Youth justice funding uncertainty
Councils have called on the Government not to reduce the funding they receive to tackle youth offending, for fear of undermining efforts to stop children joining gangs and getting involved in violent crime.
The Editorial Team
Modern slavery referrals soar
Council referrals of potential victims of modern slavery have soared nine-fold in five years, highlighting the demands on local authority services, the LGA has warned.
Positive results for troubled families
The Troubled Families Programme has reduced juvenile convictions, the number of adults claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, and the proportion of children going into care, according to a recent national evaluation.
Breaking the cycle of youth violence
Councils are key to helping steer young people clear of criminal activities
Engaging with young people
The social networks with which young people interact, their methods of communication and the organisations representing them are often much more fluid and dynamic than for other groups of residents.
Finance and funding
The Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement provided another platform for the LGA to promote its messages about local government finances and funding in Parliament, ahead of this year’s Spending Review.
Careers for the future
Work Local is the LGA’s ambitious but practical vision for devolved and integrated employment and skills provision. This is needed more than ever to offer place-based solutions to the challenges and opportunities facing our skills and employment system.
£10bn bill to repair roads
Pothole repair times have improved to one every 17 seconds but the overall cost of the roads repair backlog has increased to nearly £10 billion, according to the Asphalt Industry Alliance’s Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) Survey.
‘Improve skills or fall further behind’
The profile of Britain’s workforce has changed over the last 25 years, with a bachelor’s degree now the most common qualification, according to a report from the Resolution Foundation think tank.
#CouncilsCan: LGA launches spending review campaign
The Local Government Association has launched its #CouncilsCan campaign to influence the forthcoming Spending Review.