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2 days ago · Support from Effective Energy Group for Local Authorities to Deliver £430m Sustainable Warmth Funded Energy Efficiency Projects. Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
UK reaches 70,000 public EV charge points | LocalGov
1 day ago · In 2024, the average rate of installation also climbed to 1,872 new devices each month, compared to 730 in 2022. Zapmap said the UK was ‘well on its way to building the robust charging network needed for mass EV adoption’ and forecast there would be 100,000 charge points by August. RAC senior ...
Rayner rejects reorganisation 'distraction' claim | LocalGov
1 day ago · Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has denied that local government reorganisation will impact on councils' ability to deliver services. Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee member Will Forster suggested the drive to create new unitary authorities could ‘distract' local government ...
Phillipson open to Government funding local grooming inquiries
1 day ago · Ministers have promised the Government will ‘take whatever steps necessary to keep children safe' when asked if Whitehall would fund local inquiries into grooming gangs. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch had called for a national inquiry on grooming gangs but education secretary Bridget Phillipson said ...
Councils’ housebuilding rests on playing to staff strengths
2 days ago · Eman Al-Hillawi, CEO at business change consultancy Entec Si, looks at how councils could improve housebuilding progress by re-aligning their workforce. With Labour’s national targets set at 1.5 million new homes, councils are expected to ramp up housing delivery to 450,000 per year by 2028/29 ...
Local Government Politics and Policy Updates | LocalGov
Michael Burton. Michael Burton has been writing and commenting on local government and the public sector for over 25 years as editor and since 2011 editorial director of The MJ plus its portfolio of associated local government titles including themj.co.uk, LocalGov and Surveyor.. He is the author of The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to …
Sector call for council tax review | LocalGov
Dec 13, 2024 · Image: Yau Ming Low / Shutterstock.com Local government has called for a ‘fundamental review of council tax' in a long-awaited report. The report by senior officers' group Solace, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and the Local Government Association (LGA) argued referendum limits should be abolished and authorities should be given the powers to vary all council tax ...
Parish council responsibilities - LocalGov
Nov 5, 2013 · What powers and duties do parish councils have? Parish councils have a variety of powers and duties, all of which impact directly on the community.
Councils invited to bid for nature funding | LocalGov
Oct 2, 2024 · Image: summertimeblues / Shutterstock.com Local authorities across the UK have been invited to apply for grants to improve access to nature and green spaces in urban areas.
Councils to be 'accountable' for care improvements as commission ...
6 days ago · The Government intends to hold councils ‘accountable' for improving care in their areas as part of its social care reforms. Announcing plans to set up a new adult social care commission chaired by Baroness Louise Casey to look at long term reforms the Government said it would ‘shortly publish a ...