Creating opportunities
Why the Care Leaver Covenant can play a crucial role in helping local authorities to empower young people.
The Editorial Team
Road maintenance costs ‘up 22 per cent’
The costs of street lighting, filling potholes and building new roads have soared by more than a fifth, causing pressure on stretched council budgets and delaying works.
£2bn of funding for rough sleeping strategy
The Government has promised to deploy all tools at its disposal alongside £2 billion of funding to prevent more people finding themselves without a safe roof over their heads.
Young leaders
The LGA’s political leadership programme helps ensure our local politicians are confident and capable.
Millions mourn passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II
As first was going to press, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was being laid to rest in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, following a state funeral attended by world leaders.
New cap on household energy bills
The Government is to cap average energy household bills at around £2,500 a year for the next two years, to protect people from soaring prices.
Rent cap on social housing – consultation
A consultation inviting views from social housing tenants and landlords on a proposed rent cap has been launched by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
New ministers for local government
Former local government minister Simon Clarke has returned to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) as Secretary of State, under new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Teachers ‘lack training to support pupils’ mental health’
A recent survey for the charity, the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF), has found that more teachers are seeing anxious pupils and the worsening of existing mental health problems, compared with just one year ago.
Affordable homes programme ‘could be more ambitious’
The Government’s efforts to build more affordable homes could be more ambitious in working to achieve wider aims, including on net zero and improving the quality of local housing, according to a National Audit Office report.