Local Elections: What voters really want from their councils
With voters heading to the polls tomorrow, a recent YouGov survey reveals what local issues matter most — and the answers are not always what you might expect.
Youth homelessness rates to surge over colder months
19/11/2025 Over 20,000 young people could experience homelessness over winter, a charity has predicted. |
North Lincs offers pensioners free air fryers
04/12/2024 North Lincolnshire Council will use funding from the household support fund to offer pensioners a free air fryer. |
Councils help rough sleepers as temperatures drop
20/11/2024 Local authorities across the country are offering emergency accommodation to people sleeping on the streets as temperatures fall below freezing. |
An alternative to Winter Fuel Payments
08/10/2024 Alex Clegg, economist at the Resolution Foundation, sets out a possible alternative to Winter Fuel Payments. |
Nearly eight million families at risk of ‘fuel stress’
30/09/2024 A think tank has urged the Government to support vulnerable people who are no longer eligible for winter fuel payments, warning that millions are at risk. |
Starmer defeated in winter fuel payment vote
25/09/2024 The Labour leadership has lost a union-sponsored motion at the party’s conference that called on ministers to reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments. |
Government urged to reverse fuel payment cuts
20/09/2024 Councillors in Stockton have backed a motion urging the Government to reverse its ‘deeply unfair’ decision to stop providing the Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners. |
Councils step up to help pensioners hit by winter fuel scheme cuts
16/09/2024 Councils are working to help older people keep their homes warm after the Government axed winter fuel payments for about 10 million pensioners. |
Food banks warn of ‘worst winter yet’
18/10/2023 A record 600,000 people will need the support of a food bank this winter, according to the Trussell Trust. |
£40m winter boost for social care
14/09/2023 The Government has announced £40m to improve social care capacity with an aim to relieve pressure on hospitals over the winter. |
NHS trusts receive £250m boost
15/08/2023 Thirty NHS trusts across England are set to benefit from £250m of funding to help the struggling health service cope with winter pressures. |
Housing associations call for more energy bill support
14/08/2023 Thirty-four of the country’s leading housing associations have called for more targeted support to help millions of people with energy bills this winter. |
