Get involved! Have your say in improving SEND services

Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents and carers are being urged to get more involved with planning and improving services for the future. Organisations responsible for the SEND system, including Nottinghamshire County Council and NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, want to work with people who have experienced services … Read more

68% of the East Midlands public support raising the age of sale to create a smokefree generation

A new YouGov poll for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) shows 68% of people in the East Midlands support the Prime Minister’s plans to create a smokefree generation by raising the age of sale so that it will never be legal to sell tobacco to anyone born after the start of 2009. The poll … Read more

Work begins on a new, low carbon council office to help bring long-term savings

Work on Nottinghamshire County Council’s new low carbon, all-electric office, north of Hucknall along A611 Annesley Road, has now begun as part of a major investment in the area. The new office is designed to help bring long-term savings for the taxpayer and environment as part of a wider project to move more front-line council … Read more

Councils give green light to £4 billion East Midlands devolution deal

Residents across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Nottingham will get the chance to vote for the first-ever East Midlands Mayor next May, after councils gave the go-ahead to devolution for the region. On Thursday 7 December, Derbyshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council and Nottingham City Council each approved plans to create the East … Read more

Have your say to influence the strategy for electric vehicle charging in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire’s residents are being asked for their views on the county council’s new electric vehicle charging framework. With five key objectives, the framework sets out how Nottinghamshire County Council aims to work with residents, businesses and communities to establish a public charge point network. A key aim of the framework is to ensure that electric … Read more