Food for thought
The Big Jubilee Lunch is part of the official celebrations for HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee from 2-5 June, and councils are being called upon to help communities take part.
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Breaking the bias
The LGA’s National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP) matches passionate graduates with councils looking for the next generation of leaders to deliver key projects and help tackle the challenges we are all facing.
Making change happen in the early years
In 2020, the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) published a review of children’s centres and family hubs.
Delivering public services in a war zone
It will be impossible for many of us to truly imagine the horrors of the war in Ukraine and the devastating impact the unprovoked and illegal aggression by Russia is having on the country and its local communities.
Sowing the seeds of the cost-of-living crisis
It can’t be easy being the Chancellor when the Office for Budget Responsibility states that British households are about to suffer “the biggest fall in living standards since records began”.
Humbled by acts of heroism
At the time of writing this article, we are in the fifth week of the war in Ukraine. Like everyone else, I have been shocked by the terrible scenes that we are witnessing on a daily basis while also being humbled by the resistance and acts of heroism of the Ukrainian people.
Shout more about our achievements
A key part of my platform to become Leader of the LGA’s Liberal Democrat Group was about raising the profile of local government in my party, and the successes of our councillors and councils in the wider local government world.
Arrival of first Ukrainian families
With the arrival of the first Ukrainian families to their sponsors in Britain, I know you are preparing to help those sharing their homes and those who are arriving having escaped from this terrible war.
Motion for the ocean
In November 2021, Plymouth City Council was the first in local government to make an Ocean Recovery Declaration using the ‘Motion for the Ocean’, a model motion ready to be adopted by local authorities across the UK.
Local government: the bedrock of democracy
The year 1997 was a very good one. It marked the start of a Labour government again after 18 years of Tory rule, and it was the time I decided …