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Milton Keynes City Council is investing £40,000 to boost the city’s grassroots music venues, injecting fresh energy into the night‑time economy with free gigs, new DJ nights and platforms for emerging local talent.

New play equipment on Cressey Avenue in Shenley Brook End – pictured - was previously match-funded by the Community Infrastructure Fund

Picture by Miru Visuals & GRAHAM

As part of the wider Transport Hub (Saxon Street) improvements, work will begin on 23 March to install three new signalised pedestrian crossings on Princes Way and Albert Street in Bletchley.

It’s been six months since Milton Keynes City Council entered a new contract with Mears to repair and maintain its 11,000 council homes, and 32,000 repairs have since been done in line with new standards set out by council tenants.

Milton Keynes City Council has been praised for operating as “a well‑run authority” with “strong foundations for continued innovation” in an independent assessment from the Local Government Association.

Above: 2025 IF Festival in Milton Keynes, credit Espey Photography

(Above) Some of the social workers from the city council’s Children’s Services.

Milton Keynes City Council is helping a record number of families to access free early years education and childcare for two-year-olds.

A programme of FREE fun-packed activity sessions and meals from Milton Keynes City Council is set to brighten the Easter school holidays of families with children in receipt of benefit-related free school meals, and it’s proving incredibly popular.