Home Secretary Sajid Javid is set to announce a new legal duty on public bodies to prevent and tackle serious violence.
The new ‘public health duty’ will cover the police, local councils, local health bodies such as NHS trusts, education representatives and youth offending services, and will ensure that relevant services work together to share data, intelligence and knowledge to understand and address the root causes of serious violence including knife crime.

The number of young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes has risen by nearly 50 per cent in just five years.

The government’s Controlling Migration Fund is to provide an extra £28 million for councils across the country.

Nottingham City Council is pledging to stop using single-use plastic over the next four years as part of its new Council Plan.
The local authority has an action plan which includes looking at ways to reduce the use of plastics at events in the city, promoting the use of refill bottles and food containers and replacing recycling bags with wheelie bins. Additionally, local businesses will be encouraged to become a free water refill station.

An approach that has changed the way children’s social care operates in Hertfordshire is set to be adopted by Oxfordshire CC.

Discussions to establish Birmingham as the first officially designated ‘Tree City’ of the UK are being held.

Newcastle City Council has hosted a national conference looking at the future of parks and how councils can protect and develop them.

The NHS will form new partnerships to solve some of the biggest issues facing health and social care over the next five years.

The government has unveiled nearly £4 million of new investment into Grimsby as part of the next phase of its pioneering Town Deal.

Retirement communities have a major role to play in meeting the housing and care needs of our ageing population.