‘Missed opportunity’ on public health
The Government’s Green Paper on preventing ill-health is a “missed opportunity” to make the most of councils’ public health role and expertise, the LGA has said.
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Tombstoning youngsters ‘risk death’
Councils and fire chiefs have warned that reckless thrill-seekers leaping from structures as high as 65 feet into water risk fatal injuries or serious disability, after a surge in the dangerous activity during the summer holidays.
Serious youth violence ‘a social emergency’
MPs have described the rise in serious youth violence as a social emergency, and say that young people have been failed in the most devastating way, losing their lives as a result.
First ministerial visit
The first official engagement of the new communities secretary was a meeting with the LGA’s chairman and chief executive.
‘Work with us’, councils urge new PM
The LGA has called on the next Prime Minister to work with councils to help build strong local communities and services through a new devolution deal.
Children’s mental health cases up by over half
Councils are seeing more than 560 cases of children with mental health disorders every day – an increase of more than 50 per cent in just four years.
‘Grant entry powers to protect home educated’
The Government’s plans to introduce a compulsory register for home-educated children risk failing to protect them unless councils are given the powers to enter premises to check on them, the LGA has warned.