Culture ‘vital’ to councils
‘Culture is not just a ‘bit of fun’ but a fundamental pillar of levelling up and vital to everything from improving physical and mental health to raising educational attainment.
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Local visions for growth
Trust is the missing ingredient in the Government’s plans for levelling up, according to Labour’s Lisa Nandy.
New ministerial team at DLUHC
The LGA has welcomed the appointment of new Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Greg Clark, following the sacking of his predecessor Michael Gove by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Care users ‘struggling to recruit personal assistants’
People who draw on care and support are finding it increasingly hard to recruit and retain personal assistants (PAs), a recent survey has found.
Call to reinstate remote meetings
A year since a government call for evidence on remote meetings closed, the LGA has called for virtual and hybrid council meetings to be an integral part of the future of local democracy in England.
Polluted rivers ‘halt house building’
New LGA analysis shows that more than 7 per cent of England’s planned house building cannot go ahead because of rising pollution levels in rivers.
Food strategy ‘a missed opportunity’
The Government’s long-awaited food strategy is a “missed opportunity” to tackle issues around food poverty and obesity, the LGA and others have said.
Plans to improve tenants’ rights
The Government is to abolish ‘no fault’ evictions – something for which the LGA has long campaigned – and introduce other measures to redress the balance between landlords and 4.4. million privately renting tenants in England.
Lack of transparency on levelling up funding
The Government has been accused of drawing up rules that allow billions of pounds of levelling up funding to be handed to their favoured areas, in a cross-party report from MPs.
Measures to ease cost-of-living crisis
Measures to tackle soaring energy prices, including an energy bill discount of £400 for all UK households this October, have been announced by the Chancellor.