Council News

Pupils from MK schools were celebrating their success after completing an innovative programme that helps motivate them to learn.

Pupils at four schools, Stanton Middle, Southwood...

MK Schools Play for Success

Don't miss out on your chance to have a say on what matters to you.
The Council is responsible for a broad range of services and so decisions about how the council prioritises these services affect you. Milton Keynes Council has started consulting on these matters and we would like to hear your views. Don't miss your chance to have your say. The deadline for responses is November 10, 2008. Click the links below to complete the online survey or to download the postal version of the survey:

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Milton Keynes residents are to have their say on key city transport issues. Milton Keynes Council is holding three consultations, which are open until the 12 November 2008. The first is asking residents to give feedback on future transport proposals such as, road improvements and adopting policies that will encourage more people to walk and cycle.

Milton Keynes Council launches Autumn Transport Consultation

This report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2008 and highlights the achievements during this period and the opportunities and challenges for the Partnership in the future.

Mouchel Business Report 2006-2008

For further details contact lesley.holt@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Do you have a child who is due to start school for the first time in September 2009?

Do you have a child that is due to transfer schools at the end of year 2 or at the end of year 6 in September 2009?

Have you moved into Milton Keynes with children who need school places?

If so please go to the Schools Admissions web page for further information.

Free testing sessions are to be held in Milton Keynes to help prevent the thousands of fires started by faulty electric blankets every year.

Trading standards officers at Milton Keynes in partnership with Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service will be testing electric blankets for two days in October to make people aware of the risks.

Don't fall asleep over electric blanket safety

Keeping the play areas of Milton Keynes better repaired than ever before was recognised this month in national awards to find the Best Efficiency initiative. The Continuous Improvement Team of Milton Keynes Council was challenged to find a better way to repair and maintain the 450 play areas across the borough while at the same time saving money.

National award for smarter thinking over play

The Deputy Minister from Taiwan's Department of Health visited Milton Keynes on 9th September to gain an understanding of how the city's telecare and telehealth services support older and vulnerable people to live independently in their homes.

Tzay-Jinn Chen was among 12 high-level representatives from the department who were shown how Milton Keynes Council and Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust have been working together since 2005 providing the service which improves residents' quality of life.

Top Taiwan health officials visit Milton Keynes

From this week a number of parking bays will be closed off to the public until around the end of October 2008 to facilitate the installation of pipe-work for the power supply to The Pinnacle office development and to place a temporary generator until the development is complete.

Temporary Closure of Parking Bays

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

Give us a smile if you think Milton Keynes Council is doing a good job! This is how a new customer satisfaction system launched this week aims to improve services to the people of the city. GovMetric is a simple and quick way to measure customer satisfaction and uses a smiling, neutral and sad face symbols to allow customers to give an instant feedback on how well the council has performed.

Let your council leave you smiling

Cash-strapped pensioners needing to fix a boiler or replace old wiring in their home can now turn to Milton Keynes Council for a low cost home improvement loan.

Under a new scheme the council has up to £1.3m to loan out over the next three years to pensioners so they can improve the warmth, comfort, safety and security of their homes.

Council launches home improvement scheme