Briefings and responses

The LGA supports the Government’s decision to make Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) compulsory in all secondary schools.

The final settlement includes an additional £190 million for local government, when compared to the indicative 2018/19 settlement announced this time last year.

The LGA welcomed the creation of Highways England and the Road Improvement Strategy (RIS). Long term funding certainty and sustained investment are welcome developments for the strategic network.

Local government wants to end homelessness by preventing it happening in the first place, and supports the Government’s ambition to halve rough sleeping.

Amendment statements for border checks; family reunification; local government consultation and devolution.

The Government needs to give social housing providers clear guidance on what materials can be used to replace unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.

We welcomed the findings of the Mendoza Review, but we are concerned that it identified local authority-run and supported museums as most vulnerable to funding pressures.

LGA Debate to mark International Women’s Day: 8 March 2018

A diverse range of bus services operate outside England’s major cities, from inter-urban connectors through small networks around towns to relatively long-distance services often providing the only transport link to small communities other than a private car.

On 27 February 2018 council funding was discussed at Treasury Questions. The amount of money local authorities’ hold in their reserves was debated as part of this session. This briefing sets out the LGA’s key messages on the subject and our analysis which is based on the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government data.