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"We need to see further urgent investment in adult social care and a boost to the social care workforce to ensure the best possible care for those that need it.”

The LGA is proposing reforms to the Right to Buy scheme in order to prevent the current net loss of much-needed social housing stock year on year currently being experienced by local authorities.

We are pleased that locally elected representatives will have dedicated police support for security matters for the first time. This is something we have long called for.

Drug services need greater funding certainty from government if they are to deliver the life changing benefits we know they can.

These stark figures reveal that a lack of access to affordable dentistry is having a worrying impact on the state of children’s teeth

An acute shortage of NHS dentists mean hundreds of dental practices may have to close in the years ahead

This settlement continues to leave local public health teams with limited resources to maintain essential services

New analysis published today shows that every council in the country has a school participating in The Daily Mile.

"To ensure support to all children, councils need to be given the resources and powers to manage local childcare markets.”

"We are calling on the Government to use the Budget to grant councils the flexibilities needed to resume their historic role as a major builder of affordable homes."