PM candidates visit LGA offices
The first hustings event in the final round of the Conservative Party leadership contest and race to become the next Prime Minister took place at the LGA’s Smith Square offices last week.
Skills for future growth
Locally run employment schemes could help bring one million people back into the jobs market.
Population planning
Data from Census 2021 can help us understand who is living in our districts. As you will no doubt have seen in the media recently, the first results from Census …
Adult social care reforms ‘underfunded’ – survey
Councils do not have confidence that sufficient funding has been earmarked by government for reforms of adult social care, according to an LGA survey.
Local net zero: an indispensable goal
As Prime Minister, Boris Johnson established net-zero carbon as the quickest route to ending our reliance on Russian oil and gas, reducing household bills, and boosting local jobs and skills across the country.
Surprise victories and hopeless causes
For local Conservative associations fighting council by-elections, the misery continues.
Stronger together
Councils have been sharing services and senior staff for years, working together for the benefit of their local communities.
Councils face extra £3.6 billion in costs
Rising energy prices, spiralling inflation, and National Living Wage pressures are set to add £3.6 billion in unforeseen extra cost pressures onto council budgets in 2024/25, the LGA has warned.