Expert advice
An LGA-funded productivity expert has helped one council generate income and make savings on fees and charges.
The Editorial Team
Rough sleeping: a health and care approach
The most vulnerable rough sleepers need effective and integrated services tailored to their needs to help them get off the streets.
Shaping the devolution debate
As a politically-led, cross-party organisation, the LGA’s work in Parliament is integral to ensuring that local government has a strong, credible voice in Westminster.
One-year Spending Round announced
The Government has confirmed that a full three-year Spending Review will be delayed until 2020, with a one-year ‘fast track’ Spending Round to be completed in September.
Councils ‘recognising when things go wrong’
Councils accepted and put in place recommendations for improving services and remedying personal injustice in 99.4 per cent of cases where residents complained to the Ombudsman last year.
£1.8bn for NHS highlights social care funding gap
There cannot be a sustainable health service without a sustainable adult social care system, the LGA has said in response to the recent announcement of a £1.8 billion cash injection for the NHS.
‘Missed opportunity’ on public health
The Government’s Green Paper on preventing ill-health is a “missed opportunity” to make the most of councils’ public health role and expertise, the LGA has said.