Local Government Association

Councils have a statutory duty to safeguard the wellbeing of all young people in their area. This includes making sure that they are safe, and that

Local solutions As local leaders who know their communities best and have a key role in place-shaping, councils are ideally placed to set out the

1. Youth-led Young people’s voices are central to the provision offered to them. They can choose to attend a variety of services on a voluntary basis

A joint letter to Government from the LGA, Barnardo's, Action for Children, the Children's Society and National Children's Bureau.

Councils around the country are preparing for winter.

Homelessness is a tragedy for all those it affects, and is one of the most visible signs of the nation’s housing crisis. It is damaging for individuals, families and communities, and limits peoples’ ability to play a full and active role in society and the economy.

The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill seeks to increase the access and availability of chargepoints for electric cars, while also giving the government powers to make it compulsory for chargepoints to be installed across the country at filling stations and enabling drivers of automated cars to be insured on UK roads.

This suite of resources is intended to support Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) and partners in developing and promoting Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP).