English-Welsh partnership marches forward
We’re all passionate about wanting the best for the people we represent. It’s also in our interests for neighbouring authorities to thrive, because, collectively, we all benefit.
One step forward…
Labour’s victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West parliamentary by-election ensures that the imminent contests in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth will be examined for further evidence of a resurgence.
DIY waste ban ‘could mean tip closures’
Banning councils from charging households to leave DIY waste at recycling centres could mean tip closures and reduced hours in some council areas, an LGA survey has found.
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.
‘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’.