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1,700 children referred to children’s social care every day

Government response to consultation on audit reform - LGA statement

HCLG committee report on children in temporary accommodation – LGA response

Transformation

Transformation resources, guidance and training for officers and councillors.

Home Office Consultation: Ransomware proposals   

The Home Office have launched a consultation on legislative proposals for ransomware. Their proposals aim to introduce legislation to increase incident reporting and reduce payments to criminals.  

Our support

Our sector support offer continues is shaped through direct engagement with local government and provides wide ranging tools and support to respond to live and emerging challenges and opportunities.

Data maturity support

The LGA’s better use of data programme offers a range of free-to-access support to help local authorities improve their data maturity.

Annual construction conference - day 2: 13 February 2025

The LGA, in collaboration with NACF, hosted the Annual Construction Conference, a two-day virtual event.

Annual construction conference - day 1: 11 February 2025

The LGA, in collaboration with NACF, hosted the Annual Construction Conference, a two-day virtual event.

High Impact Change Area B: Being equipped to prevent and respond to crisis

Target audience: Integrated Care Systems, providers of community NHS and social care, local ambulance services, community, urgent response teams, community mental health teams, primary care, crisis resolution and home treatment teams, dementia crisis teams (where available).

High Impact Change Area A: Embedding effective support for unpaid carers

Target audience: Integrated Care Systems, education and training teams, community NHS and social care teams, Primary Care Networks; Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise partners.

High Impact Change Model: Improving the timely and effective discharge of people with dementia and delirium into the community

This High Impact Change Model (HICM) offers a practical approach to support health and care systems to deliver best practice for an individual’s journey to, during and following discharge from an acute hospital.

An introduction to effective scrutiny, 12 December 2024

An introduction to effective scrutiny Councillor Jackie Taylor, Cabinet Member for Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough

NEOST evidence to the STRB - 11 December 2024

Healthier futures: Whole systems approaches to promoting children’s healthy weight, 10 December 2024

Presentations from this event are now available.

Update to trade and professional bodies issued 28 November 2024

A letter from Chris Kirby, TPP Stakeholder & Engagement Lead, Commercial Policy, Cabinet Office

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: Increasing the accessibility of council meetings

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LHBF) made a commitment to work more closely with Disabled people to become a more inclusive and accessible borough. This led to the establishment of the independent Hammersmith & Fulham Disabled People’s Commission in 2016.

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