People are being encouraged to 'make a difference' in their communities by embarking on a rewarding career with their local council.

John Swinney has announced plans to expand the electric vehicle (EV) charging network across Ayrshire and the Glasgow City Region.

GOV.UK Forms is to be rolled out across government, in a bid to make it quicker and easier for the public to fill out forms such as applying for emergency travel documents.
It is hoped the new tool will boost efficiency and speed up access to support.
The tool has already been used in the registration for redress for more than 300 sub-postmasters affected by the Horizon IT. It has cut out some of the lengthy paperwork, print-outs and administration.

Technology funded by the Welsh Government is helping Welsh speakers at risk of losing their voice due to medical reasons such as Motor Neurone Disease or throat cancer to continue to communicate in Welsh.
The Lleisiwr programme allows people to bank their voice and creates a personal synthetic voice for them.
The programme is funded through the Welsh language technology action and was developed by Canolfan Bedwyr in Bangor University.

Wednesday's budget announcement included £20.4 billion of funding for research and development for the next year.
The money will fully fund the UK’s association with Horizon Europe, providing scientists and innovators access to the world’s largest collaborative funding scheme, with over £80 billion available for cutting-edge projects under the EU scheme.
At the same time, DSIT’s R&D budget has increased to £13.9 billion, and core research funding has also been increased to a record £6.1 billion.

Leeds City Council has partnered with charge point operator Believ to rollout a series of EV charge points across the district.