Residents ‘want a say on new homes’
New polling by the LGA has found that eight in 10 residents want to be able to have a say on all new homes built in their local community.
New polling by the LGA has found that eight in 10 residents want to be able to have a say on all new homes built in their local community.
Fully vaccinated critical workers – including in local government – will be able to leave Covid-related self-isolation to go to work in exceptional circumstances, under new plans to prevent serious disruption to vital public services.
As first was going to press, it was reported that a Government announcement on adult social care would be delayed until the autumn, despite ministers apparently reaching an agreement to fund reforms by raising national insurance.
New ‘county deals’ will help devolve power to local communities beyond England’s biggest cities, the Prime Minister has said in a keynote speech on the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda.
New analysis by the LGA has revealed that councils are being forced to spend more than five times as much on housing people who are homeless in bed and breakfast accommodation as they were a decade ago.
The LGA has called for an “honest debate” about the impact of long Covid, not just on the NHS, but also on demand for social care, at its recent annual conference.
The LGA has warned that girls and young women are being deliberately and increasingly recruited into drug-dealing ‘county lines’ gangs and subjected to horrific sexual violence.
A cross-Whitehall strategy is needed to put children and young people at the heart of the pandemic recovery and ensure every child can regain lost learning and life experiences, the LGA has said.
People between the ages of 16 and 34 are more susceptible to being scammed and account for more than half of the scams experienced in the UK.
More than 39,000 care home residents died with coronavirus in England in the year from 10 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, new figures suggest.