News

"Councils work incredibly hard to support asylum and resettlement and have helped communities welcome around 200,000 Ukrainian refugees since the start of the war two years ago."

The LGA is urging the Government to use the Spring Budget to extend funding for suicide prevention projects.

"We need to see further urgent investment in adult social care and a boost to the social care workforce to ensure the best possible care for those that need it.”

The LGA is proposing reforms to the Right to Buy scheme in order to prevent the current net loss of much-needed social housing stock year on year currently being experienced by local authorities.

We are pleased that locally elected representatives will have dedicated police support for security matters for the first time. This is something we have long called for.

Drug services need greater funding certainty from government if they are to deliver the life changing benefits we know they can.

These stark figures reveal that a lack of access to affordable dentistry is having a worrying impact on the state of children’s teeth

An acute shortage of NHS dentists mean hundreds of dental practices may have to close in the years ahead

This settlement continues to leave local public health teams with limited resources to maintain essential services

New analysis published today shows that every council in the country has a school participating in The Daily Mile.