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Cllr Nick Forbes appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Money Box to discuss the Right to Buy
scheme.
Cllr Doina Cornell
has
been elected the new leader of
Stroud District Council.
The Barons Court project is the second charitable organisation to benefit
from having had the freehold of their building transferred to them under Hammersmith
and Fulham Council’s asset transfer programme.
Ambitious plans, which aim to attract more than 6,000 new private sector jobs to a
unique business park in Durham City over the next 20 years, will go ahead.
Air pollution affects us all; Labour councillors should
not miss this opportunity to take
action, writes Cllr Adam Harrison.
Bristol Councillor, Mhairi Threlfall will try to unseat Tory Jack
Lopresti at the next general election.
Jack Sargeant, 23, won the Alyn and Deeside assembly
by-election for Labour with a majority of 6,545.
Newport council leader Cllr Debbie Wilcox has withdrawn from Welsh
Labour deputy leader race.
Thousands of pupils from communities across Swansea could
benefit from one of the biggest-ever investments in new schools and upgrades in
the coming years.
Sadiq Khan has appointed Dr Fiona Twycross AM as London’s
first Deputy Mayor for Fire and Resilience following
abolition of the capital’s fire authority.
Councils used as 'human shields' for cuts, says John McDonnell MP.
Jeremy Corbyn
MP speech to Alternative Models of Ownership Conference.
January was
the worst month on record for major A&Es – Jonathan Ashworth MP.
Social care
services facing a £2.3 billion funding gap by 2020 – Andrew Gwynne MP.
Tory run Northamptonshire
council faces up to cost of effective bankruptcy.
Children’s
services at risk as councils raid schools reserves
Lack of migrant
workers left food rotting in UK fields last year, data reveals.
Council tax
rises: 95 per cent of local authorities planning hikes amid Government cuts and rising demand
for services.
Teachers’
leaders are warning of bigger classes and less individual attention for
pupils, after analysis of government figures showed secondary schools in
England have lost 15,000 teachers and teaching assistants since 2015.
Residents of the homes
surrounding Grenfell Tower have been told they
must pay rent, despite more than a fifth
of them still living in hotels due to ongoing maintenance problems.
Theresa May spent £1,000 delivering Article 50
letter to Brussels.
LGA: use Brexit to make traffic light food
and drink labelling mandatory
LGA responds to Housing for Older People
report.
LGA responds to latest delayed transfers
of care figures
LGA calls for compulsory independent
mental health counselling roll-out in all secondary schools
LGA response to report by the Commons
Public Accounts Committee on Brexit preparations
LGA responds to NAO report on adult social
care workforce
Councils herald 100 years since certain
women first won the right to vote
LGA responds to Local Government Finance
Settlement
Regis Mutual Management were delighted to sponsor the Labour
Local Government Conference. Regis are specialists in the creation and
management of mutuals and have been providing the LGA with technical advice in
their progress to deliver a mutual for Local Government. The new Local Government mutual will provide
local authorities with the cover they expect, but any surplus achieved will
belong to its owners – you. Not private shareholders.
At its heart will be collaboration to identify the sources
of claims and reduce their incidence. It will use in-house professionals to
manage claims wherever possible. The mutual funds will be used to meet the
expected claims with the exposure to large individual or aggregated losses
covered through the placement of insurance.
By collaborating to buy insurance in this way, local
government will be able to leverage its position with the capital markets for
the insurance it needs. It’s a better way to use your collective capability and
strength, and it’s an approach that is growing across the world.
At the conference we
met many councillors wanting change and excited by the possibilities that the
new mutual will bring. If you would like more information from the LGA, contact James Alexander at james.alexander@local.gov.uk or on 07711 238741.
We
know councillors can’t wait for the next Labour Government. They have to take
difficult decisions about health and social care and protect their residents
the best they can.
Now that councillors are getting a say in the running of the NHS we want to
build up our network of councillors with an interest in health - and encourage
more to take an interest. We can offer some support - we have experts in
public health and a very wide variety of clinicians and academics if you need
advice about something technical. But we think mostly we could help by
building up local networks so people can share experience and learn from each
other.
