Providing sanctuary for refugees
Neil Merrick finds out what councils across the country are doing to welcome and resettle Syrian refugees.
Survey warns housing developments are 'built too quickly'
21/11/2019 Planners and developers are failing to consider the infrastructure needed to support new house building, according to a report produced with the help of architects. |
Blueprint for social care reform puts ‘relationships over bureaucracy’
20/11/2019 A new model for social care promises to 'put relationships over bureaucracy'. |
Change law to enable volunteers to respond to disasters, Red Cross says
20/11/2019 The British Red Cross is calling for the law to be changed so that voluntary groups are included in planning responses to emergencies and disasters. |
Nearly 500,000 children ‘worried’ about mental health
20/11/2019 Almost half a million children who are worried about their feelings or behaviour are not asking anyone for help, according to campaigners. |
Manchester embraces recycled eco Christmas lights
19/11/2019 Manchester is claiming to be the first city in the UK to use recycled 'eco' lights for its Christmas display this year. |
Third of young people not registered to vote, commission warns
19/11/2019 Young people risk missing their chance to vote unless they register quickly, the Electoral Commission has warned. |
Guide to help councils look after people with ‘several health problems’ published
19/11/2019 A new guidebook shows how people with several health problems can best be looked after by local authorities and other agencies working together. |
Child poverty in working households up by 800,000, TUC finds
18/11/2019 The number of children growing up in poverty in working households has shot up by 38% since 2010, according to the TUC. |
Planners call for stronger direction to tackle climate change
18/11/2019 Stronger direction from the Government and more resources are needed to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, according to town planners. |
Calls for 'genuine devolution' by incoming Government
18/11/2019 The chairman of the County Councils Network has called on any new government to implement 'genuine devolution'. |
Labour pledges free fast broadband
15/11/2019 A future Labour government will nationalise BT's Openreach operations to provide free full-fibre broadband to every home in the country, the party has announced. |
Calls for councils to be given more power over empty properties
15/11/2019 A major union has called for councils to be allowed to take over empty properties to house people on waiting lists. |
Temporary accommodation costing councils £1bn a year
15/11/2019 A dramatic increase in the amount of money councils spend on temporary accommodation for the homeless is 'shocking yet entirely preventable', according to leading campaigners. |
Children do less exercise as they get older, research reveals
14/11/2019 Primary school children do less exercise as they get older, according to new research. |
Food bank use ‘shoots up’ by a quarter in one year
14/11/2019 The number of people using food banks has shot up by nearly a quarter in the last year, according to one of the main providers. |
Council offers £10,000 package to attract foreign companies
14/11/2019 Torbay Council in Devon is offering foreign-owned companies up to £10,000 to relocate all or part of their operations to the region. |
Library strike ‘longest-running employment dispute of modern times’
13/11/2019 A strike by library workers in Bromley, south east London, is set to enter its sixth month. |
Councils in flood-hit areas to receive £500 per affected house
13/11/2019 Local authorities in areas that have experienced flooding will be given £500 for each affected house to help with recovery efforts under the recovery scheme. |
London councils ‘fail’ to challenge inequality, campaigners say
13/11/2019 Many London councils are failing to challenge poverty and inequality, according to campaigners. |
Council closes property company to focus on building 300 new homes
13/11/2019 An arms-length local authority property company is to be wound up when its first project has been completed in the New Year. |
This issue of Local Government News explores how councils can tackle modern slavery and trafficking in their supply chains, finds out more about Cambridge's first cohousing scheme and the launch of a new project to build a shared service pattern library for local government.
This issue also contains a special focus on children's services and how councils are protecting children following local safeguarding children boards being abolished.
