Keeping adult learners on course
Adult and community education is providing a vital lifeline during the pandemic – but more funding is needed to help councils run extra courses virtually.
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Developing the leaders of the future
The LGA’s programme to find the brightest officers got off to a good start and will continue in the autumn.
The pastoral pandemic
The response to coronavirus needs to consider the different issues facing rural areas – from poorer digital connectivity to a higher proportion of ‘vulnerable’ residents.
Community spirit, cooperative solutions
The cooperative councils’ approach of co-designing services with those who are going to use them offers a model both for responding to the pandemic and recovering from it
Mutual support
The LGA is doing everything it can to help councils as they respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
More spending on local priorities
An extra £30 billion of spending was announced in the Budget in March, much of it aimed at dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Emergency powers
The LGA has helped shape the new Coronavirus Act to ensure councils can act as a fourth emergency service and design new ways to support communities.
Rising to the challenge
Councils are demonstrating their role as leaders of place by stepping up to the unprecedented challenges that COVID-19 brings.
Diversity in political leadership
Political leaders should reflect the communities they serve, to ensure everybody’s views are heard in the policy-making process. Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people are still significantly under-represented in political …