Two leading social care associations have launched a campaign to stem the damaging levels of stress within the sector and halt a staff exodus.

Black Country Libraries in Partnership has signed a deal for a new library management system across four local authorities.

Devon County Council has introduced a new way for users of British Sign Language to contact them via a Video Relay Service.

The government should take action to ensure children and young people detained in youth offending institutions and secure training centres are safe.

West Midlands council leaders have urged Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to release funds for essential social care services ahead of winter.

A new Crown Commercial Service framework will invest more than £360 million in developing the next generation of public servants.

Thousands of public servants in the West Midlands are to move to a new building in central Birmingham.

Aberdeen City Council has agreed to fund supported bus services to fill gaps in transport provision in three areas across the region.
The Finance, Policy and Resources Committee has asked officers to begin the procurement process and initiate the finances needs for the services in Kingswells, Airhall and Craigiebuckler and Dubford and Denmore.

The majority of NHS organisations and local authorities do not believe that full joint working towards STPs will be achieved in the next five years.

Transport Minister Jesse Norman has launched an urgent review into cycle safety, in light of a series of high profile incidents involving cyclists.
The review will explore whether a new offence equivalent to causing death by careless or dangerous driving should be introduced for cyclists. In 2015, two pedestrians were killed and 96 seriously injured after being hit by a bicycle.