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Lambeth Council is delivering the most ambitious
council-led building programme in a generation.
Q&A: Waltham Forest leader Cllr Clare Coghill on the future of her
fast-changing borough.
Bradford Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe elected to lead West
Yorkshire Combined Authority.
Liverpool City Council is to spend an additional £1
million tackling homelessness over the
next two years.
No Laughing Matter is the name of a campaign by Tower
Hamlets Council, Tower Hamlets Homes and Tower Hamlets Police to help tackle
some of the problems caused by nitrous oxide.
Hackney Council officers are speaking to shopkeepers to ask
them to join a scheme to help keep these dangerous substances off the street.
Islington council has installed its first
rapid electric vehicle charging point, in what it claims will be the first of
one of the ‘largest and most widely available charging networks in the
country’.
The 2018 Labour local government conference will take
place on Saturday 3 February with the pre-conference dinner taking place on
Friday 2 February. Details of how to book will be advertised in early autumn.
We hope you all have chance for a summer break, the
bulletin will return in September.
Councils have revealed the huge
cost of improvement work to its buildings which have failed fire safety
tests.
Most survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are still living in emergency
accommodation, the Grenfell Response Team has said.
The most disadvantaged pupils are more than two years behind
their classmates when they sit their GCSEs, according to the Education Policy
Institute.
A long-awaited review of fixed-odds betting terminals
(FOBTs) has been delayed until the
autumn, following a rift between the Treasury and the government department
responsible for the gambling industry over regulation of the controversial
machines.
We must give communities a voice on housing, writes Croydon Central
MP, Sarah Jones.
Government plans to scale back electrification of a key
rail route will kill off the promised Northern Powerhouse project, Labour has
warned.
Up to 3,000 elderly people will not be able to get beds in UK care homes
by the end of next year, research commissioned by the BBC suggests.
NHS England has announced a start date for the
PrEP trial and the news that the drug has now been procured for the trial.
General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts.
Theresa May has said that freedom of movement will end in March
2019.
Labour accuses Tories of
treating GP services with astonishing neglect.
The 21st Century Councillor: why we need to invest more in our
local representatives.
CPAG
and the Living Wage Foundation's new guide Moving to The London Living
Wage: A Guide for Local Authorities in London is out today and is
available to download now. It is a practical, comprehensive guide from CPAG and the Living
Wage Foundation, which aims to help local authorities in London become
accredited Living Wage employers. The guide also aims to help local
authorities that are already accredited go even further as Living Wage
employers. It includes top tips, local authority case studies and best
practice advice for encouraging take-up of the Living Wage among local employers.
A major transport link that will
cut congestion, improve air quality and further open up development sites along
the River Tawe has opened in Swansea.
Labour has published analysis of
overcrowding in English primary schools with more than half a million pupils
being taught in super-size classes.
Labour analysis demonstrates £3bn
blackhole in Tory spending plans revealing the damage this government’s weak
and unstable leadership has done to the public finances.
Two scams a day reported
to councils fighting fraudsters.
NHS Digital carers survey - LGA response.
Sexual health services at
tipping point warn councils.
Response to the latest drug-related
deaths figures.
LGA responds to latest
fire safety test results on cladding and insulation.
The LGA has launched the Housing Advisers Programme to help councils meet the housing need of their local area. Flexible and locally-led, the new programme funds independent experts for up to 20 days, providing bespoke support to local authority projects to deliver homes, reduce homelessness, or generate savings or revenues. Expressions of interest from councils or groups of councils welcome before 12 September 2017. For more information and to apply, email housingadvisers@local.gov.uk
Inclusion and diversity masterclass
event for fire and rescue authority members
26 September 2017 at Layden House, London
Improving
the diversity of the firefighter workforce is a key priority of the Fire Reform
agenda going forwards and
something that we’re keen to show leadership on after signing the MoU on Equality,
diversity, behaviours and organisational culture in the fire service.
All
members from FRAs are welcome including chairs, and members with responsibility
or an interest in diversity and inclusion. This is a free event for
councillors and will include sessions from the new inspectorate, HMICFRS, and
the National Fire Chiefs Council, alongside training sessions on inclusive
leadership and unconscious bias.
