The UK government has invited Derry City & Strabane Council to put forward proposals to sustain the Londonderry to London air route, following the recent announcement by Ryanair that it would stop serving the route and the end of March 2017.

Ofsted has rated children services run by Wirral Council as ‘inadequate’, after an investigation found ‘widespread and serious failures’.

Citizens Advice Cymru has raised concerns over councils using bailiffs to quicken the collection of council debts.

Shetland Islands Council has been forced to move staff out of its headquarters in Lerwick due to structural concerns with the building.

Government statistics have shown that more than 10,000 migrant households have been given emergency council accommodation, as a result of losing their home and needing to care for children.

Kent County Council says a shortage of foster carers is reaching crisis point.

The introduction of ‘charity bins’ has successfully reduced litter by an average of 30 per cent in five locations across England.

A new report from the Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) has called for a ‘root and branch review’ of the electoral process in the UK.

A proposal to invest £1.6million to help protect an area of Leeds from flooding by developing a new natural greenspace is to be discussed.

Four London councils have set up a new partnership initiative, Low Emission Logistics, to reduce pollution emissions from delivery vehicles.

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones has set out his government’s five year plan to drive improvement in the Welsh economy and public services.

The UK government needs to take urgent action to support the efforts of the Scottish government to stimulate growth in the wake of Brexit.

Sajid Javid is in North America to show American businesses how investing in the Midlands region could put them in the fast lane for growth.

A group of foster care workers have voted to form the first ever trade union for the profession.

Andy Street has vowed to turn the West Midlands into Britain’s economic powerhouse as he enters the race to become the region’s first elected mayor

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