Tough new tiers ahead
Up to three households will be able to mix for five days over the Christmas period, under a relaxation of COVID-19 social distancing rules across the UK.
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Spending Review 2020
The Chancellor’s statement offered councils some short-term financial certainty, but no long-term solutions to chronic problems such as adult social care.
EU transition funding for local ports
The Government has announced an additional £10 million for port health authorities ahead of the end of the EU transition period on 31 December.
Tough tiers and tests
As the lockdown in England ends, councils need reassurance that success in tackling infection rates will lead to a swift easing of local restrictions.
Piloting mass testing
We are all fed up with COVID-19. It has dominated our work, it’s all we talk about (let’s be honest, it’s the only thing to talk about), it’s disrupted all our lives, and changed the way we can live our lives.
A future for bus services?
The LGA has commissioned new research on the future of public transport after COVID-19.
Under the spotlight – scrutinising COVID-19
Setting up a scrutiny process in the middle of a pandemic might seem a crazy thing to do.
Time to look ahead
Perhaps it was inevitable that this year’s government review of public spending would get downgraded from a comprehensive, three-year plan to the one-year Spending Review Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered last month.
Crossing the floor
In recent years it has become more common for members of Parliament to quit the party under whose banner they were elected and sit either as Independents or for one of their former rivals.
Learning the lessons
Certain key public services are best delivered locally, according to a landmark review of the pandemic.