Elliott Lancaster is a 24-year-old postgraduate student at Keele University was been shortlisted for the $100,000 Chegg.org Global Student Prize 2021 for his Utter Rubbish app, which helps councils handle waste and recycling.
The Government has announced the 500 successful projects for its £220 million Community Renewal Fund.
Councils in England face extra cost pressures of almost £8 billion by 2024/25 just to keep vital local services running at today’s levels, according to LGA analysis.
COP26 provides a real opportunity to recognise local government as a key partner in tackling climate change.
Councils around the UK are marking Black History Month by engaging with staff and holding events and exhibitions.
The LGA is calling for the Chancellor to use this month’s Spending Review to continue grant funding for council tax support schemes over the next three years.
The total cost of delivering building safety standards across the entire council housing stock is £8.1 billion over a 10-year period, a report by Savills reveals.
The LGA has set out the case for building 100,000 green social homes for rent each year, in a new report ‘Building post-pandemic prosperity’.
Fully funded, school-based counselling needs to be available in all state-funded secondary schools and academies, to help support rising numbers of children and young people reporting mental health issues during COVID-19, the LGA has said.
