All councils need bus franchising powers – LGA
Councils need new powers to decide the way local bus services are delivered to end a ‘spiral of decline’ in services.
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‘Extraordinary intervention’ needed on audit delays
Only five out of 467 local government bodies had published their 2022/23 accounts with an auditor’s certificate or opinion by the end of September.
LG white paper – have your say
The LGA has launched a ‘call for evidence’ from councils to help inform its work on a Local Government White Paper.
Social care: workforce challenges remain
Around 390,000 adult social care staff left their jobs last year – with about a third of them leaving the sector altogether, according to the strategic workforce development and planning body in England.
Cities ‘could boost growth’ by £100bn a year
Bringing the economic performance of the UK’s major regional cities up to that of their European peers could add £100 billion or around 5 per cent to the nation’s GDP each year.
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
Councils, not Whitehall, should be trusted to make decisions about local transport issues with their residents, the LGA has said, in response to the Government’s ‘Plan for drivers’.
£1.1 billion long-term plan for ‘overlooked’ towns
More than 50 ‘overlooked’ UK towns will each be given £20 million over a 10-year period to help regenerate high streets and tackle antisocial behaviour, the Government has announced.
National body needed on RAAC – LGA
The LGA has reiterated its long-standing call for a national lead body to raise awareness of the use of a collapse-prone concrete in schools and other public buildings.
Children’s social care budgets ‘buckling’
Years of funding reductions have left council budgets “buckling” under soaring costs for children’s social care, a group of five leading children’s charities has warned.
Voter ID ‘stopped some people voting’
The Electoral Commission has called for the Government to ensure future elections are as accessible as possible in a new report on voter ID arrangements.