The Government has unveiled a new action plan aimed at improving support for England’s millions of unpaid carers, with measures designed to make caring easier to balance with work, education and everyday life.

London will need a significant expansion of its public electric vehicle (EV) charging network over the next decade if it is to meet growing demand and support the transition to cleaner transport, according to a new study.

The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) has welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s commitment to devolving more powers to local communities, saying the approach recognises the importance of place-based decision-making.

A food manufacturer has been fined £120,000 after workers were exposed to dangerous levels of flour dust and unsafe manual handling practices at its factory in Buckingham.

A growing shortage of legal aid lawyers and rising numbers of people representing themselves in court are creating an ‘unacceptably high risk of miscarriages of justice’, MPs have warned.

Disclosure rules written before smartphones existed are to be overhauled in a major reform that will allow police officers to use artificial intelligence to review and summarise evidence, freeing them from paperwork and allowing more time on the frontline.

The government’s latest measures to protect children online have raised questions over whether they’ll be effective without restrictions on virtual private networks (VPNs).