On Friday , representatives from a range of organisations in the county who are part of the Nottinghamshire Strategic Partnership Board signed up to the three-year plan –– known as the Local Area Agreement.

The aims of the agreement include promoting a strong economy, improving education and skills, reducing crime and the fear of it, tackling rising obesity levels and confronting alcohol misuse.

Said Nottinghamshire County Council leader and partnership board chairman David Kirkham: "This marks a new era for partnership working in Nottinghamshire.

"We have a genuine commitment from councils, emergency services, health services and the voluntary and private sectors to work together.

"We will pool our resources, our people and our funding and our know-how to provide improved services because in the past some of our most vulnerable people have fallen in to the gaps between different services and providers."

The 35 targets agreed by members include halving the number of under-18s who become pregnant, encouraging another 4,000 adults to take up sports, reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads by five per cent and getting 120 more adults with disabilities into employment.

Other targets are reducing early deaths by 20 per cent in the most deprived areas of the county and increasing GCSE achievement, so 70 per cent of pupils in all secondary schools achieve five A*-C grades including English and maths.