Birmingham has been named as the city best equipped to deal with a major disaster, according to a Readers Digest survey.
The city council's director of community services, Sharon Lea, said the council was continually looking to improve plans and was drawing up a guide on how to prepare for an emergency.
Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know
Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
