Build back local
Local leadership is key to levelling up inequalities and delivering an economic recovery that benefits all.
Local leadership is key to levelling up inequalities and delivering an economic recovery that benefits all.
The LGA is developing more resources to help councillors who face online abuse.
Placing councils at the heart of the Government’s levelling up ambitions would help create job and career opportunities where they are most needed as the nation recovers from the pandemic, the LGA has said.
Covid-19 really pressed home the importance of local services to us all. I want to thank councillors and council officers up and down the country for the support and flexible approach that they shared with us as an industry during the pandemic.
The LGA has set up an information hub to help newly elected members get to grips with their role.
Council by-elections resumed for English authorities on 6 May, with more than 350 vacancies filled.
Investing in libraries is key to driving the national recovery from COVID-19 and enabling children to catch up on lost learning, the LGA has said.
The launch of our Falls Response Unit in Lincolnshire will provide a vital service for many older residents who might find themselves stranded and waiting for help.
When I was elected to Pembrokeshire’s Letterston ward in 2017, my campaign leaflet said we needed “strong, resilient communities”. Never has this resilience been tested as much as in the past year.
The LGA is seeking to influence a range of new legislation that affects the work of councils.