In the firing line
Councillors play a vital role in supporting and improving the work of local fire and rescue services.
Return to Work
With half of councils struggling to recruit planners and facing difficulties finding other key professionals in ICT and legal, the LGA and the Government Equalities Office have expanded a national programme to provide free training for returners.
Get yourself connected
Councils can help improve the digital connectivity of their local areas with help from the LGA.
Influencing the corridors of power in Westminster
The LGA continues its work to help shape and influence the national agenda, shine a spotlight on councils’ outstanding work, and push for the powers, flexibilities and sustainable funding local government needs to provide much-needed support to our communities now and into the future.
Supporting jobs and creating opportunity
Conservative councillors heard from the Prime Minister and the Chancellor at their virtual annual conference
Test and trace needs to be local
Local councils should be given the funding, real-time data and personnel to help reach all those who have been in contact with people testing positive for coronavirus, the LGA says.
LGA: Action needed to save ‘lost generation’
Today’s young people face becoming a “lost generation” unless the Government develops a COBRA-style response to boost skills and job opportunities, the LGA has warned.
School exams delayed
Most GCSES, AS and A levels will be held three weeks later next year to help address the disruption caused by the pandemic, the Department for Education has announced.
Surge in lockdown recycling collection
The amount of household recycling collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has soared by as much as 100 per cent in some council areas, with eight in 10 seeing an increase, hiking up costs to keep services running.
New space standards for permitted development
The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick MP has announced that new homes delivered through permitted development rights will now be required to meet space standards.