Ofsted has awarded North Lincolnshire Council an ‘outstanding’ rating for services for children in need of help and protection.

The LGA has warned that opportunities for large economic growth, jobs and housing production risk being lost because of ‘devolution deadlock’.

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has described the government’s plans to lift the public sector pay cap as a ‘drop in the ocean’.

Nicole Sturgeon will scrap the one per cent cap on public sector pay rises when she sets out her legislative plans for the coming year.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised to keep backing the Northern Powerhouse ahead of a meeting with three of the region’s leading politicians.
Hammond is to meet Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool’s Steve Rotheram and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen for the first time since their May elections.
Burnham and Rotheram have warned the north is losing out over transport spending, but Hammond insists record amounts are being spent on infrastructure.

Delays to motorists caused by utility companies digging up busy roads could be halved under new proposals.

Towns and cities along Britain’s coastline are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.

Fewer officers and staff, reduced budgets, new threats and increasing traditional crime to create a ‘perfect storm’ for policing.

Britain’s coastal communities are among the worst ranked parts of the country across a range of economic indicators.

Scotland should build a generation of new towns to help ease the country’s housing shortage, the Scottish Conservative leader has said.
Ruth Davidson will argue that radical solutions are needed to ensure young people have a realistic chance of buying a home in a speech in Edinburgh. She will also claim that the country is facing the biggest housing crisis since after the Second World War.