The pastoral pandemic
The response to coronavirus needs to consider the different issues facing rural areas – from poorer digital connectivity to a higher proportion of ‘vulnerable’ residents.
Covid-19
Community spirit, cooperative solutions
The cooperative councils’ approach of co-designing services with those who are going to use them offers a model both for responding to the pandemic and recovering from it
Re-imagining our citizens’ climate assembly
These are extraordinary times: people keeping at least two metres from each other; schools closed; public gatherings cancelled; government putting together one of the largest economic stimulus packages in history; …
Mutual support
The LGA is doing everything it can to help councils as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
More spending on local priorities
An extra £30 billion of spending was announced in the Budget in March, much of it aimed at dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Emergency powers
The LGA has helped shape the new Coronavirus Act to ensure councils can act as a fourth emergency service and design new ways to support communities.
Rising to the challenge
Councils are demonstrating their role as leaders of place by stepping up to the unprecedented challenges that COVID-19 brings.