Extra £500m for vulnerable families
The LGA has welcomed an additional £500 million for councils to help vulnerable households with rising living costs, but warned that a long-term solution is needed to prevent poverty.
The Editorial Team
Care reforms ‘underfunded by £854m a year’
The Government is underestimating the costs of its adult social care reforms by at least £854 million a year.
Improving workforce planning
West Midlands councils are working together on an ambitious initiative to tackle skills shortages.
Suicide prevention
The LGA is offering bespoke support to councils trying to reduce the number of people taking their own lives.
Progress needed on gender parity
Councils stand ready to play their part, but funding issues must be tackled soon.
Supported housing changes to help vulnerable residents
A package of measures designed to put an end to dishonest landlords exploiting some of the most vulnerable people in society has been announced by the Government.
Covid hospitalisations ‘rising’
The Government’s chief medical officer has warned that hospitalisations will continue to rise into early April.
£150m support for bus services
The Government has announced an additional £150 million to prop up local bus services still recovering from the pandemic.
‘Exhausted’ public health staff battling rising covid rates
Councils and directors of public health have called for an urgent extension of local outbreak management funding because of rising rates of COVID-19.
Underfunded care reforms ‘a risk to services’
Councils could face a budget black hole this year amid growing concerns about underfunded adult social care reforms, the LGA has warned.