Greater Manchester could become the first city-region in the UK to hold a public consultation on the introduction of a bus franchising scheme.
Bus franchising is currently in place in London and other major global cities, and means bus services – including routes, timetables, fares and standards – would be brought under local control.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) will be asked at a meeting on 7 October to give the go ahead for a major public consultation into how the buses should be run in Greater Manchester, launching on Monday 14 October.

The School Cuts coalition has revealed that four in five of England’s schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015.

A care commission set up by Plaid Cymru has recommended that all social care in Wales should be free at the point of need.
The party is likely to turn the idea into party policy ahead of the next assembly elections in 2021, saying that providing services free of charge was ‘eminently affordable but it needs the political will to make it happen’.

The Sustainable Energy Association has published a new report to demonstrate how social housing can lead the way to net-zero.

Chancellor Sajid Javid promised funding totalling £25 billion to be spent on England's roads.

Scotland is planning legislation which commits the country to become a net-zero society by 2045

The Scottish Government has put in an extra £1 million for community projects which help low-income households to buy food if Brexit results in price rises.

The first detailed look at the health of electoral registers in three years comes as general election expected soon

Nine local authorities across Wales are set to receive funding from the UK Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to install electric vehicle charge points in car parks in residential areas.

ASH report recommends local authorities should set a local smoking prevalence target