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LGA Chief Executive Mark Lloyd's speech to the LGA Annual Conference 2019

Mark Lloyd's address to the LGA Annual Conference on 2 July 2019.

LGA Chairman James Jamieson

LGA Chairman Cllr James Jamieson's speech to the LGA Annual Conference 2019

Cllr Jamieson's address to the LGA Annual Conference on 2 July 2019.

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LGA responds to All-Party Parliamentary Group report on Childcare and Early Education

“We have particular concerns around provision for disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and disabilities if funding rates continue to fall below the cost of delivering services."

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LGA responds to transport committee report on roads funding

Local Government Association’s Transport spokesman, Cllr Martin Tett, responds to a report by the Transport Select Committee on local roads funding and maintenance.

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LGA responds to Healthwatch England report on dementia care

"Councils are committed to the underlying ambition of the Care Act to improve the lives and wellbeing of people with dementia and their families, to ensure their care is personalised and fits around the way they want to live their lives."

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Young people today half as likely to get on nation's 'broken' housing ladder

Young people today half as likely to get on nation's 'broken' housing ladder

Young people today are half as likely to own a home as they were 20 years ago, while existing home-owners face being unable to move, according to a new report by the Local Government Association.

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LGA responds to Prime Minister new tourism sector deal announcement

Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Chair of the LGA’s Culture, Tourism and Sport Board, responds to today's tourism sector deal announcement by the Prime Minister.

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LGA responds to NAO report on serious and organised crime

Cllr Simon Blackburn, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Safer and Stronger Communities Board, responds to a National Audit Office report on the Government’s approach to tackling serious and organised crime.

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LGA responds to Education Secretary’s apprenticeship announcement

“The Government needs to act fast and work with councils if they are to boost the number of apprenticeships and drive local economic growth."

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LGA responds to Government planning proposals

“The Accelerated Planning Green Paper needs to include allowing councils to be able to set their own planning fees, with taxpayers currently having to subsidise the costs of planning applications by around £200 million a year."