Council News

Milton Keynes Council is keen to reassure residents that funeral services at Crownhill Crematorium are not being cut.

New crematorium planned for Milton Keynes

An annual review of services for children and young people in Milton Keynes has been approved by the Council's Cabinet.

The Children and Young People's Plan Review looks at how services for the city's younger residents have improved over the past year and what the council and its partners in the Children's Trust want to achieve in the coming year.

Annual review of services for children and young people

Spend your summer days reading in the garden. Or on holiday. Or on the swings. Or by the pool. Or anywhere you like.

Summer holidays are on the way - and so is the 10th annual summer reading challenge, run by the council's library service.

Milton Keynes summer reading challenge

Students from Radcliffe School proved they knew their shopping rights at the national Consumer Challenge finals. The students finished runners-up in the national Consumer Challenge finals held in Bournemouth last week.

Students rise to the shopping challenge

New Finance Director at Milton Keynes Council, Ian Frost, will begin the annual review of Council Tax this week with a focus on Single Person Discount. Mr Frost and his team are spearheading a campaign to ensure that no-one misses out on the 25% discount if they live alone - and also to clarify when they shouldn't be claiming.

Spotlight on Council tax single person discount

Code-breaking, a world famous children's storyteller and a stately home all have one thing in common - they all form part of a family friendly initiative to offer discounted entry to local museums and heritage attractions.

Attractions offer fun at a discount

Good partnership working cemented a number of top honours for Milton Keynes Council at a prestigious awards ceremony to recognise building excellence. Work on the Stadium MK, the MK Tower and bungalows in Denbigh won awards for the building control department at Milton Keynes Council.

Council builds winning partnerships

Skill courses to teach motorcyclists how to get the best out of their machines and still remain safe are being run by Milton Keynes Council.

The 'Be a Better Biker' courses are to be held on Saturday, July 26th at Great Holm fire station, and Saturday, 13th September at Bletchley fire station.

Milton Keynes Council road skill courses for motorbikers

Recycling is in the pink thanks to moves to introduce new recycling banks across Milton Keynes.

Since the start of the pink bag doorstep collection scheme, the colour pink has become identified with recycling in the city so choosing pink for the new recycling banks was the obvious choice.

New recycling banks across Milton Keynes

From the 26th April 2008 the Coachway will move from its current location at Junction 14 whilst a new coach passenger terminal is constructed.

Long distance coach services currently calling at Junction 14 will move to a temporary location between Montrose Street and Pilgrim Street, off Silbury Boulevard in Campbell Park, where facilities will include a waiting room, café, ticket office, toilets, a shop with taxi booking facilities and approximately 60 adjacent parking spaces. The site will be well lit, have CCTV and 24 hour on-site security.

Temporary Move from Coachway