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Jobs support for young people

Powers over education and training for young people need to be localised to avert an employment crisis.

Local politicians and parliamentarians met to discuss the vital role of councils and combined authorities in helping people into work.

Learning from the coronavirus crisis and supporting a sustainable recovery were among the themes discussed at the LGA’s virtual Innovation Zone.

The Government’s funding package for councils offers some positive measures and recognises the pressures they are facing, but more is needed.

The time is ripe to make a once-in-a-lifetime change and end homelessness for good.

Cyber criminals will continue to attack councils and the vital public services they deliver.

The LGA has launched a new Remote Peer Support Offer to help councils with their vital work during the pandemic.

Councillors and their councils have the democratic mandate, expertise and local insights to change our communities for the better.

Councils have led the emergency response; we now need to be empowered to support the nation through the next phase.

Further funding and financial flexibilities are needed to avoid in-year cuts to vital local services during the pandemic.