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Plymouth thriving for Mental Health Awareness
Week – Plymouth City Council
Cllr Ian Ward welcomes the announcement of
the funding for the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Housing First bid –
Birmingham City Council
Ground
breaking ceremony for Croydon’s £6.5m state-of-the-art youth zone – London
Borough of Croydon
City takes swift action to support
Windrush generation – Wolverhampton City Council
New Portsmouth Labour team hit the ground
running – Stephen Morgan MP
The following Labour Councils now have new Leaders –
Daniel Yates (Brighton and Hove), Danny Thorpe (London Borough of Greenwich),
Joseph Ejiofor (London Borough of Haringey), Graham Henson (London Borough of
Harrow), Shabir Pandor (Kirklees), Graham Morgan (Knowsley), Damian Egan
(Lewisham), Rokhsana Fiaz (London Borough of Newham), Sean Fielding (Oldham),
Matthew Brown (Preston), and Graham Miller (Sunderland).
Did you get any great photos on the #LabourDoorstep? We
want your photos and will use the best for the LGA Labour Group Annual
Report. They must be high resolution and
you must have the permission of everyone in the picture. Please email to Lewis Addlington-Lee.
Barbara Keeley responds to Government’s
mishandling of the Learning Disability Mortality Review publication
Richard Burgon comments on upcoming
parliamentary debate on Grenfell
Angela Rayner comments on the
Government’s response to the ‘Schools that Work for Everyone’ consultation
Swansea
Labour has pledged more trees than ever before in city centre – Swansea
City Council
Grant funding to help improve walking
and cycling routes
– Newport City Council
Funding of Parks – Cardiff City Council
LGA responds to report on adult social
care workforce
LGA responds to Committee's report on
children's mental health green paper
LGA responds to latest delayed transfers
of care figures
LGA responds to survey by the Care and
Support Alliance
LGA responds to DfE announcement on
school places
LGA responds to the AA research into
pothole insurance claims
Fly-tipping crisis: dumped waste across
England could stretch from London to Moscow
LGA responds to care home insolvency
figures
LGA responds to NSPCC report on school
referrals for mental health treatment
LGA responds to data on education
support for deaf childrenment
Sefton Conservative Group Deputy Leader
in “lefty pleb” Twitter row
Saturday 23
June 2018, 9.30am -4.30pm (followed by drinks reception on roof terrace)
Local
Government Association, 18 Smith Square, Westminster, London, SW1P 3HZ
The LGA Labour
Group will be holding an event for new London Labour councillors:
The day will be
a mix of plenary and breakout sessions. Speakers include:
- Cllr Clare Coghill - Leader Waltham Forest and
LGA London Rep
- Cllr Lib Peck - Leader of Lambeth and Deputy
Leader of the LGA Labour Group
- Mark Lloyd - Chief Executive, Local Government
Association
- Andrew Gwynne MP - Shadow Communities and Local
Government Secretary
- Cllr Alice Perry - NEC rep
- Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (tbc)
Please note that this event is only open to newly elected London
Labour Councillors elected for the first time on Thursday 3 May 2018.
The event is
likely to be oversubscribed and will be on a first come, first served
basis. The LGA is currently in the process of updating the list of
councillors but for now we would be grateful if you could pass this on to new
members in your authority.
To register new
councillors should email lewis.addlington-lee@local.gov.uk with their name and authority.
‘Hitting the Ground Running’: Local Government Association development
session for newly elected members - 19 June 2018
The Carriageworks Theatre, The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds, LS2 3AD
10.30am – 3.00pm
This session is open to new councillors across Yorkshire and Humber
and the East Midlands who have been elected (for the first time) in May 2018.
The session aims to enable new members to explore their role and share learning
from experienced members. It aims to give new members a wider perspective
on the role of a councillor, provides an opportunity meet other newly elected
members from across the region, as well as learn about the support available
from the Local Government Association. The session is free and lunch will
be provided. A full programme will be available nearer the time.
If you would like to attend please book online.
‘Hitting the Ground Running’: Local Government Association development
session for newly elected members - 29 June 2018
The Civic Centre, Barras Bridge
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8QH
10.30am – 3.00pm
This session is open to new councillors across the North East who
have been elected (for the first time) in May 2018. The session aims to enable
new members to explore their role and share learning from experienced
members. It aims to give new members a wider perspective on the role of a
councillor, provides an opportunity meet other newly elected members from
across the region, as well as learn about the support available from the Local
Government Association.The session is free and lunch will be
provided. A full programme will be available nearer the time.
If you would like to attend, please book online.
For more information please contact:
Frances Marshall, Adviser, Local Government Association
frances.marshall@local.gov.uk
The Co-op Party
would like to invite you to their 'Being the Difference' Conference on 9
June in Central London.
This is an opportunity for councillors, Party members and
officers interested in local government policy to share ideas and hear
inspiring examples of campaigns and initiatives. You'll also be able to learn more about ways that you can put co-operative
solutions into practice in your own community.
Speakers include: Jim McMahon MP, Cllr Georgia Gould, Cllr Matthew
Brown, Cllr Olivia Blake, Cllr James Lewis, GMB, Keep it
Local, Generation Rent, Community Energy England, amongst others.
This year's conference is sponsored by the London Co-operative Party and
tickets costs just £10.
There are no by-elections on Thursday 17 May.
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