Oxford City Council is asking residents and businesses for their views on issues such as homes and climate change as part of the Oxford2050 consultation.

Lancashire County Council has announced that a second library has reopened to the public under a flagship programme.

1,800 low paid workers employed by Leicester City Council will receive a pay rise in line with an increase in the real Living Wage.

Newcastle City Council’s cabinet has approved a proposal for innovative plans to set up an independent charitable trust to run the city’s parks.
The proposal for a Charitable Parks Trust model was the result of a 91 per cent fall in the parks budget over the last seven years.

The Mayor of London and 21 London boroughs are urging the government to give the capital the investment it needs to build more affordable homes.

Research has found that London councils are expecting to spend approximately £383 million to make social housing safer following the Grenfell Tower fire.

New analysis by the TUC union has revealed that the public sector pay cap has reduced spending power in England by £8.5 billion this year.
The analysis shows that every English region has seen big falls in spending power since the cap was introduced in 2010, with England’s 50 poorest parliamentary constituencies alone enduring a combined loss in spending power of £3 billion since 2010, or £544 million this year.

Worcestershire County Council is to launch a new academy for social workers in the region in the New Year.
The Social Work Academy, for both those who work with children and adults, will be a one-stop-shop for new recruits and experienced social workers to access training and to develop their careers. It has been designed to enable social workers at all levels of experience to easily access training.

The Road Safety Foundation has urged the government to immediately spend £200 million to tackle its most ‘high risk roads’.
Every year, the charity identifies ‘persistently higher risk’ roads across the UK which average at least one fatal or serious crash per mile along their length in the three-year survey period and have shown no improvement between 2010-12 and 2013-15.

Measures to address the long-term reform of adult social care need to be brought forward to tackle the significant pressures facing the sector.