UK GDP would be boosted by £26bn if the government addressed the growing number of young people not in education, employment or training, according to the findings of a PwC study.

The government is investing £3.5bn over the next three years in a homelessness strategy, with a pledge to halve the number of long-term rough sleepers and end the unlawful use of B&Bs for families.

Despite ‘encouraging progress,’ there is much more work ahead for Woking Borough Council in its efforts to tackle its debt problems, according to the Woking Council Commissioners.