CMO: action needed on health in cities
Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty’s annual report has set out a series of recommendations to address health in cities, particularly for people living in areas of deprivation.
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Local growth
National economic growth can only be achieved if every local economy is firing on all cylinders.
Funding for UAS children
The Home Office has ended key funding incentives for councils receiving unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children through the National Transfer Scheme.
Local government ‘still faces precarious future’
The Government has announced an extra £1.3 billion for councils in England next year – including £600 million for social care.
Pathways to planning
Councils can sign up to hire planners to start work in September 2025, via the LGA’s ‘Pathways to Planning’ graduate scheme.
Councils warn against funding reductions
Further reductions to council funding would be “disastrous”, the LGA has warned in a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her first Budget on 30 October.
SEND system ‘not financially sustainable’
A report by the National Audit Office has found that England’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is not delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
LGA calls for emergency funding for vulnerable children
Child protection investigations have hit a record high, with numbers amounting to more than 600 a day on average, the LGA has warned.