Essex County Council is set to spend approximately £85 million to create more than 400 new special school places across the county.

Nicola Sturgeon has announced funding of up to £200 million has been issued to help create new jobs at a Highlands engineering company.

Providers should allow customers to compare the estimated broadband speed they can receive direct to their home rather than to their postcode.

A by-election will take place in the Oxfordshire seat of Witney, after former Prime Minister David Cameron announced he is stepping down.
Having represented the constituency since 2001, Cameron highlighted the fact that he did want to be a ‘distraction and a big diversion’ for new Prime Minister Theresa May as a prominent reason for his decision.

New constituency boundary proposals for England and Wales could lead to several prominent MPs having to face a re-election to Parliament.
In a push to cut the number of MPs in the House of Commons, constituencies are being redrawn, with the number of MPs being cut from 533 to 501 in England, from 40 to 29 in Wales, from 59 to 53 in Scotland and from 18 to 17 in Northern Ireland.

Girls growing up in certain regions of England have a much lower quality of life than others, according to analysis of official statistics.
The report, produced in conjunction with the University of Hull as part of a campaign to address gender equality, singled out Waverley in Surrey as the best place to live if you are a young girl, while Middlesbrough has the unwanted ranking as the worst.
Researchers rated to 346 local authority areas based on child poverty, life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, GCSE results and youth unemployment.

Over £7 million has been awarded to help create and develop around 140 new farming businesses across Scotland.
It is hoped that the next generation of farmers will gain increased opportunities to establish a career in agriculture, attracting a steady flow of young and new farmers to build growth in the rural economy.

A new poll shows nearly 30 per cent of us could recycle more, with confusing information the main stumbling block to adoption.

A new report has claimed that there needs to be continual support for the north’s low carbon economy, to increase economic activity in the region.
‘Setting the pace: Northern England’s low carbon economy’ explores how low carbon investment is already creating jobs and developing supply chains, generating clean energy, protecting infrastructure and supporting skills development and innovation in the region.