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Leaders call for councils to get £400m sports funding
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Leaders call for councils to get £400m sports funding

By William Eichler | 05 August 2025

Council leaders have urged ministers to ensure the £400m announced in the Spending Review for grassroots sports is targeted towards leisure centres and swimming pools.

HEALTH

Fears of 'risk to life' as healthcare equipment maker on brink of collapse

By Lee Peart | 31 July 2025

Council leaders have warned of a a ‘devastating impact’ and ‘risk to life’ with a healthcare equi...

SOCIAL CARE

Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall

By Lee Peart | 29 July 2025

The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as th...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA hits back at Reform UK critics

By Dan Peters | 24 July 2025

The Local Government Association (LGA) has insisted it is ‘more important than ever the sector ha...

ASYLYM

Fresh criticism of Home Office on asylum

By Neil Merrick | 22 July 2025

Relations between councils and the Home Office soured further this week after the department was ...

HOUSING

Councils to be handed powers to inspect rented homes without notice

By Joe Lepper | 21 July 2025

Councils are to be given powers to inspect rented homes without providing notice to landlords.

OFLOG

EXCLUSIVE: £8m Oflog 'waste'

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 17 July 2025

Ministers have been warned against imposing more expensive, top-down performance indicators after...

DEVOLUTION

Thinking fast and slow on devolution

By Heather Jameson | 14 July 2025

If ministers want their devo dreams to be realised, they need to move fast, says Heather Jameson.

SEND

LGA calls for EHCP scale back amid potential backlash

By Emily Twinch | 10 July 2025

Local authorities have called for the scaling back of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) de...

INTERVENTION

Envoys sent in to indebted council

By William Eichler | 10 July 2025

Concerns about Warrington BC’s levels of debt have prompted the Government to send in four minist...

WORKFORCE

Workforce development is an urgent priority

By By Graeme McDonald | 09 July 2025

Managing director of senior officers' organisation Solace, Graeme McDonald, says 94% of councils ...

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