Devon County Council has won praise from Bus Users UK for successfully bucking national trends and offering residents good bus services.

West Yorkshire’s largest electric vehicle rapid-charging network has gone live with the switch-on of the first chargepoint in Bradford.

Cambridgeshire libraries are set to introduce Open Access (self-service) technology, after securing £1.1 million capital investment.
Open Access will extend library opening times and enable local community groups, county council staff, public sector and partner agency staff to increasingly use libraries as meeting places, in line with the council’s plans to locate its services closer to communities by making better use of its own buildings.

New research from the Association of Play Industries has claimed that parents are worried about the shift from outdoor play to indoor screen time.
The vast majority of the 1,111 parents interviewed say that playgrounds are vital in getting children outdoors and active again. Nine out of 10 parents who were not close to a playground said that having access would make their child play outside more.

Leading telecoms organisations claim that full-fibre broadband for all by 2025 target is possible, but government ambition is not enough.

The Work and Pensions Committee has warned that carers are being disproportionately heavily penalised for years of DWP administrative errors.

Robert Jenrick has said that councils should be fully prepared to leave the European Union by the end of October.