‘Stop asking care leavers to share their story’
How councils engage with care-experienced children and young people needs to change if services for them are to improve.
In the latest issue:
Reform UK would ‘unleash a skills revolution’
With a million young people not in education, employment or training, one of the greatest risks facing the country is “allowing young people to become disconnected from learning or working”.
Councils face £7bn funding gap
Councils in England are facing a £7 billion funding black hole within three years, according to new LGA analysis.
£2m homes tax ‘damages local accountability’
Councils should not be used to run a national tax for high-value properties that could be expensive for them to administer, confusing for residents and damaging to local accountability, the LGA has warned.
Temporary accommodation costs ‘up tenfold’
Council spending on temporary accommodation has increased by 1,077 per cent in real terms over the past 13 years, new analysis from the LGA reveals.
New ministers for local government
Angela Rayner has returned as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), in new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first Cabinet.
