Shopping for health
Putting public health services at the heart of local communities can also help revive high streets.
Lib Dems and Greens make gains
There are another two Green gains from the Conservatives to report, bringing the total to 14 seats captured over the past year in by-elections.
A humanitarian crisis
Councillor Doug Pullen returned from the Ukraine/Poland border, where he helped transport people to safety and deliver essential supplies as part of humanitarian efforts to help those fleeing the war in Russia.
Consultation launched on fire service governance
The Government has reiterated its preference for fire and rescue services to be accountable to a single, elected individual, in its long-awaited fire reform White Paper.
Weight management funding ‘reallocated’
Government funding for council-commissioned weight management services will not be renewed in the current financial year, councils have been told.
Reflect and reset
The LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition is an opportunity to focus on the issues that matter most to local communities.
Putting on the pressure
The LGA has been engaging with MPs to improve support for Ukrainian arrivals.
Councils’ role in the future of volunteering
Volunteering, and a strong voluntary sector, lie at the heart of thriving communities – empowering and connecting individuals, and benefiting and strengthening both the individual volunteer and the wider community.
Councils ‘best placed’ to make waste decisions
Ending charges for disposing of DIY waste at household recycling centres will put unnecessary pressure on refuse departments and won’t improve services, the LGA warns.
