news - first magazine for councillors

Mental health is ‘biggest issue’ for children

Mental health is the “biggest issue” facing children during the pandemic, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said.

A younger man is helping an older man across the road. The younger man is carrying the shopping. The older is using a stick.

LGA call to ‘build back local’

by The Editorial Team

Councils face average extra annual cost pressures of £2.5 billion to maintain services at current levels, LGA analysis has found.

Jenrick calls for 10-year plans

by The Editorial Team

A three-year spending review is “long overdue” and something local government “desperately needs”, according to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick.

This is a close up color photograph of the hands of a senior Caucasian man in his 70s texting outdoors in New York City.

Public services ‘need to engage with technology’

by The Editorial Team

The pandemic has triggered a rapid acceleration in the use of technology, but also highlighted pre-existing inequalities in access to IT, the co-founder of dot.com business Last Minute told the LGA’s annual conference.

Close-up Of Human Hand Holding Pencil Over Paper Cadastre Map

Planning proposals under fire

by The Editorial Team

Opposition leaders have criticised the Government’s proposed planning reforms, calling them a “developers’ charter” and “wrong-headed”.

Day for councils at COP26

by The Editorial Team

Local government will be able to showcase its work on climate change during a dedicated cities, regions and built environment day at the UN Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November.

‘Put councils at heart of levelling up’ – LGA

by The Editorial Team

Placing councils at the heart of the Government’s levelling up ambitions would help create job and career opportunities where they are most needed as the nation recovers from the pandemic, the LGA has said.