Wasteful words
While we have made a lot of progress on tackling waste by emphasising the last part of the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra, we can’t recycle our way out of the climate emergency.
Evidence-based support for UAS children
Unaccompanied children seeking asylum are a vulnerable group in need of sensitive, evidence-based support.
The challenges of coastal change
Local authorities around the country are grappling with a range of issues caused by coastal erosion.
AI and children’s social care
In ‘Stable homes, built on love’, the Government outlined its strategy to reform children’s social care and its aim to develop ‘a system that continuously learns and improves, and makes better use of evidence and data’.
Civility and service
With council, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections just over a month away, I wanted to say thank you to everyone in local government who helps ensure our local democracy works effectively.
Delivering the very best for our communities
In March, LGA Conservative Group colleagues were invited to Downing Street to attend a meeting of the political Cabinet with the Prime Minister.
Spring Budget ‘a missed opportunity’
The Spring Budget on 6 March was the final chance for this Government to turn around 14 years of economic mismanagement and try to put the British economy back on track.