Budget 2020
Based on feedback from councils, the LGA’s Budget submission focuses on getting the right funding to improve services and people’s lives through public service reform.
In the latest issue:
Tackling coronavirus
Councils are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19 to assess risk, provide advice and prevent it spreading further.
£3bn overspend on children’s social care
Councils have overspent on children’s social care budgets by more than £3 billion in the past five years, as unprecedented demand and funding shortages have put them under increasing pressure, the LGA has warned.
A million homes ‘not yet built’
New analysis by the LGA has found that more than a million homes granted planning permission in the past decade have not yet been built.
A look ahead to May’s elections
There is scope for the Conservatives to add councils and councillors to their tally, while the Liberal Democrats will expect to make advances, write Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher.
Concern about viability of children’s care companies
Six of the 10 largest independent groups of providers of children’s residential and fostering placements had more debts and liabilities than tangible assets last year, raising concerns about their viability, according to LGA-commissioned research.
Public support for tourism levy
More than half of residents in England think their council should have powers to introduce a local tourism levy, an LGA survey has revealed.