Model councillors
Local government impacts the lives of citizens every day, providing essential services to those it serves. Its decisions directly affect the quality of life of local people.
Once and for all
In his first speech after becoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised to “fix the crisis in social care, once and for all”.
Unsung local heroes of democracy
The polling booths and paperwork may have been packed away, and the news agenda may have moved on, but it is worth reflecting on more than just the results of May’s local elections, important as they were.
Sleep-in shifts court ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled that the national minimum wage does not apply to hours when workers are expected to sleep, including time when care workers are paid to sleep overnight in someone’s home on a precautionary basis.
Ministers to address LGA conference
I would like to offer my warmest congratulations to Ian Hudspeth, the former Leader of Oxfordshire County Council and lately Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, who was recognised in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours list by being made an OBE.
Congratulations on a successful campaign
This May saw elections like no other, and after a long weekend of counting, I’m pleased to say that our numbers increased along with our position on council administrations.
Election campaigning in a pandemic
The intervention of Constitution and Devolution Minister Chloe Smith in January, about the local elections and the issues of campaigning and delivering of leaflets, was a major concern to me and one that made no sense at all.
Time to act on social care
Adult social care has been pushed to the bottom of the agenda for too long and the consequences are clearer than ever before.
Historic results for the blue team
On 6 May, voters went to the polls for the UK’s biggest ever set of local and national elections.
A mountain of mask-related waste
The LGA and partners have been working together to tackle the environmental impact of face coverings.