Local flexibility needed on school openings
Councils should be given the power to close schools or nurseries where testing indicates new clusters of COVID-19, the LGA has said
Councils ‘need four times more funding’
Local government faces “unsustainable” financial pressures as the sector continues to lead efforts to beat the coronavirus pandemic, the LGA has warned.
Creativity under lockdown
Councils’ culture and leisure services have never been more important and have a vital role to play in the recovery from COVID-19.
Supporting council suppliers
Protecting community supply chains has been vital to keeping local services running.
Profiling child vulnerability
Nobody knows better than local authorities the challenge of keeping vulnerable children safe.
Pandemic exposes fragility of social care
The lessons learnt from the past few months will be many and far-reaching. None will be more important than the fragility of the social care system.
Cash for care homes
The Government has announced an extra £600 million for infection control measures in care homes in England and published additional guidance for the sector.
Pandemic highlights health inequalities
Black people are nearly twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than white people, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Support for local leadership
The scale of the challenge that councils are currently facing requires strong, responsive and resilient leadership.