Enforcing coronavirus regulations
Councils’ enforcement and compliance teams have been stretched thin in response to the pandemic.
Making custom and self-build part of your housing strategy
This is the year self-build and custom house building will scale up.
More people advised to shield
The number of people considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to COVID-19 and advised to shield has been expanded by an additional 1.7 million.
A roadmap to recovery
Councils will continue to do all they can to support the Government’s plans for tackling COVID-19 and reducing restrictions.
Skills for the future
Apprentices have played a key role in local government’s response to the pandemic.
‘Review private equity role in care placements’
The LGA has urged the Government’s review of children’s social care to consider the impact of increasing private equity and stock market involvement in the system, after publishing new research that shows the six largest independent providers of placements made £219 million in profit last year.
A terrible toll
As first was going to press, it was confirmed that more than 100,000 people across the country had died within 28 days of a COVID-19 test – just over a year since the first two official cases were recorded in the UK.
Housing need formula to be revised
The Government has said it will update its housing need formula to meet its target of building 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
Fit for the future
Parks have been lifelines for residents during the pandemic, but many face an uncertain future because of lost income.