Food for thought
The Big Jubilee Lunch is part of the official celebrations for HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from 2-5 June, and councils are being called upon to help communities take part.
Becoming the UK’s newest city
Southend-on-Sea has featured in many national headlines, most recently thanks to the huge honour of a royal visit by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, to bestow city status on ‘City Day’.
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.
Breaking the bias
The LGA’s National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP) matches passionate graduates with councils looking for the next generation of leaders to deliver key projects and help tackle the challenges we are all facing.
Making change happen in the early years
In 2020, the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) published a review of children’s centres and family hubs.
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.
Delivering public services in a war zone
It will be impossible for many of us to truly imagine the horrors of the war in Ukraine and the devastating impact the unprovoked and illegal aggression by Russia is having on the country and its local communities.
Agreeing to disagree
Ahead of the Government’s much-anticipated review of the support provided to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the LGA has commissioned research into the huge rise in legal disputes and tribunal hearings since the SEND reforms of 2014.
Sowing the seeds of the cost-of-living crisis
It can’t be easy being the Chancellor when the Office for Budget Responsibility states that British households are about to suffer “the biggest fall in living standards since records began”.
Jobs and skills warning when EU funds end
New jobs and skills training vital to levelling up the country are at risk of delay or being lost altogether because of a looming funding gap when existing European cash runs out.