Rise in domestic abuse
The number of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded in England and Wales rose 6 per cent in the year ending March 2021, alongside a 22 per cent rise in calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline in England.
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£220 million for local jobs
The Government has announced the 500 successful projects for its £220 million Community Renewal Fund.
Local services ‘will cost £8 billion more by 2024’
Councils in England face extra cost pressures of almost £8 billion by 2024/25 just to keep vital local services running at today’s levels, according to LGA analysis.
More funding needed for council tax support
The LGA is calling for the Chancellor to use this month’s Spending Review to continue grant funding for council tax support schemes over the next three years.
£8.1 billion to ensure safe council housing
The total cost of delivering building safety standards across the entire council housing stock is £8.1 billion over a 10-year period, a report by Savills reveals.
Council housing waiting lists ‘could double’
The LGA has set out the case for building 100,000 green social homes for rent each year, in a new report ‘Building post-pandemic prosperity’.
Call for school-based counselling for all
Fully funded, school-based counselling needs to be available in all state-funded secondary schools and academies, to help support rising numbers of children and young people reporting mental health issues during COVID-19, the LGA has said.
‘Lost’ funding for almost 10 million potholes
More than 9.5 million potholes could be repaired or prevented by councils with the funding lost from local road maintenance budgets this year, the LGA has warned.
Early pandemic response was ‘public health failure’
Councils could have been given a greater role in the initial response to COVID-19, a new cross-party report by MPs has said.
Press ahead with rural and urban devolution, say MPs
The Government should press ahead with further devolution in England and examine the case for devolving greater powers over services, including health, housing, planning and education, MPs have said.