Ministers will launch a consultation next year on proposals that the essential facilities
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has had the unfairest year of them all? According to almost a third (29%) of Brits, Prime Minister Theresa May is this year’s most unfairly treated person – with difficult Brexit negotiations, cabinet resignations and frosty receptions from her EU counterparts all contributing