News
Warning on turnout
13 June 2013
UKIP's headline-stealing performance in last month's local elections diverted attention from the low level of turnout.
Bus services warning
13 June 2013
The Campaign for Better Transport has warned that bus networks "face collapse" if the bus service operators' grant is cut in this month's spending round. But the LGA said the money would be better spent if devolved to local areas.
Annual conference
13 June 2013
The Welsh LGA is holding its annual conference in City Hall, Cardiff next week (20 June).
Anti-social behaviour
13 June 2013
Anti-social behaviour Pilots of a proposed new duty on councils, the police and partners to review their responses to anti-social behaviour where a member of the public complains indicate that operating this ‘community trigger' has helped identify cases of persistent anti-social behaviour.
Measles vaccination
13 June 2013
Local authorities have been sending out letters to parents of local school children, handing out flyers to residents and even producing YouTube videos to encourage those at risk of measles to get vaccinated.
Compost kid
13 June 2013
Good weather and the lure of free compost brought residents out in their droves to Maldon District Council's offices, with gardeners queuing from 8.30am to fill their bags.
Reducing avoidable death rates
13 June 2013
Public Health England has published a new ‘Longer lives' website which highlights disparities in premature death rates between the north and south of England, and between individual councils.
Child sexual exploitation
13 June 2013
A hard-hitting report from the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee says some local authorities are still failing to protect children from sex-grooming gangs.
Proceeds of crime
13 June 2013
Criminals, rogue traders and benefit fraudsters are being forced to pay back their illegal profits with more than £13 million recovered by councils in the past year alone, using the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
'Increased risk' of council failures
13 June 2013
The current funding environment means there is an increasing risk that some councils could become "financially unsustainable", say MPs.
