The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences, alongside reforms to public sector technology to save £45 billion and drive efficiency and growth. Brits will be given the option to use a digital version of their driver’s licence from their phone to easily prove their age when buying age restricted items online and in person – as well as proving their right to drive. A mobile driver’s licence will be one of the first digital documents in a GOV.UK Wallet launched later this year and will ultimately…

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City of Wolverhampton Council is set to invest £98 million over the next 5 years to deliver around 500 homes. Cabinet this week approved the investment as part of the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Business Plan to fund development schemes across the city – and it will now go forward to be considered at a meeting of Full Council. As well as the money set aside for new build development, the Capital Programme for 2025/2026 to 2029/30 also includes £67 million for estate remodelling, such as New Park Village, £82 million for improvements to high rise estates such as…

Birmingham City Council’s youth services will be retained under an enhanced new model following feedback and engagement during the consultation process. The consultation period concluded Friday 17 January 2025, after being extended due to the high level of feedback received from youth service colleagues, partner organisations and young people. Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families Councillor Mick Brown said that input has been instrumental in shaping a robust, sustainable, and enhanced operational model that will effectively deliver the service’s priorities and support young people across Birmingham. During the consultation period, more than 1,500 responses were received from young…

launched The Cherry Street SEND and Sensory Hub, formerly known as Brickkiln Community Centre, formally launched on Tuesday (14 January). The Hub will be a purposeful space for our city’s families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) where they can access a range of support from education, health and social care services under one roof. Over the past 8 months, partners have worked together to create a SEND Centre of Excellence at the Brickkiln Centre where services can be collocated to deliver specialist support to children, young people and families with special educational needs…

If you’ve started the new year with a technology upgrade, don’t forget you can donate any old and unused devices to Wolves Tech Aid. The initiative, led by City of Wolverhampton Council, accepts laptops, tablets, mobile phones and desktop computers and puts them back into use for school pupils and others in the community. Donating is easy – just drop devices off with staff at any library in the city. All personal data is wiped before donated kit is redistributed. More than 1,600 devices have been recycled by Wolves Tech Aid since the not for profit project began…

Sandwell pensioners who received a letter from the council before Christmas with a £200 payment are being reminded to make sure they cash it in by the middle of March. Older people who didn’t receive a Winter Fuel Payment but who qualify for Council Tax Reduction (and not Pension Credit) were written to in December along with a voucher that needs to be cashed in at the Post Office. These payments are aimed at supporting households with people of pension age who aren’t eligible for Pension Credit, but who are on a lower income than most. More than 75% of…

Wolverhampton is making ‘strong, accelerated progress’ to further improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities’ (SEND). That is the finding of the most recent review meeting between the city’s SEND Partnership Board, the Department for Education (DfE) and the Care Quality Commission, which concluded that the city continues to make ‘sustainable progress’ and that this work is ‘having a positive impact’. It follows a Local Area Review of SEND services which looked at how well partners – including the City of Wolverhampton Council, the Black Country Integrated Care Board, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust,…

With new research suggesting people who stop smoking will save a whole day of their life within a week of quitting, smokers in Wolverhampton are being encouraged to get help and support to stub it out. The University College London study found that smoking is more harmful than previously thought – with each cigarette ‘stealing’ approximately 20 minutes of life from smokers, the equivalent of nearly 7 hours per average pack of 20 cigarettes. Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death, disability and ill health in the UK. It causes around 80,000 deaths a year in the UK…

Sandwell residents are being asked to share their opinions about local pharmacy services. This feedback will help Sandwell Council to update the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). This report looks at what pharmacy services people in Sandwell need, where pharmacies are located, what they offer, and if anything is missing. It also suggests ways to improve pharmacy services. Sandwell Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing, Councillor Jackie Taylor, said: “The feedback from this survey helps us to make sure there are enough pharmacies in Sandwell offering the services people need. Residents may not know what provision is available…