Cost-of-living crisis in the countryside
During our National Rural Conference 2022, in late September, the Rural Services Network published research into the cost-of-living crisis.
During our National Rural Conference 2022, in late September, the Rural Services Network published research into the cost-of-living crisis.
The Llanrhian Connected Community is an initiative that uses grant funding to employ two part-time community link officers, who are helping to create a stronger and more resilient local community.
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) has completed its procurement of audit services on behalf of 470 opted-in local government, police and fire bodies (99 per cent of eligible bodies).
Amid ongoing financial, economic and political uncertainty, the LGA continues to call strongly for a long-term government plan to put councils’ finances on a sustainable footing.
Just weeks after taking power, Prime Minister Liz Truss and former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng made a remarkable impact – their disastrous kamikaze mini-Budget crashed the economy, causing market panic, and forcing the Bank of England to intervene.
Frontline services, already cut to the bone, and regeneration projects are under the greatest threat, with inflationary pressures predicted to cost councils more than £1 billion next year at least.
Before the mini-Budget, the LGA had calculated a £2.4 billion shortfall in our council budgets from next May.
With the previous edition of first quite rightly focusing on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I would like to take this opportunity to belatedly congratulate Liz Truss on her appointment as Prime Minister.
The action that’s needed to address and arrest the impacts of climate change is wide-ranging and profound.
Over the past three years, local authorities have declared climate emergencies and taken an active role in supporting the delivery of net zero.