Support for children’s services
The LGA’s sector-led improvement offer has helped support improvements to local leadership of children’s services in England.
Children and young people
Youth clubs: promoting community engagement
When I was first elected to the council last year, one of my goals was to set up and run a youth club in my local area.
Free school meals extended
More than a million young people entitled to free school meals will get free meal vouchers over the summer holiday, after a campaign by Manchester United and England footballer Marcus …
Profiling child vulnerability
Nobody knows better than local authorities the challenge of keeping vulnerable children safe.
Call for £1bn youth work guarantee
Employment experts have called for a £1 billion ‘youth guarantee’, and urgent investment in education and back-to-work support, as unemployment figures rocket following the coronavirus crisis.
Families need more support
Over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has morphed from an existential threat on our TV screens or newsfeeds into a very personal crisis.
Youth Parliament decisions make a real difference
This summer, Somerset County Council’s cabinet will be notching up a first when we welcome a group of young people to learn how they have been making important decisions about things that affect them and their peers.
£3bn overspend on children’s social care
Councils have overspent on children’s social care budgets by more than £3 billion in the past five years, as unprecedented demand and funding shortages have put them under increasing pressure, the LGA has warned.
Giving children the best start in life
Public Health England is working with councils and other partners to modernise the Healthy Child Programme.
Under-16s ‘to be banned’ from unregulated accommodation
The Government is consulting on plans to make it illegal to put children in care aged under 16 in unregulated accommodation, amid concerns that some are being left at risk of exploitation.