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January 13, 2021

Royal College of Paediatrics calls for urgent review of children's meal packages

The examples shared are an insult to the dignity of people who rely on this support, says Dr Max Davie of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
December 28, 2020

English councils’ core funding per resident to be lower next year than in 2015-16

An announced increase in council funding is reliant on rising Council Tax, and still amounts to a real-terms cut when population growth is taken into account, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
December 14, 2020

Councils ask for powers to fix 'broken' housing delivery system

More than a million homes given planning permission in the last decade have not yet been built, says the Local Government Association.
November 26, 2020

Unprecedented demand for social care with unpaid carers at breaking point

Tens of thousands of people are turning to social services for urgent help because of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on families and individuals with support needs, who are unable to cope any further on their own, or whose usual arrangements have broken down.
November 24, 2020

Councils face shortage of Covid-safe accommodation for rough sleepers

Some councils face a choice between leaving people sleeping rough or bringing them into accommodation such as night shelters which risks spreading the virus and should only be used as a last resort.
October 16, 2020

LGA calls for reversal of cuts to early intervention funding for children’s services

Government has reduced the Early Intervention Grant by almost two-thirds, from £2.8 billion in 2010/11 to £1.1 billion in 2018/19.
September 16, 2020

New housing targets 'jeopardise any ambition to level-up country'

An algorithm designed by government to set how many new homes need to be built in local areas will lead to a housing boom in the south while swathes of the north will see fewer homes built, councils warn.
August 24, 2020

LGA launches report to help councils tackle climate change

The new guide will help councils play a leading role in tackling the climate crisis at a local level.
August 4, 2020

£1 billion loss to local economies if COVID-19 grant schemes closed

Local economies in England risk missing out on more than £1 billion in emergency COVID-19 funding if the Government goes ahead with plans to close business support schemes this month, new analysis by the Local Government Association shows.
July 16, 2020

Ombudsman highlights where councils in England can improve services to homeless people

In a new report, the Ombudsman examines the lessons that councils can learn from cases it investigated under the Homelessness Reduction Act, introduced in 2018.