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Asylum minister admits information sharing 'no longer fit for purpose'

08/07/2025

A Home Office minister has pledged to be more open with councils after agreeing the department's communication was ‘no longer fit for purpose'.

Rayner: Over £1.5bn of funding pots to be merged

03/07/2025

Over £1.5bn worth of capital funding pots are to be merged to help free councils from ‘needless bureaucracy’, according to deputy PM Angela Rayner.

Reform UK: Data concerns about DOGE unit ‘laughable’

02/07/2025

Concerns about Reform UK’s DOGE-inspired unit’s approach to data sharing is ‘laughable’, says Reform UK’s director of local government.

LGA: SEND transport costs likely to hit £2bn

02/07/2025

Council spending on home to school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is predicted to hit nearly £2bn this year.

LGA calls for new coalition to fix health and care system

01/07/2025

Local authority leaders have called for a new ‘national-local coalition’ that puts prevention at the centre of a modern health and care system.

Unite set to take Brum bin dispute to Liverpool

30/06/2025

Unite members are set to protest Birmingham City Council’s leader at this year’s LGA conference as part of the ongoing bin strikes, says the trade union.

Facing the future

19/06/2025

The District Councils' Network (DCN) is to use next month's Local Government Association (LGA) conference in Liverpool to discuss its future with the sector.

Rayner: Bullying councillors could face suspension

24/10/2024

Councils could soon be able to suspend members who violate codes of conduct and will no longer be required to publish councillor addresses, Rayner says.

One in four councils likely to request exceptional financial support

21/10/2024

One in four English councils believe they will have to apply for exceptional financial support (EFS) in the next two years without additional funding, research has revealed.

LGA axes conference due to election clash

24/05/2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) has officially cancelled its annual conference after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the General Election that clashed with the event.

Overton rejects breakaway Green group idea

10/07/2023

The re-elected leader of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) independents has rejected the idea of a breakaway Green group.

Social care crisis threatens to ‘bury’ NHS

06/07/2023

The ‘extreme pressure’ on social care is now ‘turning into an avalanche, and it’s going to bury the NHS', Lib Dem leader Ed Davey tells LGA annual conference.

Minister: Oflog won't spot every council failure

04/07/2023

In his speech to the LGA conference this week, levelling up secretary Michael Gove officially launched the Office for Local Government (Oflog).

LGA Conference: Sector should consider offering four-day week

29/06/2022

Councils may have to consider offering a four-day week in order to attract the staff desperately needed by the sector, a workshop at the Local Government Association’s (LGA) annual conference has heard.

Gove says new body will 'shine light' on sector failures and successes

28/06/2022

Michael Gove has reaffirmed his plans to ‘shine a light’ on both the failures and successes of councils with a new Office for Local Government.

Council chiefs warn of 'disastrous' financial crisis

27/06/2022

More councils could be tipped into financial crisis while others face emergency cuts due to soaring inflation and living wage increases, the LGA warned today.

Councils urged to protect councillors from abuse

03/07/2019

Councils are being urged to take steps to protect councillors from abuse and intimidation in a new guide published today.

Brokenshire calls for 'new deal for local government'

02/07/2019

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has called on the next Prime Minister to publish a Green Paper on a new deal between local and central government. 

Councils sign up to digital declaration

04/07/2018

The Government has announced a new digital declaration, backed up by £7.5m funding, to help councils transform their online services.

Hawthorne: Local industrial strategies could go same way as devolution

04/07/2018

Parts of the country could be left behind when Whitehall rolls out its local industrial strategies, a senior Local Government Association (LGA) figure has warned.

Brokenshire dodges funding commitment pledge

03/07/2018

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has failed to make a firm commitment to fighting for more funding for councils despite warnings the 'bank of local government is running on empty'.

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LGOF: Will it work?

Dr Jonathan Carr-West, LGIU, discusses the Local Government Outcomes Framework (LGOF), the latest instalment in the history of local government accountability.
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