Homelessness: a district challenge
Tackling the growing crisis of homelessness is a key priority for district councils who will often be all that stands between many residents sleeping on the streets or in emergency accommodation.
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Global mayors, local issues
Bristol recently hosted the Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit 2018 – the first time this international event has been held in the UK, and the organisation’s largest and most ambitious to date.
Testing the Social Care Green Paper
Social care remains one of the most challenging policy issues of our time.
No end to austerity
The Budget was an opportunity for the Government to take action and prove that it will take the looming funding crisis it has caused in local government seriously.
Making the case for better funding
“We welcome the lifting of the housing borrowing cap, but continue to push for Right to Buy to be devolved”
Children’s services: the ‘hidden crisis’
Children need adults to advocate on their behalf. Remember – they don’t vote, and sadly often feature low on the list of MPs’ post bag issues.
Positive measures in the Budget
One of my main priorities when I became the LGA Conservative Group Leader was to work with the Government and colleagues to address the funding pressures that we all face.
Support for the vulnerable
I want to thank you and your colleagues, our partners in the voluntary and care sector, and our residents, for the incredible response to the LGA’s adult social care green paper.
Scrapping the cap
“The housing borrowing cap has hampered councils’ ability to play a leading role in tackling the housing shortage”
How Remembrance can bring communities together
November 2018 marks not only Britain’s annual Remembrance Sunday, but also 100 years since the end of World War One, the culmination of four years of centenary commemorations.