Waste not…
Councils want to increase recycling rates but changes to waste collections proposed by government must be fully funded.
The Editorial Team
Council schools more likely to keep ‘good’ grade
A new report commissioned by the LGA has shown schools that remain with their council are more likely to keep a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Ofsted rating than those that become an academy.
‘Extend prosecutions fund for underage knife sales’
Six out of 10 retailers in some areas are breaking the law on underage knife sales, as funding to prosecute rogue sellers runs dry, the LGA has warned.
More funding for asylum children
The Home Office has announced it will make more funding available for councils to support unaccompanied children seeking asylum, following lobbying by the LGA.
Redressing the balance
The LGA’s Be a Councillor campaign aims to increase the pool of talent from which councillors are elected.
Cash for cladding on private buildings
The Government has announced that around £200 million will be made available to remove and replace unsafe cladding from around 170 privately owned, high-rise buildings.
LGA letter calls for apprenticeships shake-up
The LGA has called for an extension to the date by which apprenticeship levy funding should be spent, and for a shake-up of the programme to help boost the number of apprenticeships.
Debating the Spending Review
Children with special educational needs and disabilities will be a “real priority” in the 2019 Spending Review, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has told the LGA’s annual Smith Square Debate.
‘Tougher sentences for fly-tippers’
Councils are calling for tougher sentences to be handed to criminals who dump waste amid an almost 40 per cent rise in fly-tipping incidents since 2012.
New duty to house abuse victims
Victims of domestic abuse will be better protected by a new legal duty for councils to provide secure homes for them and their children.