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Councillor Lib Peck, Leader of Lambeth Council and Deputy Leader of the LGA Labour Group, has been announced as the new Director of the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. Set up last year, the Violence Reduction Unit brings together specialists from the police, health sector and local government to apply the public health approach used in Glasgow and elsewhere to tackle the causes of violent crime.
Croydon Council has welcomed the first guests to an exhibition celebrating the life of an inspirational Croydon suffragette
Coventry City Council’s reign of European City of Sport is officially underway
Plymouth Council has announced its plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day later this month
South Tyneside Council has scooped an award for workplace health
Islington Council has announced an £80,000 fund to pay back employees who achieve “settled status”, enabling them to continue living and working in the UK beyond Brexit
We have had a lot of bookings for the Labour Local Government Conference 2019.
Run jointly by the Association of Labour Councillors (ALC) and the LGA Labour Group, the event is an opportunity for us to meet and discuss a range of policies and campaigns relevant to local government. In addition to keynote speakers and plenary sessions there will be a series of policy and campaigning workshops. As well as speakers from across local government, Jeremy Corbyn MP is confirmed to speak and other members of the front bench team will be invited.
The details are:
Friday 8 February 2019, 7.30-10.30pm
Drinks reception and dinner
Saturday 9 February 2019, 9am-5pm
Local Government Conference
The conference will be held at The Slate, Warwick Conferences, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL. The closest station is Coventry. In addition, there is plenty of parking at the venue.
To book your attendance, please visit our dedicated conference booking page.
Accommodation
We have a number of rooms on hold at Radcliffe House adjacent to the conference venue, which are available on a first come first served basis for the night of Friday 8 February. To book your accommodation please do so on Warwick Conferences dedicated conference accommodation webpage. Double bedded rooms for single occupancy are at the following cost: Bed and breakfast, single is £81.60 inclusive of VAT. This webpage can be found in the useful info tab of the conference booking page. If you require accommodation, please don't delay, as these rooms are likely to sell very quickly.
If you are a new councillor, (i.e. elected for the first time in May 2018 or since in a by-election) you are entitled to a free conference pass and you should have received an email from the ALC explaining how to book your place. If you have not received this email then please contact councillors@labour.org.uk and request the code. If you intend to come to the dinner you will need to buy a ticket for that.
The Leader of Newport Council has urged residents to vote for a “hidden heroine” from the city to have an artwork placed outside the BBC Wales Headquarters
The Cardiff Council schools’ wheelbarrow competition has been launched for 2019
As part of the LGA’s work under the Fire Services Management Committee, we are running Member development masterclasses during January and February next year. These masterclasses are free to all elected members of Fire and Rescue Authorities and are aimed at promoting and developing elected members role in diversity and inclusion in their Fire and Rescue Services.
This is a particularly timely opportunity to address issues in this agenda, considering the results of the first tranche of inspections in December. We strongly encourage members to take this opportunity to engage officer perspectives on this agenda and to share experiences of challenges and good practice with other members from different authorities.
The full agendas, dates and locations of the masterclasses are listed below and booking on to the masterclasses should be possible through the booking pages:
West Yorkshire, 18 January 2019
Exeter, 31 January 2019
Lancashire, 12 February 2019
Birmingham, 20 February 2019
Each year at LGA Annual Conference, the Innovation Zone showcases the best work by local authorities, showing how local authorities and their partners are tackling problems locally innovatively. This year, the theme is “Taking the Plunge”, and the organising team is looking for brave, innovative ideas that have paid off and for organisations that have not been afraid to try new approaches.
If you want to be part of the Innovation Zone this year, please submit your innovation here by no later than Sunday 27 January.
Councillor Chris McEwan (Darlington) is looking for some examples of Labour councils that have developed specific Fuel Poverty strategies. If you or your council has developed this recently please could you email him at chris.mcewan@darlington.gov.uk
Lincoln Labour Group is looking for any information on councils that have pension funds that do not invest in fracking companies. If you can help with this, please email Councillor Sue Burke (Lincoln) on sue.burke@lincoln.gov.uk
If you have a similar request that you’d like to be included in the bulletin, then please email lewis.addlington-lee@local.gov.uk
Sue Hayman MP responded to the latest Clean Air Strategy
Cat Smith MP has said that 2019 cannot be the year that we let the Tories get away with shutting down democracy by stopping people from voting
Margaret Greenwood MP responded to Amber Rudd’s admission that the two child cap is “not compassionate”
Angela Rayner MP responded to the EPI report
Andrew Gwynne MP responded to NAO concerns about council and NHS budgets
Jonathan Ashworth MP responded to NHS performance statistics
Jeremy Corbyn MP gave a speech on Brexit in Wakefield
Angela Rayner MP warned that Teacher Training bursaries are failing to keep “hard to recruit” teachers in the profession
LGA responds to PAC report on mental health services for children and young people
LGA responds to NHS decision to expand latest PrEP trial
Response to latest delayed transfer of care figures
LGA responds to EPI report on school revenue balances
Children’s care cash crisis: nine in ten councils pushed into the red
LGA responds to report on council parking revenue
Theresa May will finally hold her meaningful vote on Tuesday 15 January after postponing it from December…but is still set to lose the vote on her deal
By-elections held on 10 January
Rother DC, Bexhill St Marks
Ind 1000 [60.3%; +29.0%]
Con 521 [31.4%; +4.1%]
Lab 79 [4.8%; -2.8%]
UKIP 58 [3.5%; -11.0%]
Ind Hold
East Sussex CC, Bexhill West
Ind 1761 [51.9%; +1.5%]
Con 1071 [31.6%; -1.7%]
LD 261 [7.7%; +2.1%]
Lab 111 [3.3%; -3.8%]
Green 108 [3.2%; +3.2%]
UKIP 81 [2.4%; -1.2%]
Ind Hold
By-elections on 17 January
No by-elections are scheduled.
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