Investment in public sport and leisure services is key to levelling up the health of the nation, tackling health inequalities and supporting climate change targets, according to a new report supported by the LGA.
The Government has published its autumn and winter COVID-19 plan to help mitigate the potential risks of rising infection and hospitalisation rates over the coming months.
Extra funding for social care could have been raised through taxing landlords, Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer MP has said.
The LGA has published guidance to help councils support their local businesses to take advantage of new and emerging export opportunities across the globe.
The past year has been interesting for Rossendale, where a local leisure and culture consolidation programme has taken place through three mergers.
The coronavirus crisis has amplified existing challenges and created new ones in our major cities and towns, according to research commissioned by the LGA from Cambridge Econometrics Ltd.
Long-term funding, improved access to social housing and clarity of guidance for rough sleepers with no recourse to public funds are among the improvements councils want to see to support for rough sleepers.
Councils are warning that rural communities risk missing out on vital local services because of a surge of almost 225 per cent in homes converted from barns and farm buildings in the past five years.
Councils are the first line of support for building self-employed businesses back up after the pandemic.
