The last stage in the planning process of Salford’s £30 million RHS Garden Bridgewater has been successfully passed.

Rebecca Evans has revealed that the Welsh Government will tackle zero-hours contracts for thousands of care workers.
The Social Services Minister said that the contracts can have a ‘hugely-detrimental impact’ on lives, and will see workers given the choice after three months on whether they wish to continue with the arrangement or move onto a minimum-hours contract.

The Mayor of Bristol has launched a new Congestion Task Group to make recommendations on how to tackle the city's traffic problem.
Marvin Rees has set up the group to create new ways to improve journeys across the city, including creating an updated managing roadworks policy and setting targets on journey time predictability.
The task force is comprised of representative from Bristol City Council, The Mayor’s Office, University of Bristol, Highways England, First Bristol and the RAC Foundation, among others.

Gloucester City Council has been fined £100,000 by the ICO after a cyber attacker accessed council employees’ sensitive personal information.

Prof Sir David King has warned that children are at greater risk of dangerous levels of air pollution in vehicles than outside vehicles.
Writing for the Guardian, King said that exposure to toxic air is often far higher inside than outside vehicles, and advised it to be healthier for children to walk or cycle to school.
Citing the widespread support to ban smoking in cars with children, the former government chief scientific adviser questioned ‘why are we still happy for our children to breathe in toxic emissions in the back of our cars?’.

A new survey has revealed that 21 per cent of all waste and recycling issues raised by the public are taking more than a week to resolve.
The data also revealed that eight per cent of queries ‘disappear down a black hole, with 35 per cent of people having complained to their local authority about waste or recycling collections.
Commissioned by Yotta, the poll of 1,000 UK adults did find that 54 per cent of public enquiries are answered within 48 hours and that only 24 per cent of queries receive responses on the same day.

Prime Minister Theresa May has retained Sajid Javid as Minister for Communities and Local Government.

The build up to the General Election was overwhelmed with uncertainty and the results have been produced little clarity, argues LGiU.

The General Election has resulted in a hung Parliament, after the Tories fell short of the 326 seats needed for a majority in the Commons.

Cherwell District Council and South Northamptonshire District Council are close to agreeing plans for a shared planning service.
The proposal aims to save £150,000 through efficiency savings and new income opportunities, with the councils set to change management structures, increase efficiency savings, income generation and the harmonisation of IT systems.