An academy for local leaders
The LGA’s flagship political leadership programme is celebrating its 200th course.
The Editorial Team
Councillors call for social care reform
More than nine in 10 councillors from across the country and political spectrum have called on government to give greater priority to social care and start committing more resources to it now.
‘Put councils at heart of levelling up’ – LGA
Placing councils at the heart of the Government’s levelling up ambitions would help create job and career opportunities where they are most needed as the nation recovers from the pandemic, the LGA has said.
Support for new councillors
The LGA has set up an information hub to help newly elected members get to grips with their role.
The return of the casual vacancy
Council by-elections resumed for English authorities on 6 May, with more than 350 vacancies filled.
Libraries ‘can help children catch up’
Investing in libraries is key to driving the national recovery from COVID-19 and enabling children to catch up on lost learning, the LGA has said.
Parliamentary priorities
The LGA is seeking to influence a range of new legislation that affects the work of councils.
Staff at residential homes ‘must have jab’
People working in care homes in England will need to have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by October unless they have a medical exemption, under new laws to protect residents.
£160 million for low-income families
A further £160 million will be made available to families in England until the end of September, in the final extension of the Government’s COVID Local Support Grant.
Adult social services’ ‘deluge’ of requests
Adult social services are facing a ‘deluge’ of requests for care and support from older people and disabled people of working age as society opens up after COVID-19, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has warned.