The government has published its Midlands Engine Strategy to help the region become a powerful engine for economic growth.

The UK’s most vulnerable tenants are being pushed out of the private rental market as a result of rising rents and benefit cuts.

A new Courier Services framework will provide public sector customers with a quicker and easier route for buying courier services.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, including support for business rates and a tax hike for the self-employed.
Hammond has announced the expected package to support businesses affected by the business rates relief revaluation, with £435 million plans put in place to ensure that no small business coming out of small business rates relief will pay more than £600 more in business rates this year than they did in 2016-17.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, with aims announced to ease congestion on local roads.
The government has continued to commit to funding improvements for transport infrastructure, with Hammond announcing £690 million for new local transport projects, especially those that will improve congestion on roads and public transport, and help alleviate the current air pollution problems in the UK.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented the 2017 Spring Budget, with the announcement of additional funding for free schools.
£320 million will be made available for new free schools, traditionally set up by groups like parents, charities or community and faith groups, while a further £216 million will be invested in school maintenance, to improve existing school buildings that are in need of repair.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has presented his Budget, revealing that a further devolution deal agreed with Sadiq Khan.

The Chancellor has presented the Budget, with the announcement of £2 billion to be spent on social care over the next three years.

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents all fire and rescue authorities in England and Wales, has announced it is launching ‘An Inclusive Service: The 21st Century Fire and Rescue Service’.