Additional funding announced for social care
Councils in England are to receive an extra £600 million in the financial year 2024/25, of which £500 million will be for adult and children’s social care services.
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‘Extend support for vulnerable households’ – LGA
The LGA is calling on the Government to extend the Household Support Fund, amid warnings that six million of the poorest people in the UK would need to more than double their income to escape poverty.
‘Unprecedented’ demand on sexual health services
Sexual health services are reaching breaking point, with more than two-thirds of council areas seeing increased rates of gonorrhoea and syphilis since 2017, the LGA has warned.
‘Wraparound’ care a struggle for councils
Local authorities are struggling with the delivery of ‘wraparound’ childcare amid significant funding and staff recruitment challenges, says an LGA-commissioned report.
Ministers press councils on reserves
The LGA has warned that reserves “can only be spent once” in response to calls from ministers for councils to use them in response to current funding pressures.
First workforce pathway for care staff
The Government has announced a new ‘care workforce pathway’, providing the first national career structure for adult social care staff.
Local government recruitment drive
LGA Chair Cllr Shaun Davies (pictured) visited Stockton-on-Tees in January, to promote a pilot of a new recruitment campaign for local government
Encouragement for measles vaccination
Council leaders and their directors of public health across England and Wales have been urgently calling on parents to ensure their children have had both doses of the MMR vaccine.
‘Stigma’ around HIV remains
People living with HIV continue to report a high level of satisfaction with their care service and treatment, but levels of stigma remain high, a new survey has found.
Review to inform new libraries strategy
Ministers have confirmed that a series of recommendations from an independent review of libraries will be taken forward in a new government strategy, due to be published this year.