News in brief

Yesterday in a debate in the House of Lords about funding to the voluntary and community sector, the Compact was mentioned as a key mechanism to help both the voluntary and community and statutory sectors.

The Localism Act has now been given Royal Assent - meaning it is now law. CLG have also published a plain English Guide to the Act - read more here.

There has been a couple of good Compact mentions in local and voluntary sector press this week - read more about these here.