‘Stop asking care leavers to share their story’
How councils engage with care-experienced children and young people needs to change if services for them are to improve.
‘Private profit put before public good’
“Shocking” amounts of public money are being taken out of local communities in the form of private profit, Green Party Leader Zack Polanski has warned.
Supporting children with SEND
Reforms ‘need stronger accountability’, says minister.
Prevention ‘at the heart of ending homelessness’
How councils and their partners can shift from reactive crisis management to long-term homelessness prevention is a key question for local government.
Rebuilding the social fabric of communities
LG2040 is the LGA’s flagship futures research programme.
AI ‘may not save money’
Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide better ways to serve local residents, but it may not deliver the savings many councils are looking for, delegates were warned at the LGA’s annual conference in Bournemouth.
