LGA campaign wins award
The LGA’s #CouncilsCan campaign has won a national communications award for best collaboration.
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Social care ‘must be post-election priority’
Adult social care and support needs to be at the top of the next government’s agenda, according to the LGA and a host of other organisations and charities.
‘Invest in children’
The next government needs to invest in children’s services so councils can fulfil the ambitions of the Children’s Act, the LGA has said.
Clearer labelling to boost recycling rates
The LGA says clearer labelling on all products, higher charges for hard-to-recycle products and measures to force producers to pay the full cost of disposing of their waste are needed to help councils increase recycling rates and tackle a growing environmental crisis.
Grenfell inquiry ‘should focus on building safety’
The 1,000-page phase one report into the Grenfell Tower fire has concluded that fewer people would have died in the 2017 fire if the London Fire Brigade had taken certain actions earlier.
Public service celebrated
More than 7,700 people posted nearly 24,000 tweets as part of the LGA’s annual 24-hour social media marathon on 19 November, celebrating the work of councils across the country.
Home-to-school transport costs rising
Unsustainable costs and demand pressures are set to push councils’ bill for providing free home-to-school transport to £1.2 billion a year by 2024, new analysis reveals.