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"We believe this is a progressive piece of legislation that would undoubtedly impact on smoking prevalence, and ultimately reduce rates of smoking-related disease."

"Working together and toward a common goal we can build connected communities equipped and resourced to respond effectively to a wide range of needs.”

The Local Government Association has today launched a nationwide consultation to kick-start a desperately-needed debate on how to pay for adult social care and rescue the services caring for older and disabled people from collapse.

“This is a significant watering down of promises, which even as they stood would only have taken us on the first steps towards a more sustainable and refocused future for social care. People who draw on care and support will understandably feel frustrated and concerned by these developments."

We need to ensure that cancer screening services can be accessed by all communities

Councils have made good progress but more needs to be done especially to reduce the gap between the most and least deprived.

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

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

Councils work hard in their communities to help long term smokers quit and so are fully supportive of the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambitions.

“It is great to see councils continue to take the lead to tackle the spread of COVID-19. More than 200 councils have now launched their own locally-supported contact tracing arrangements, which continue to reach the vast majority of complex cases assigned to them."