COVID-19 and community behaviour
The LGA has commissioned a report into shifts in public attitudes and behaviour caused by COVID-19 and the implications for local government.
Covid-19
Successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
As I write this article, we are in another national lockdown to bring the new coronavirus variant under control, which has been spreading very quickly.
Turning the tide on the pandemic?
As I write this, I never thought I would be so pleased to see the back of a year as I am 2020.
The importance of place
As first was going to press, the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was being administered for the first time in the UK.
A child-centred recovery
Local safety nets and early help services need to be properly funded to avoid children and their families falling into crisis
Leading the local recovery
More than 20 local authorities have contributed to a new ‘playbook’ on economic recovery, commissioned by the LGA.
Tough new tiers ahead
Up to three households will be able to mix for five days over the Christmas period, under a relaxation of COVID-19 social distancing rules across the UK.
Test and trace needs to be local
Local councils should be given the funding, real-time data and personnel to help reach all those who have been in contact with people testing positive for coronavirus, the LGA says.
More localisation of Test and Trace
The NHS Test and Trace system in England will cut 6,000 staff by the end of August, with the remaining contact tracers working alongside councils’ public health teams to reach more infected people and their contacts in communities, the Government has announced.
Will warnings on council finances go unheeded?
Another week, another U-turn – this time, the botched A-level results saga. And a government that claims to be ‘levelling up’ has proved once again that this is just one more empty slogan to add to the pile.