Buckinghamshire County Council has made a bid of £2.1 million for road improvements in Aylesbury.
If the bid to the National Productivity Investment Fund is successful, the improvement plan will help to ease traffic on Oxford Road queueing at the Fowler Road junction and the Hen & Chickens roundabout.
Upgrades to walkways and cycleways, an improved college bus stop and installation of synchronised traffic light controls are included in the bid, as well as new pavements by the Ellen Road roundabout and at Fowler Road.

Over 3,300 households dealing with fuel poverty in Liverpool have benefited from a partnership between energy giant Scottish Power and the Mayor's Hope Fund.

A proposal for a trial scheme to enable Brighton & Hove City Council to buy back former council homes is to be considered by councillors.
The idea is aimed at providing more affordable rented housing for people on the housing register by bringing homes sold under Right to Buy back into council ownership.
Members of the council’s Housing and New Homes Committee will consider the proposal at a meeting soon.

Blueprint for better urban transport shows vision for change on devolution and investment.
The Urban Transport Group, which represents the seven largest urban transport authorities in England, has set out its vision for a partnership between national government and transport authorities to deliver high quality and integrated transport networks which support sustainable and inclusive growth at a time of rapid technological and social change.

New measures to accelerate investment in clean growth by building on the UK’s strength in green finance will be set out soon.

Marcus Jones has set out plans to strengthen rules to prevent anyone found guilty of serious crimes from serving on local councils.

Proposals to help Aberdeen light up as never before are to be drawn up under the City Centre Masterplan, with a project to showcase statues and other features.

Cyclists in Cardiff could be riding along the city’s first Cycle Superhighways by 2021, according to a new report.
The report sets out the city’s Active Travel Integrated Network Map (INM) ahead of its submission to the Welsh government for approval and identifies a range of infrastructure improvements to walking and cycling routes in Cardiff, including new cross-city Cycle Superhighways.

11,000 new homes are anticipated to be built in Cardiff city over the next five years, a report has revealed.
The first monitoring report of the authority’s Local Development Plan also shows an expected uplift in the rate new homes are delivered to help tackle the growing housing need in the city.
Over the past 10 years, 9,242 homes have been built in Cardiff but the figure is anticipated to be surpassed one the next five years with over 11,000 homes set for completion by 2022.

Edinburgh continues to be the most prosperous UK city outside London and has the fastest growing population in the UK with the exception of Manchester.