The Department for Transport has unveiled a £6.1 billion programme of road improvements.

A new study has revealed that those who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of well-being.

UK public sector organisations are unaware and unprepared for GDPR, new research shows.
New research from Kyocera Document Solutions has unveiled that the UK’s public sector is ‘unaware and unprepared’ for the implications of the EU’s forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The CCC says the UK’s transition to a resilient, low-carbon economy is in danger of being derailed by a lack of government action on climate change.

Plans for a modern refuse service have been set out by Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet.
The report is the latest stage in making improvements towards ensuring citizens get the best possible value-for-money services.
It outlines proposals for the reorganisation of the waste management service, reducing reliance on hiring costly agency staff by creating almost 250 permanent full-time jobs and delivering savings of £5.2 million per year.

The Fire Industry Association officially launched their new qualifications in fire detection and alarms at the recent FIREX event in London.

There are big variations in how people in Wales rate the performance of local councils, a national survey has shown.
The research, released in the latest National Survey for Wales, found that 90 per cent of Welsh residents were satisfied with their GP care and 91 per cent with their last NHS hospital appointment.
But only 24 per cent of adults in Blaenau Gwent agreed their council provided high quality services. The next lowest were Anglesey, where 34 per cent said they were high quality, Powys with 35 per cent, and Merthyr Tydfil with 38 per cent.

Councils sharing services have saved taxpayers more than half a billion pounds.
Councils sharing services such as the provision of adult social care, the delivery of special educational needs and back office support, with 98 per cent of councils now taking part in some kind of saving.
The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a shared services map showing the there are now 486 individual shared service arrangements across the country, saving £643 million.

Benefit freezes and the continued changes to welfare are likely to drive up foodbank use in future years, a new study has warned.
The research, conducted by Oxford University, found that many foodbank users experience profound poverty and destitution, and struggle to buy food and pay bills.