The plan initially published by the Welsh government at the end of September proposes to reduce estimated levels of fuel poverty over the next 15 years.

From November, claimants who get paid twice in a month by their employer will not be penalised in their following Universal Credit payment.

The Mayor of London has called on the government to commit to a 10-year funding plan for the construction of more affordable homes in the capital.

As West Yorkshire prepares to choose its first metro mayor, the West Yorkshire Housing Partnership sets out how to provide more homes and improve lives.

A new All-Party Parliament Group report on Housing and Social Mobility urges funding certainty on key programmes that help tackle unemployment.

The work and pensions select committee said the five-week wait for universal credit could push people into worsening arrears and food bank use.

The End Child Poverty campaign, which commissioned the analysis, said the figures showed worrying rates of child poverty even before the pandemic.

The winter fund will comprise £10m from the Cold Weather Fund and £2m for faith and community groups – though critics say the funding isn’t enough.

Moneysavingexpert’s Martin Lewis has called on the government to urgently fix the Green Homes Grant’s “systemic design flaws”.

Latest government figures show that close to six million people live in households trapped in fuel poverty – equivalent to the population of Denmark.