• New highways approach is already improving how roadworks are planned and communicated.

• £15m investment will speed up tackling road defects through local repair teams.

• Emphasis is on local repair teams who can act quickly when problems arise

The council is introducing its first Community Safety Strategy, a three year plan to improve safety across Staffordshire.

It sets out a new approach focused on prevention, early action, and shared responsibility.

Priorities include protecting vulnerable people, creating safer places, tackling root causes of harm, and ensuring clear accountability.

Local pupils have helped to plant 30 pear, apple and cherry trees in Pye Green, as well as a mini forest.

The project was funded by Defra's 'Trees for Climate' programme.

The project aims to teach children new skills, support wildlife, and create a space for the community to enjoy for years to come.

• A touring comic book collection and exhibition will be travelling across Staffordshire.

• Over 1,500 comics donated to Staffordshire Libraries will tour the county's libraries across a 2-year period as part of the National Year of Reading 2026.

• The collection includes X-MEN, Guardians of the Galaxy, Simpsons comics and much more, plus the work of comic book artist Kieron Gillen, who grew up in Staffordshire.

• Secondary School attendance campaign, delivered by Staffordshire County Council, has launched.

• The I'm Here campaign is designed to boost school attendance by providing resources to schools and address challenges in pupils' lives.

• The campaign's webpage includes resources to help with mental health support and two videos filmed with pupils and staff of a Staffordshire school.

Residents, businesses and community organisations across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being encouraged to share their views as the Government launches its statutory consultation on local government reorganisation.

Councillor Chris Large has stepped down as Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources and the Group Leader for Reform UK due to a family bereavement that has had a wider impact on his family.

• Preparation works take place in Stone ahead of major summer improvements
• Investigations to take two weeks - including school half-term
• Lane closures and signals in place on ring road

• Land preparation for Stafford regeneration scheme set to begin
• Excavation and trial works take place ahead of main ground remediation
• Staffordshire County Council working with Stafford Borough Council on scheme delivery

• New programme to provide intensive employment support for up to a year
• It joins up local health and employment support so that people have a better chance of finding work
• Website now live with information for people and employers