Race and political leadership
The LGA’s weekender events for black, Asian and minority ethnic councillors go from strength to strength.
The LGA’s weekender events for black, Asian and minority ethnic councillors go from strength to strength.
Banning councils from charging households to leave DIY waste at recycling centres could mean tip closures and reduced hours in some council areas, an LGA survey has found.
Councils need new powers to decide the way local bus services are delivered to end a ‘spiral of decline’ in services.
Only five out of 467 local government bodies had published their 2022/23 accounts with an auditor’s certificate or opinion by the end of September.
The LGA has launched a ‘call for evidence’ from councils to help inform its work on a Local Government White Paper.
Around 390,000 adult social care staff left their jobs last year – with about a third of them leaving the sector altogether, according to the strategic workforce development and planning body in England.
Bringing the economic performance of the UK’s major regional cities up to that of their European peers could add £100 billion or around 5 per cent to the nation’s GDP each year.
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
Councils, not Whitehall, should be trusted to make decisions about local transport issues with their residents, the LGA has said, in response to the Government’s ‘Plan for drivers’.
More than 50 ‘overlooked’ UK towns will each be given £20 million over a 10-year period to help regenerate high streets and tackle antisocial behaviour, the Government has announced.
Time is needed to implement changes in emergency responses to people in a mental health crisis.