West Midlands Bus Alliance renews agreement

10 October 2017
West Midlands Bus Alliance renews agreement
The West Midlands Bus Alliance has signed an agreement to encourage further high standards of service and reliability for the region's buses.

Funding key to social care sustainability

9 October 2017
Funding key to social care sustainability
A new report has said that the governments’ failure to properly fund social care is leaving millions of people at risk of losing vital support.
True Costs: Why we cannot ignore the failure in social care funding, published by the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), says that the chronic under-funding of social care must be reversed and vital action is required to improve services.

New approach for Bath community libraries

6 October 2017
New approach for Bath community libraries
Bath & North East Somerset Council has announced plans for a new approach for the delivery of a network of community run libraries.

Oxford supports affordable housing study

6 October 2017
Oxford supports affordable housing study
Oxford City Council is supporting research that will explore options on how community housing could be sustainably delivered within the region.
Following £54,000 of investment from the government’s Community Housing Fund earlier this year, the council is examining how community-led housing can be practically delivered in Oxford and is seeking to identify financial mechanisms for delivery that are sustainable and meet the needs for community led housing in the city.