We
organised an event focused on public health issues at the Labour local
government conference. You can see one of the presentations and a video
of the discussion online. If
you need support on the technicalities of public health intelligence we can
probably find you someone to talk to.
We
plan to organise some more events around the country to bring councillors
together later in the year, dealing with the trickier issues around dealing
with the NHS - STPs, ACOs or whatever they will be called next month. These probably need to be local, because what is happening is very different in different areas. If you want us to do something in your area please
get in touch.
It's
hard for us to keep track of which councillors to contact, so it would be very
helpful if you are interested if you could let us know. Maybe your Labour
group would like to affiliate to the Association - which costs £25 a
year. For details contact: admin@sochealth.co.uk
No Family Left Behind 2018 - Child
Poverty Action Group and 4in10: London’s Child Poverty Network are running a
series of events to support London councillors and share expertise and best
practice on working with low income families. The events will provide the
opportunity for local authorities to learn from each other and experts, and
improve local responses. We would therefore be delighted if someone from your
leadership team, could attend our next event:
Using Health and Wellbeing Boards to
tackle inequality,
Committee Room 2, City Hall, Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA,
Friday 23 February 2018 2- 4pm.
The event will look specifically at how
Councillors and local authorities can make best use of HWB Strategies to
set the direction for local health and other service provision to tackle health
inequalities for local families.
Speakers at the event will include
representatives from:
- Newham Council
- Lambeth Council
- and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
Please RSVP to Daisy-Rose Srblin at Child Poverty Action
Group drsrblin@cpag.org.uk to confirm
attendance.
Medway council refuse to turn Rochester Castle purple to celebrate women's vote
due to by-election.
UKIP leader Henry Bolton admits he lied about
having degree from Sandhurst military college.
Windsor council to impose fines on rough
sleepers
Westminster
Council is to ask residents to pay a voluntary contribution on top of council tax to fund services.
By-election results from 8 February 2018
Weymouth & Portland BC, Tophill West
Con 511 [53.8%; +13.8%]
Lab 356 [37.5%; -22.4%]
Green 82 [8.6%; +8.6%]
Conservative hold
Weymouth & Portland BC, Tophill East
Con 362 [46.9%; +16.6%]
Lab 354 [45.9%; +23.0%]
Green 56 [7.3%; -5.3%]
[Independent 0 [0.0%;
-34.3%]]
Conservative gain from
Independent
Staffordshire CC, Codsall
Con 1274 [67.6%; -6.8%]
Green 329 [17.4%; +6.4%]
Lab 283 [15.0%; +0.4%]
Conservative hold
South Staffordshire DC, Codsall South
Con 490 [78.8%; -21.2%]
Lab 82 [13.2%; +13.2%]
Green 50 [8.0%; +8.0%]
Conservative hold
Eden DC, Hartside
Con 175 [52.9%; -3.9%]
Ind [98 [29.6%; -13.7%]
Green 58 [17.5%; +1.1%]
Turnout 30.7%
Conservative hold
East Staffordshire, Stretton
Con 764 [42.6%; -2.5%]
Ind 623 [34.7%; +34.7%]
Lab 347 [19.3%; -0.3%]
UKIP 47 [2.6%; -25.0%]
LD 14 [0.8%; +0.8%]
[Green 0 [0.0%; -7.7%]]
Conservative hold
Brighton & Hove UA, East Brighton
Lab 1,889 [67.0%; +20.5%]
Con 481 [17.1%; -5.4%]
Green 339 [11.9%; -7.6%]
LD 114 [4.0%; -3.8%]
Labour hold
By-elections taking place on
15 February 2018
Doncaster MB, Armthorpe
East
Northamptonshire DC, Higham Ferrers Lancaster
Epsom &
Ewell BC, Ruxley
Falkirk UA,
Bonnybridge & Larbert
Halton UA,
Halton Castle
Lancashire CC,
Morecambe North
Northamptonshire
CC, Higham Ferrers
North East
Derbyshire DC, Grassmore
North Norfolk
DC, Worstead
Teignbridge DC,
Chudleigh
Teignbridge DC,
Dawlish Central & North East
Tendring DC, St
Paul’s
West
Oxfordshire DC, Carterton South
York UA,
Holgate
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