Worcestershire County Council has agreed to develop a wholly owned council company to deliver children's social care services in the region.
The council’s cabinet considered the recommendation, which is now subject to final approval from the Department for Education, and will seek to have the new system in place by April 2019.

Liverpool City Council will receive early access to almost £7 million of funding to support struggling families to turn their lives around.

As part of a €25 million project, Dundee City Council and Aberdeen City Council will both be adding hydrogen fuel cell electric buses to their fleets.

The government has revealed that nearly a million more low-income households are set to benefit from innovative energy saving measures.

Housing developers should adopt a new Fibre to the Premises Kitemark to reassure homebuyers that their new home will be digitally connected.

The government will create a ‘5G city’ in a multi million pound trial to pave the way for a future rollout of 5G across the UK.

Thérèse Coffey has announced that councils will be given the power to almost double on-the-spot fines for litter louts, from £80 to £150.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed new government plans to significantly reduce the number of people sleeping rough.

The Campaign for Better Transport has raised concerns that the planning system is allowing councils to backtrack on agreed packages of transport.

The CCN has said that LEP boundaries must be re-shaped so they align with county council boundaries to improve ‘localised’ industrial strategies.