Beating 26 other finalists, Blackburn town centre has beaten hundreds of high streets across the country to be named Britain’s best.

A new report argues that more needs to be done to build business confidence in the north following a year of increasing uncertainty.

Decades of employment failure is turning the West Midlands into Britain’s biggest employment blacks, a report claims.

The Local Government Association has urged the government to reverse the planned £600 million funding cut to the the education services grant.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has approved almost £100 million funding for a city centre development in Coventry.

A public flood information centre in the Kirkstall area of Leeds is to open to provide advice and support to those at risk of flooding.

Councils in England and Wales could be given power to increase council taxes to fund the social care system, it has been reported.

Property website Rightmove has warned that prices for properties in the UK will rise by two per cent in 2017.

The Fire Brigades Union have warned that budget cuts are beginning to slowly undermine the effectiveness of fire services in England and Wales.

The campaign group Doctors Against Diesel have joined the argument for banning diesel vehicles in London.

Transform Ageing, a new initiative to better support the needs of people in later life living in the South West has been launched.

Local authorities spend an average of less than one per cent of their public health budget on mental health, Mind has claimed.

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UKREiiF has quickly become a must-attend in the industry calendar for Government departments and local authorities.

The multi-award-winning UK Construction Week (UKCW), is the UK’s biggest trade event for the built environment that connects the whole supply chain to be the catalyst for growth and positive change in the industry.