For
more information please contact: lucy.ellender@local.gov.uk
Planning Advisory Service – Event for
Planning Peers
24 October 2017,
London.
Councillor peers are a key part in delivering the Planning
Advisory Service (PAS) programme of support to local planning authorities. We
recognise that the most powerful and valuable work PAS delivers is through our
experienced councillor and officer peers so we are delivering an event in
London on 24 October to support and develop our councillor peer
network.
The objectives of the event are to:
- Hone peers’ skills: Using practical examples
from recent engagements, understand the ‘what and how’ of delivering PAS
support, the key skills required, and what makes for a successful peer
engagement.
- Hone peers’ knowledge: looking at key elements
of the Housing White Paper and the wider challenges that local planning
authorities are facing.
We’ll also share with attendees the opportunities we have for
working with councils and a timetable of when councils will be likely to
require the support to be delivered.
The event will be for peers with a high knowledge and
experience of planning; ideally with the recent experience of planning policy
production, planning committee processes or leading planning services.
Flexibility & Variety
- Our programme of work for 2017/18 and beyond will include:
- Planning Service Peer Challenges: involving
three consecutive days on site plus pre work
- Planning Committee Reviews: viewing a couple of
planning committees.
- 1 day or evening training sessions
- 1 day problem solving / identification sessions
- Improvement work spread out over 3 or 4 days
working with small teams of officers and/or the planning committee.
Interested Peers
If any of your planning peers would be interested in
supporting the delivery of the PAS programme, being brought up to date with PAS
core peer support opportunities, learning the key principles of successful
peer-led work and hearing about the key planning topics they can book online now.
If any councillor peers have any questions about PAS’s work or their suitability please contact: stephen.barker@local.gov.uk
Cheshire East Council has apologised after “serious
errors” were made in its air quality readings from 2012 to 2014.
A Tory district councillor has been removed from her seat after failing
to attend a single meeting in six months.
Ruth Davidson ridicules Theresa May by
running through a field of wheat.
David Cameron under fire after sign
reading 'Calm down dear it's only a recession' spotted in his country home.
Lord Sugar says Boris Johnson and Michael Gove should be in prison over
Brexit 'lies'.
Trial of former Tory turned Ukip MP moved out of Essex.
There
were 6 by-elections held on Thursday 3 August 2017
Thanet
DC, Margate Central
Labour 454 [57.5%; +47.1%]
Conservative 190 [24.1%; -1.8%]
UKIP 52 [6.6%; -17.8%]
LD 33 [4.2%; +4.2%]
Independent 24 [35; +3%]
Green 23 [2.9%; -9.3%]
Independent 13 [1.6%; +1.6%]
Labour
GAIN from UKIP
Swale BC,
Milton Regis
Labour 573 [53.8%; +25.1%]
Conservative 255 [23.9%; -9.8%]
UKIP 151 [14.2%; -14.7%]
LD 86 [8.1%; -0.5%]
Labour
GAIN from UKIP
Charnwood
BC, Loughborough Shelthorpe
Labour 595 [45.5%; +5.8%]
Conservative 591 [45.2%; +0.1%]
LD 93 [7.1%; +7.1%]
UKIP 29 [2.2%; +2.2%]
[Green 0 (0%; -15.3%)]
Labour
HOLD
Worthing
BC, Marine
Labour 1032 [47.4%; +33%]
Conservative 846 [38.8%; -10.8%]
Lib Dem 246 [11.3%; +1.1%]
Green 55 [2.5%; -7.3%]
[UKIP 0 (0%; -16%]
Labour
GAIN from Conservative
Sevenoaks
DC, Penshurst, Fordscombe & Chiddingstone
Conservative 438 [58.8%; +5.5%]
LD 253 [34%; -0.2%]
Labour 54 [7.2%; +7.2%]
[Green 0 (0%; -12.9%)]
Conservative HOLD
Kings
Lynn & West Norfolk BC, St Margarets with St Nicholas
Conservative 253 [36.2%; -6.6%]
Labour 210 [30%; -3.1%]
LD 173 [24.7; +24.7%]
Green 63 [9%; -15.1%]
Conservative GAIN from Labour
There are no by elections taking place on Thursday 10 August 2017.
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