Conservative Bradford council leader, Kris Hopkins, has called for all-party support to campaign for Bradford to be at the front of the queue for the next government’s job creation scheme. The initiative has been met with lukewarm support, branded as "politicisation of something which should be in fact non-partisan" by Labour councillor Ian Greenwood who claims the proposal is to serve Hopkins’ chances of being elected as MP for Keighley.

Councillor Bob Littlewood of Ilford South has requested that electoral chiefs put extra measures in place to ensure a fair election. His call comes after complaints about previous elections being tainted by wrongful proxy voting, where votes have been cast differently than intended.

Brymbo residents are protesting Wrexham council executive board's decision to vote against the removal of a gypsy site from its draft local development plan. Over a hundred residents turned up to object such plans at a local meeting, and have vowed to "fight all the way" against Brymbo remaining on the shortlist for future gypsy sites.

Airedale, near Castleford, West Yorkshire is planning on laying grounds to the UK’s biggest‘zero carbon’ housing development. The project is estimated to cost £12m, and is due to begin on 22 March.