Pathways to planning
Councils can sign up to hire planners to start work in September 2025, via the LGA’s ‘Pathways to Planning’ graduate scheme.
Get Britain working
A government white paper envisages a place-based approach to employment and skills.
Councils warn against funding reductions
Further reductions to council funding would be “disastrous”, the LGA has warned in a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her first Budget on 30 October.
SEND system ‘not financially sustainable’
A report by the National Audit Office has found that England’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is not delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
LGA calls for emergency funding for vulnerable children
Child protection investigations have hit a record high, with numbers amounting to more than 600 a day on average, the LGA has warned.
Additional funding for councils ‘falls short’
The UK Government has announced additional funding for councils in England, including towards the cost of increases in employers’ National lnsurance contributions – as called for by the LGA in December (see first 700).
Social care workforce ‘at breaking point’
The LGA has called for “immediate and decisive” action to tackle the adult social care workforce crisis, as a new report reveals huge challenges in recruiting and retaining staff.