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Empowering local communities
I would first like to express my thanks to the hundreds of district and unitary council leaders and chief executives who joined us for our annual conference last month (Nov).
Countering inequalities
Over the past 18 months, here at Friends, Families and Travellers, we have continued to support all Gypsy and Traveller people, regardless of background or ethnicity, pushing to get a fair deal and protect the nomadic way of life.
High-quality sites for Gypsies and Travellers
The Gypsy, Romany, and Traveller communities remain too often misunderstood, marginalised, and even maligned.
Investing in ‘left behind’ areas
If levelling up is to be a success in the most ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods it needs to bolster their social infrastructure, alongside interventions targeted at improving specific metrics such as employment, training or education.
Enterprising young people
Launch It runs enterprise centres in deprived communities, encouraging more young people in these areas to start businesses.
Levelling up requires devolving down
Levelling up has meant “everything and nothing” for some people because they “haven’t been able to get a fix on it” – not my words, but those of Michael Gove MP, on his 36th day as Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities.
Councils are leading the fight on climate change
As COP26 negotiations in Glasgow ended, some promising commitments were made to tackle the climate emergency – so why is our government already going backwards?
Local government’s climate role recognised
Last month, I was privileged to be part of the LGA delegation to COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, alongside our Chairman, Cllr James Jamieson, Cllr David Renard, Chairman of the LGA’s Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board, and colleagues from the other political groups.