photo of Baroness Louise Casey (centre), Chair of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, and LGA Chair Cllr Eamonn O’Brien (right of centre) with colleagues from Bury Council, against a wall with colourful writing and graphics of local support and activity centres
More than 23,000 children are now growing up in temporary accommodation across England’s counties – enough to fill an average market town.
It’s exciting to be writing this first ever Green Group column, just one of many firsts this year!
Andy Burnham began his premiership with a lot of talk about devolution.
I am still reeling after the announcement that, in many areas, local government reorganisation (LGR) will be paused for six weeks, following legal challenges.
The Government’s anti-democratic planning National Scheme of Delegation will come into effect on Halloween!
We should never lose sight of who we serve. For councillors, that means communities who trusted us. At the LGA, it means representing local government to Whitehall, not Whitehall to local government.
In my first first article as LGA Labour Group Leader, and on behalf of the Labour local government family, I warmly welcome the new Prime Minister and Cabinet.
At the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA), we’re working with local councils and councillors to find residents who might be eligible for infected blood compensation. In the 1970s, 1980s and …
In 2023, Edinburgh declared a housing emergency in response to rising homelessness, a growing reliance on temporary accommodation and a chronic shortage of affordable homes.