Steve Rotheram, the mayor of
Liverpool City Region, appoints a “fairness
tsar” to tackle poverty and promote social justice.
Islington Council closes student council tax ‘loophole’ that could have been
costing borough up to £500k a year.
A historic road bridge, which was damaged in the devastating 2015 floods, has
been reopened by Leeds City Council and partners with a special community celebration event.
Blackpool Council is investing almost
£600,000 to buy up land at Blackpool Airport to help protect the future of the Squires Gate terminal.
Newcastle remembers Martin Luther King’s
inspiring visit.
Rochdale
Council has offered Coronation Street’s Julie Goodyear (Bet
Lynch) the freedom of her own town.
Theresa May
reins in Tory rebels with fear of reshuffle (£).
No 10 refuses
to deny planning to lift public sector pay cap.
Grenfell Tower
fire: lawyers warn Theresa May she may be
breaching inquiry laws.
UK construction slumps to lowest in 2017 as real estate projects are delayed in
Brexit run-up.
Brexit: PM appeals to backbench Tories over repeal bill.
Sarwar and
Leonard confirm bids for Scottish Labour leadership.
Swansea
Council is covering the cost of introducing the new
online system that allows parents or guardians to pay electronically for school
meals and other school items.
Upcycled rubbish is transformed into the
Cardiff Bay Eco Lounge.
Once the cessation of violence and
humanitarian access has been achieved, the work of building a lasting peace
must begin - Emily
Thornberry MP on Myanmar.
Diane Abbott MP – Influential
voices from within policing warning of the disastrous effects of the Tories’
continued funding cuts.
Warning from NHS Providers should
come as a wake-up call to this Tory Government – Jonathan Ashworth MP.
Labour demands
answers after damning UN report, read Debbie Abrahams MPs response here.
Mike Amesbury MP: Devolution
can’t just be for the Mersey – Cheshire deserves it too.
'Devolution deadlock' putting economic growth across England
at risk
Secondary school places crisis – almost half of councils
areas face shortfall in five years LGA responds to Government announcement on lane rental for utility
companies
Taxpayers to subsidise planning application costs by
£1bn over next five years
LGA responds to Children's Society's Good Childhood Report
The Local
Government Association is holding a peer training event on 27th October
2017 in London for elected member peers such as health and wellbeing board chairs and public health & adult
social care portfolio holders interested in being part of a peer challenge team
helping system leaders with locally driven improvement.
A team of peers are invited by a system to spend up to 3 days examining the opportunities and challenges that the system is
facing. They talk to a range of people
and highlight things that could be improved.
Peers champion change and recognise the achievements of places they are
invited into, spending 3
days on-site undertaking interviews, focus groups and visits. Before they leave
the peer team delivers a constructive but challenging feedback session to local
leaders and stakeholders.
The peer challenge approach is well established within local government as a proven
improvement process.
Those who have been peers suggest the benefits
are wide, varied and sometimes personal. These include, a renewed focus for
themselves and their own organisation and/or system which is prompted by what
they’ve seen and heard and seeing first hand good practice that they can ‘take
back to the ranch’
The system wide
care & health peer challenge is
funded by the Department of Health through the LGA’s Care & Health
Improvement Programme.
For further
information please contact kay.burkett@local.gov.uk or phone 07909 534126.
To register your
place on the training day, please contact kate.biddlecombe@local.gov.uk
A Liberal
Democrat council election candidate sent an explicit picture of himself dressed as a
mouse to a Labour rival.
Lib Dem Councillors in Southport quit and join the Labour Party.
There were 2 by elections in the last week of August
Scarborough BC, Mulgrave ward – 29th August Conservative 395 [46.5%; +14%] Labour 299 [35.2%; +20.8%] Independent 118 13.9% [-6.2%] The Yorkshire Party 37 4.4% [+4.4%] [Green [0%; -8.6%]] [UKIP [0%; -16.7%]] [Independent 0 [0%; -7.7%]] Conservative hold
North Somerset, North Worle ward – 31st August Labour 689 [36.4%; +21.7%] Conservative 525 [32.4%; +3.7%] LD 265 [16.4%; +4.1] Independent 132 [8.2%; +8.2] UKIP 108 [6.7% -14.6%] [NSF 0 [0%; -23.1%]] Labour gain from
Independent
There are 8 by
elections taking place on 7th September 2017
Babergh DC,
Sudbury South Suffolk
CC, St John’s Ipswich East
Cambridgeshire DC, Ely South Croydon BC,
South Norwood Cannock Chase
DC, Hednesford South Colchester BC,
Shrub End Lewes DC,
Ringmer & Ouse Valley Cannock Chase
DC, Hednesford Green Heath
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