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WEB3 days ago · Council’s ‘financial resilience’ in question. Council pension funds criticise listing rule reforms. Higher spend on prevention could deliver £11bn return. Charity says 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour. Council issues formal complaint over public interest report. Pothole-related breakdowns jump by 10,000.
Permission given for 7,000 homes in flood zones | LocalGov
WEB8 hours ago · Planning permission has been granted to build more than 7,000 homes in the areas at the highest risk of flooding in England, a new report has revealed. Think-tank Localis found that full or conditional planning permission was given to build 7,116 new homes on previously undeveloped floodplain land in …
Met Office launches climate tool for councils | LocalGov
WEB6 hours ago · The Met Office has launched a new tool to help councils adapt to the climate emergency. The Local Authority Climate Service will enable councils to view and analyse Met Office climate data on a map and overlay this with other relevant information. The Met Office said the government-funded tool would help local authorities ‘visualise climate ...
Planning - LocalGov
WEBSep 23, 2024 · A legal challenge has been launched over Shropshire Council’s decision to grant planning permission for a major intensive poultry unit. Plans for £2.3bn ‘Venice of Britain’ scrapped. 15/07/2024. Planning applications for a £2.3bn town on the site of a former power station on the Hampshire coast have been withdrawn.
News - LocalGov
WEBThe Local Government Association (LGA) has raised concerns that mandatory housebuilding targets for councils centralise policy and weaken local decision making. Number of families in temporary accommodation hits record high. 03/10/2024. The number of households living in temporary accommodation has hit a record high, new figures reveal.
Making digital poverty history | LocalGov
WEB2 days ago · Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of Digital Poverty Alliance, discusses the role of local government when it comes to tackling digital poverty. In the UK, one in seven adults and one in five children are living in some form of digital poverty. This stark statistic should serve as a wake-up call for all levels of government, particularly local councils ...
What needs to be done to tackle digital poverty? | LocalGov
WEB2 days ago · To do this, local authorities must understand the scope of digital poverty and provide the most effective solutions through data-driven approaches. To focus meaningful action, local authorities must begin to capture data around digital poverty and support services so they can effectively identify gaps, track progress, and adjust strategies to ...
Pay - LocalGov
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Members of Scotland’s largest trade union have voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest pay offer from local government employers. Former council workers in the West Midlands are waiting months to receive their pensions after retiring, creating ‘huge hardship issues’, trade unions and a council have warned.
Local Government Politics and Policy Updates | LocalGov
WEBMichael Burton. Michael Burton has been writing and commenting on local government and the public sector for over 25 years as editor and since 2011 editorial director of The MJ plus its portfolio of associated local government titles including themj.co.uk, LocalGov and Surveyor.. He is the author of The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to the Coalition (Palgrave Macmillan.
LGA: ‘Emergency cash injection’ needed to tackle child abuse
WEB1 day ago · Cllr Arooj Shah, chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, described the figures as ‘disturbingly high’ and urged the Chancellor to provide an ‘emergency cash injection’ for children’s social care. English councils face a £2.3bn funding gap in 2025/26, rising to £3.9bn in 2026/27, according to a ...