LGA RESPONDS TO CRISIS REPORT ON RISE IN HOMELESSNESS
@LGAcomms RESPONDS TO CRISIS REPORT ON RISE IN HOMELESSNESS Responding to a report by Crisis which has found that over half of frontline services have…
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LGA RESPONDS TO ONS FIGURES SHOWING ANNUAL RISE IN NEETS
@LGAcomms RESPONDS TO ONS FIGURES SHOWING ANNUAL RISE IN NEETs Latest figures from the ONS show there were an estimated 771,000 young people (aged 16…
SCHOOLS REOPENING PLANS
LGA STATEMENT: SCHOOLS REOPENING PLANS Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said: “Councils have worked with all…
LGA RESPONDS TO NSPCC WARNING ON UNREPORTED CHILD ABUSE
Responding to the NSPCC survey on concerns about unreported child abuse during the coronavirus crisis, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children…
LGA: COUNCILS NEED POWERS TO CLOSE SCHOOLS WITH NEW CLUSTERS OF COVID-19
Councils will need the power to close schools or nurseries if testing indicates clusters of new COVID-19 cases, the @LGAcomms says today. Councils are working…
LGA RESPONDS TO SOCIAL CARE CORONAVIRUS PLAN
Responding to the Government’s announcement of its social care plan for dealing with coronavirus, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing…
LOCAL SERVICES FACE ALMOST £6.5 BILLION FUNDING GAP BY 2025
Local services in England face an overall funding gap of almost £6.5 billion by 2025, new analysis by the Local Government Association ahead of the…
Number of young people not in education, employment or training has fallen
@LGAcomms Response to @ONS #NEET Figures Responding to the Office of National Statistics figures on young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs), Chair…
PRIVATE CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE COMPANY DEBTS PUTTING CHILDREN’S CARE AT RISK
Six of the 10 largest independent groups of providers of children’s residential and fostering placements had more debts and liabilities than tangible assets last year…
Centralised Skills System Causing Nationwide Skills Mismatch
#Skills2030 – 6M People Could Be Left Behind By £120 billion #SkillsMismatch Caused By Centralised #SkillsSystem Six million people in England risk being without a job or…