Strong local government should be at the forefront of the post-pandemic recovery and has a key role to play in helping the most vulnerable in society, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey told the LGA’s annual conference.
Trust is the missing ingredient in the Government’s plans for levelling up, according to Labour’s Lisa Nandy.
The LGA is helping shape and deliver the Government’s new legislative programme so that local communities are empowered to tackle inequalities.
Launched with a flurry of grand statements, the ‘Levelling up the UK’ White Paper promised to ‘break the link between geography and destiny, so that no matter where you live you have access to the same opportunities’.
The Government has set out its plans to drive local growth and empower local leaders to regenerate their areas, in a Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.
New jobs and skills training vital to levelling up the country are at risk of delay or being lost altogether because of a looming funding gap when existing European cash runs out.
The LGA has launched a ‘Levelling up local’ inquiry into how the Government’s levelling up agenda might better strengthen local communities.
Government’s new white paper aims to give power to local authorities to make improvements in their communities.
The levelling up white paper has landed, heralding that bigger local government bodies, with power siphoned to the few, are better.