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These are unprecedented times in which to conduct a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and the Chancellor has already delayed his Budget.
These are unprecedented times in which to conduct a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and the Chancellor has already delayed his Budget.
With a Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) under way, I have been writing to ministers on behalf of the LGA’s member councils.
‘Re-thinking local’ provides the framework for councils to take their destinies in their own hands and deliver locally focused recoveries.
The LGA has long called for greater devolution to councils, for local leaders to have the powers and resources they need to better deliver locally determined and democratically accountable outcomes.
Councils have led the emergency response; we now need to be empowered to support the nation through the next phase.
Councillors and their councils have the democratic mandate, expertise and local insights to change our communities for the better.
COVID-19 has replicated, exposed and increased health inequalities affecting ethnic minorities.
Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that the number of workers on UK payrolls fell by more than 600,000 between March and May this year.
As we look ahead to the coming weeks, the Government’s phased approach to exiting lockdown means we can slowly begin to reset and re-build our lives, communities and economies, with many businesses and primary schools set to re-open from 1 June.