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Look out for a Labour Conference Special email that we’ll
be sending out on Friday morning, with all the details of local government
events at Annual Conference in Brighton. If you’re attending conference this
year we look forward to seeing you there.
Our conference hosts
Brighton and Hove Council are investing to
protect all of the city’s supported bus network for the next four years, offering a lifeline for people travelling in
and out of the city.
Thousands of people took part in a demonstration in Bristol against
austerity measures. The rally was called by the city's Mayor Marvin Rees in
response to cutbacks imposed by the Government.
Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs has launched an online petition calling
for laws regarding the buying and handling of acids to match those related to
knives, following a series of acid attacks in East London.
A fresh vision of 21st century travel in and out of South Shields has come alive in detailed
new images of the town’s planned transport interchange.
Islington Council has been praised for maintaining its Local Welfare Assistance scheme, and for
using it to support victims of the terrorist attack on Finsbury Park mosque.
Labour’s shadow housing minister Melanie Onn writes in
The Guardian that ‘Homelessness is not inevitable – it is a
political choice made by the UK government’.
Public sector
employment is at 70-year low, says GMB report.
Job stress is 'overwhelming' teachers across the UK.
Government waters down commitment to fire safety testing transparency.
NHS workers demand 3.9 per cent
pay rise.
Government spends four times more subsidising private housing than building affordable homes.
Brexit: UK
reveals details of proposed new
EU security deal.
Labour-run Newport Council is investing £1m in refurbishing a row of
city centre buildings, including a run-down
pub.
Wales’s biggest local authority Cardiff Council is proposing to restructure its senior
management.
Labour’s shadow local government minister Jim McMahon MP says
that ‘Councils
face a very real risk of collapsing’.
Debbie Abrahams MP says that new statistics show Universal
Credit is in ‘total
disarray’.
Increase in delayed transfers of care ‘deeply worrying’ -
Barbara Keeley MP.
The new Funding Formula for schools does
not go nearly far enough - Angela Rayner MP.
LGA responds to Barnardo's care leavers
study
LGA responds to latest delayed transfers of care figures
National
funding formula for schools announcement – LGA response
LGA
responds to Government announcement on housing need
LGA responds to National Audit Office report on homelessness
Boris Johnson has been rebuked by the independent statistics
watchdog twice for repeating the false claim that leaving the EU would release £350m for
the NHS.
Tories in Rossendale have been forced to suspend two councillors, including the leader,
after they allegedly shared offensive posts on Facebook.
Two Lib Dem councillors in York have been removed
from the Tory/Lib Dem ruling joint Executive after being accused of breaking
the Council’s Code of Conduct.
A Leeds Tory councillor has accused the party of ‘bullying and intimidation’
after being deselected by local members.
A Tory councillor in Loughborough has been reported to the council’s
Monitoring Officer for neglecting his council duties after allegedly moving to
London.
Parliamentary Outreach and the LGA’s
Be a Councillor campaign have joined forces for a new
event in Parliament for women interested in politics. They are looking for
women who want to find out more about politics, and will provide you with
information and tips about how to influence change and make a difference in
your community. Register for the event now.
There were 3 by elections held on 14 September 2017
Lyme Regis & Charmouth, West
Dorset
Independent: 622 [52.3 per
cent; +52.3%]
Conservative: 396 [33.3 per cent; -14.0%]
Labour: 171 [14.4 per cent; +14.4%]
Independent gain from Conservative
Bucklow-St Martins, Trafford
Labour: 1050 [64.7%; +1.8%)
Conservative: 456 [28.1%; +0.2%)
UKIP: 64 [4.0%; +4.0%)
Green: 33 [2.0%; -7.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 18 [1.1%; +1.1%)
Labour hold
Westexe, Mid Devon
Conservative: 279 [36.4%; +11.2%)
Independent: 179 [23.4%; +7.6%)
Labour: 164 [21.4%; +11.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 144 [18.8%; +18.8)
Conservative gain from UKIP
There are 3 by-elections taking place on 21 September 2017:
Oadby
& Wigston BC, Oadby Uplands
Chesterfield
BC, Holmebrook
Waveney
DC, Oulton Broad
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