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#OurDay announced as November 18
25 September 2015
This year #OurDay, the 24 hour tweetathon where people in local government highlight the many ways they serve their communities, is taking place on 18 November.
Latest edition of first magazine
26 May 2015
Read the latest edition of 'first magazine online today, ahead of its arrival on doorsteps Saturday.
Jail rogue landlords say councils
19 September 2015
Tough new measures – including jail sentences – are needed to tackle the problem of rogue landlords, councils warn.
Devolution's £80bn boost to economy
21 September 2015
What could businesses gain from devolution? New figures reveal at least £80 billion in economic growth could be unlocked if Government shifts powers to local areas, freeing them to remove barriers holding back businesses.
LGA on Theresa May's refugee statement
16 September 2015
Cllr David Simmonds, Chairman of the Local Government Association's Asylum, Migration and Refugee Task Group, responds to the Home Secretary's statement on resettling Syrian refugees in the UK.
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Schools facing places 'tipping point'
Two in five council areas could still have more primary pupils ready to start school than places for them by September 2016, council leaders warn.
Predators could be stopped from grooming with new banning order, councils say
Predatory men suspected of grooming children for sex could be stopped immediately if a new type of banning order was introduced by the new government, local government leaders say.
Post-16 education drop-outs failed by ‘Bums on seats' policy costing £800 million a year
Too many youngsters are being failed by a national ‘bums on seats' approach to post-16 education, warns the LGA.
A million unemployed people receiving no government help into work, councils warn
More than a million unemployed people are falling through cracks in national work schemes that are failing to reach some of the most vulnerable jobseekers, councils warn today.
Blinkered inspection approach could obscure quality of work to tackle child abuse
The true quality of activity to tackle child abuse and neglect across the country could be being obscured because of Ofsted's blinkered approach to inspecting children's services, local government leaders are warning today.
Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation
Protecting children is one of the most important things councils do. This resource brings together, in one place, resources to help councils raise awareness of this issue within their own organisation, with their local partners and their communities.
Councils fear school place tipping point
The £12 billion cost of creating places for the 900,000 extra pupils expected at England's schools over the next decade could push schools to breaking point, council leaders are warning.
£7m funding for victims of sexual violence
The Home Secretary Theresa May and Justice Secretary Chris Grayling have announced an extra £7 million funding to help victims of sexual violence. The funding will run to the end of the 2015/16 financial year.
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Female Genital mutilation is a serious form of child abuse and violence against women and girls. Councils have a key statutory role to play in safeguarding children and protecting the health and wellbeing of all women and girls.
Our ambition for children and young people
The LGA report, 'Our ambition for children and young people' aims to support a radical rewiring of local public services. It sets out four high level ambitions and groups 'core measures' underneath them.
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