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WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

WLGA defends councils over Covid funds

By Martin Ford | 10 July 2025

The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has defended the role of councils in distributing social care funding during the Covid pandemic.

POLITICS

Councils urged to boost China links

By Joe Lepper | 27 March 2025

Councils should reassess their China-related activities to ensure they can access opportunities t...

HEALTH

Get Britain working with health at its heart

By Matthew Taylor | 04 March 2025

The opportunity to arrest the rise in economic inactivity offered by Get Britain Working plans mu...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

EXCLUSIVE: Half of chiefs have started roles in last three years

By Dan Peters | 29 January 2025

Almost half of council chief executives have taken up their roles in the last three years, resear...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Councils to take part in national pandemic exercise

By Martin Ford | 17 January 2025

Local authorities will take part in the UK’s largest-ever pandemic exercise later this year.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

ADCS: Cuts have led to poor safeguarding outcomes for children

By William Eichler | 15 January 2025

The combination of poor-quality housing and the cost-of-living crisis is contributing to ‘family ...

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Floating Dover's community boat

By Dan Peters | 17 December 2024

Rebecca Dyer talks to Dan Peters about how Dover DC is acting as a facilitator, encouraging resid...

NET ZERO

Councils 'hamstrung' on net zero

By Dan Peters | 26 November 2024

Ambitious local authorities striving to make their operations net zero by 2030 are being ‘hamstru...

The Covid Inquiry needs a local voice

By Henry Bermingham | 29 July 2024

Henry Bermingham calls for the Covid Inquiry to consider giving a greater voice to local governme...

COVID

Learning the lessons from Covid

By Davide Vampa | 22 July 2024

The first report of the UK Covid inquiry signals that the sidelining of local government alongsid...

COVID

Worry less about black swans, focus on grey rhinos

By Barry Quirk CBE | 19 July 2024

The studied critique of the Covid-19 Inquiry should encourage policymakers to pay more attention ...

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