Millions ‘could be lost’ from school budgets
A total of £118 million for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets in England this year because of a government change in how this funding is calculated, new LGA analysis shows.
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Empty offices ‘could lead to poor housing conversions’
The LGA has warned that office blocks left empty following the pandemic are at risk of being turned into potentially substandard housing under permitted development rights, which allow developers to convert buildings into homes without planning permission.
UK Leisure Framework update – Advertorial
As it completes its fourth year, Jamie Groves, MD of Denbighshire Leisure, and Sarah Watts, CEO of Alliance Leisure, look at the impact of the UK’s first dedicated leisure development framework.
The Queen’s Speech 2021
The Government has outlined its plans for homes, health and care, jobs, skills and the environment.
Transforming estates in a post-pandemic world – Advertorial
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a major shift in focus for the public sector. As local authorities develop plans to support the UK’s recovery, the role of estates transformation has become more significant than ever before.
Electoral bounces and bombshells
The vaccine rollout provided a spring electoral bounce for the governments of all three nations of Britain.
Stepping up on levelling up
The Government has renewed its commitment to levelling up as part of the recovery from the pandemic, with new announcements focusing on better access to high-quality education, improved infrastructure in town centres, and more public sector jobs outside of London.
Support for councils
The LGA has launched the new sector support and improvement offer for councils
Child victims of domestic abuse
The new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 legally recognises children as victims. We now need to make sure that this translates into meaningful change in the way we support these children.
Meetings for the 21st century
The failure to permit councils to continue holding online meetings is difficult to understand and impossible to excuse.