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Laura De Campos Duhdamell, from Surrey County Council, has been named 2023 Local Government Apprentice of the Year.
Laura De Campos Duhdamell, from Surrey County Council, has been named 2023 Local Government Apprentice of the Year.
A handbook setting out the conditions of service for school teachers in England and Wales has been updated for the first time in more than two decades.
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Councils are calling for a new local approach after a flagship energy efficiency scheme supported just 60,000 homes in Britain in 2022 – down from almost half a million in 2013.
Poorer households are being left in the “broadband slow lane” despite relying more heavily on the internet at a time of rising prices, a new LGA report on digital exclusion has revealed.
Cllr Shaun Davies, LGA Senior Vice-Chair and Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, is set to become the LGA’s next chair, following May’s local elections.
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Local authorities have been charged with bringing the Government’s levelling-up agenda to fruition.
Planning fees would need to be increased by almost 60 per cent to ensure all councils in deficit are able to break even, LGA modelling has revealed.