‘Shelve 75% business rates retention’ – LGA
Ministers should shelve plans to allow local government to keep 75 per cent of business rates income until the Treasury’s business rates review has reported, the LGA has said.
The Editorial Team
Formula ‘will see fewer homes built in the north’
An updated government algorithm for setting house-building targets will lead to a stark variation in where new homes are required, without regard to the wider levelling-up agenda, the LGA has warned.
‘No plan’ to deal with unsafe cladding
Just a third (155 out of 455) of high-rise buildings with Grenfell-style flammable cladding have had it replaced, the Public Accounts Committee has warned.
The LGA’s spending review submission
Bringing power and resources closer to people is the key to recovery and improving quality of life.
Levelling up
Tackling the embedded inequalities exposed by the pandemic is vital for community recovery.
Billions needed to plug council funding gap
Councils will need billions in extra funding to address growing funding gaps, a new independent report finds.
Children’s care referrals fall during lockdown peak
The number of children referred to children’s social care services for support fell by almost a fifth during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, according to LGA analysis.
Cash to help people self-isolate
Councils have been given powers to ensure pubs and restaurants take their customers’ contact details, and will administer new support funding for people on low incomes to help them self-isolate.
Oversubscription risk for secondary school places
New analysis by the LGA has revealed that up to a third of local areas in England risk being oversubscribed for secondary school places within five years, leaving almost 80,000 young people and their families at risk of missing out on a place.
Chairing remote meetings
While many of the principles of running good face-to-face council meetings apply to remote meetings, chairing in a virtual world does present some additional challenges.