New bill ‘to empower local leaders’
The Government has set out its plans to drive local growth and empower local leaders to regenerate their areas, in a Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
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£500m for EV charge points
The Department for Transport will provide councils with £500 million to invest in installing electric vehicle public charging points, as part of its new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy.
‘A better deal for renters’
Private sector renters and social housing tenants will enjoy additional protections as a result of new legislation proposed in the Queen’s Speech.
Builders to fix unsafe homes
More than 35 of the UK’s biggest house builders have pledged to fix all of the unsafe buildings above 11 metres in height that they have built.
Councils ‘ready to welcome Ukrainians’
As first was going to press, the LGA was continuing to work closely with the Government and partners to ensure support for new arrivals from Ukraine is put in place quickly and at scale, and that families are kept safe.
Better guidance needed on Ukrainian arrivals
The LGA has welcomed updated government guidance for councils on the Homes for Ukraine scheme, and continues to work proactively with ministers to address councils’ concerns about support for new arrivals.
‘Exhausted’ public health staff battling rising covid rates
Councils and directors of public health have called for an urgent extension of local outbreak management funding because of rising rates of COVID-19.
‘Debate, don’t hate’ call for local elections
The LGA is urging people to engage in positive, constructive debates ahead of the upcoming local elections.
Call for action on social care workforce
The LGA and national adult social care organisations have called on the Government to deliver a long-term care workforce strategy and tackle the issue of care worker pay.
Million more pupils could have free school meals
More than a million additional school children could receive free school meals and be entitled to extra support funding if the scheme was simplified and extended to more families.