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WEB3 days ago · Council’s ‘financial resilience’ in question. Council pension funds criticise listing rule reforms. Higher spend on prevention could deliver £11bn return. Charity says 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour. Council issues formal complaint over public interest report. Pothole-related breakdowns jump by 10,000.
LGA: ‘Emergency cash injection’ needed to tackle child abuse
WEB1 day ago · Cllr Arooj Shah, chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, described the figures as ‘disturbingly high’ and urged the Chancellor to provide an ‘emergency cash injection’ for children’s social care. English councils face a £2.3bn funding gap in 2025/26, rising to £3.9bn in 2026/27, according to a ...
Making digital poverty history | LocalGov
WEB1 day ago · Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of Digital Poverty Alliance, discusses the role of local government when it comes to tackling digital poverty. In the UK, one in seven adults and one in five children are living in some form of digital poverty. This stark statistic should serve as a wake-up call for all levels of government, particularly local councils ...
What needs to be done to tackle digital poverty? | LocalGov
WEB1 day ago · To do this, local authorities must understand the scope of digital poverty and provide the most effective solutions through data-driven approaches. To focus meaningful action, local authorities must begin to capture data around digital poverty and support services so they can effectively identify gaps, track progress, and adjust strategies to ...
Mayors can relieve council pressures, says report | LocalGov
WEB1 day ago · Mayoral combined authorities (MCAs) can help with long-standing policy challenges in public services as well as boosting economic growth, a think-tank has argued. Labour Together suggested that mayors could ensure local services were truly ‘joined-up' and relieve pressures on local authorities. Visit The MJ (£) to read more.
Time for local authorities to ‘right-size’ their offices?
WEBOct 26, 2023 · Image: gov.uk Mobilityways' local authorities lead Graeme Banister asks: should councils reinvent their town halls, or motivate staff to return and fill up these empty edifices?. An April 2023 study which gained responses from more than 200 councils across the UK, a full year on from the last Covid-19-related restrictions being lifted, found that over half (58%) of their workers were still ...
New index reveals most and least prosperous local authorities
WEBMay 13, 2021 · A new index to track the Government's progress on its 'levelling up' agenda has been launched today by a think tank. The Legatum Institute has published the UK Prosperity Index revealing the prosperity of every local authority in the UK highlighting considerable variation between and within regions.. It reveals that the most prosperous regions of the UK are the South East, South West, and East ...
Impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Bill on councils
WEBMar 8, 2024 · Jeremy Dharmasena, head of Leasehold Reform & Litigation, Knight Frank, looks at what the Leasehold and Freehold Bill will mean for local authorities. As local authorities digest the impact of Wednesday’s Budget and their own changing financial circumstances, the potentially seismic impact of the Leasehold and …
Nine in 10 councils experiencing staffing issues | LocalGov
WEBJan 20, 2023 · The Local Government Association today published its 2022 Workforce Survey which lays bare the staff recruitment and retention difficulties in the sector. The poll found, for example, that more than eight in 10 councils are having difficulties recruiting children’s social workers and 72% are having problems retaining them.
Right to Buy-back scheme helps councils buy over 1,500 homes
WEBAug 10, 2022 · The Mayor of London’s flagship Right to Buy-back scheme has brought more than 1,500 homes back into public ownership. Since the scheme’s launch in July 2021, 14 boroughs have been allocated £152m to purchase 1,577 market homes that will be made available at affordable rates. The homes will …