In the latest issue:
Adult social care ‘must be SR priority’
Ahead of the Spending Review on 11 June, the LGA has spearheaded a joint statement with 100 other leaders in adult social care, calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to work with the sector to mitigate pressures on councils, providers and charities.
New political group for LGA
Reform UK is to set up the first new political group office at the LGA in the organisation’s history, after the party’s success in the 1 May local elections.
ISG’s collapse and the road to recovery
Within 100 days of the collapse of construction giant, ISG, Alliance Leisure had every affected project back on track. Alliance Leisure’s Managing Director, Paul Cluett, reflects on how it navigated the challenges, the lessons learned and the power of relationships and collaboration.
‘Complex needs driving high care costs’
A failure to support children and young people with complex needs is driving very high care costs and not improving children’s lives, according to a new report commissioned by the LGA.
Waste tax ‘will cost councils billions’
A planned tax on burning waste could place billions of pounds of unavoidable costs on councils and needs reform, the LGA has said.
Local democracy: a constant in an uncertain world
As we look ahead to welcoming delegates to the Welsh Local Government Association’s (WLGA) annual conference in Llandudno in a few weeks, it is impossible to ignore the parlous state of democracy.
A new multi-party system
The council elections on 1 May opened a fissure in the pattern of local government in England.
A broad church
In the aftermath of the local elections – perhaps the most consequential in recent history – the County Councils Network’s (CCN) political proportionality has changed.