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.
MAT powers for councils
Councils will be given powers to set up their own multi-academy trusts, following many years of campaigning by the LGA.
18,000 affordable homes ‘lost’ to permitted development
More than 18,000 affordable houses have been lost as a result of office-to-residential conversions under permitted development.
Schools White Paper
Councils played a crucial role in education during the pandemic – the Government must recognise their importance.
New vision for SEND
The Government has set out its vision for a single, national, special educational needs and disability (SEND) and alternative provision system that ‘sets clear standards’ for the support given to children.