Social care: workforce challenges remain
Around 390,000 adult social care staff left their jobs last year – with about a third of them leaving the sector altogether, according to the strategic workforce development and planning body in England.
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Cities ‘could boost growth’ by £100bn a year
Bringing the economic performance of the UK’s major regional cities up to that of their European peers could add £100 billion or around 5 per cent to the nation’s GDP each year.
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
‘Trust councils to make transport decisions’
Councils, not Whitehall, should be trusted to make decisions about local transport issues with their residents, the LGA has said, in response to the Government’s ‘Plan for drivers’.
£1.1 billion long-term plan for ‘overlooked’ towns
More than 50 ‘overlooked’ UK towns will each be given £20 million over a 10-year period to help regenerate high streets and tackle antisocial behaviour, the Government has announced.
Digital switchover scams warning
Criminals are exploiting the analogue-to-digital switchover to scam vulnerable residents who use health care telephony devices into giving out personal information such as bank details.
Planning fee delays ‘costing £5 million a week’
Taxpayers will continue to subsidise planning services by almost £5 million a week until the Government finalises measures to increase fees to cover the cost of processing applications, the LGA has warned.
National body needed on RAAC – LGA
The LGA has reiterated its long-standing call for a national lead body to raise awareness of the use of a collapse-prone concrete in schools and other public buildings.
High homeless rates among Afghans
More than a fifth (22 per cent) of Afghans who had been living in bridging hotels in England and Wales have presented to councils as homeless, an LGA survey has found.
Children’s social care budgets ‘buckling’
Years of funding reductions have left council budgets “buckling” under soaring costs for children’s social care, a group of five leading children’s charities has warned.
Voter ID ‘stopped some people voting’
The Electoral Commission has called for the Government to ensure future elections are as accessible as possible in a new report on voter ID arrangements.