New SIGOMA chair: ‘We need certainty’ on council funding
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
Council chiefs concerned by loss of measles elimination status
28/01/2026 Local authority leaders have voiced their concerns after the World Health Organisation confirmed that the UK has lost its measles elimination status. |
Councils support ‘game-changer’ gonorrhoea vaccination rollout
04/08/2025 Councils across England are partnering with the NHS to deliver a world-first public health initiative—the rollout of a gonorrhoea vaccination programme. |
Measles death prompts call to improve vaccine uptake
14/07/2025 There is an urgent need to address falling immunisation rates to protect children against measles, local authority leaders have said. |
NHS and local government partner on gonorrhoea vaccine
21/05/2025 The NHS and local government have partnered on the roll-out of a world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea. |
Brighton and Hove takes steps to combat elm disease
28/04/2025 Brighton and Hove City Council is set to launch its annual inoculation programme to protect thousands of historic trees from elm disease. |
Measles outbreak prompts MMR vaccine call
23/01/2024 Local authority leaders have issued an urgent call to parents asking them to ensure that their children have had both doses of the MMR vaccine. |
Covid vaccines brought forward after new variant discovered
31/08/2023 This year’s winter flu and Covid-19 vaccine programme has been brought forward by several weeks after a new Covid-19 variant was identified in the UK, the Government has announced. |
