Making tourism good to go
The Isle of Wight is a very special place. It is a special place to live, to work – and to visit.
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Once and for all
In his first speech after becoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to “fix the crisis in social care, once and for all”.
Unsung local heroes of democracy
The polling booths and paperwork may have been packed away, and the news agenda may have moved on, but it is worth reflecting on more than just the results of May’s local elections, important as they were.
Ministers to address LGA conference
I would like to offer my warmest congratulations to Ian Hudspeth, the former Leader of Oxfordshire County Council and lately Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, who was recognised in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list by being made an OBE.
Congratulations on a successful campaign
This May saw elections like no other, and after a long weekend of counting, I’m pleased to say that our numbers increased along with our position on council administrations.
Election campaigning in a pandemic
The intervention of Constitution and Devolution Minister Chloe Smith in January, about the local elections and the issues of campaigning and delivering of leaflets, was a major concern to me and one that made no sense at all.
Time to act on social care
Adult social care has been pushed to the bottom of the agenda for too long and the consequences are clearer than ever before.
Historic results for the blue team
On 6 May, voters went to the polls for the UK’s biggest ever set of local and national elections.
Social care treated as an ‘afterthought’
The Liberal Democrats have called on the Prime Minister to start urgent cross-party talks on social care reforms without delay, as a new report warns that local services are facing a ‘deluge’ of requests for care and support.
Breaching the ‘blue wall’
First of all, I would like to congratulate all those councillors who were elected on 6 May, especially the Liberal Democrat ones. We were holding elections in the most difficult of situations, during a major public health crisis.