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How the new government can work with councils to deliver climate change goals

This report presents advice on how to build collaboration between the new UK Government and councils to deliver on the shared ambition for responding to climate change.

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A guide to effective accountability and assurance of delivery in place-based partnerships

Robust accountability and assurance in partnerships enable councils to work effectively with partners to manage performance and risk in order to achieve shared goals and improved outcomes.

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How planning policy changes affect local high street strategies

This independent report has been commissioned by LGA to look at how recent and impending planning policy changes at central government level affect local high street strategies.

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LGA in Parliament 2022/23

The LGA in Parliament report highlights the breadth of services councils deliver and the depth of analysis the LGA provides as the national voice of local government.

Local employment and skills recovery: Basic skills and capabilities

Basic skills include literacy, English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), numeracy and digital as well as other capabilities like health, financial and citizenship. They help people find work and be active citizens and adapt to economic and social change, including that caused or accelerated by the pandemic.

Local employment and skills recovery: Youth unemployment

Youth unemployment, generally defined as someone aged under 25 who is not in work and who is actively seeking work, has risen sharply during the pandemic and has lasting, damaging effects.

Local employment and skills recovery: Long-term unemployment

Long-term unemployment is most generally defined as being out of work for 12 months or more and this is something expected to increase following the pandemic. Helping people back to work quickly will aid recovery and ensure everyone can share in recovery.

Local employment and skills recovery: Retraining

Retraining for the purposes of this guide refers to people moving to new jobs or careers where a significant development of new skills is required. This will be increasingly important as working lives lengthen and coronavirus potentially accelerates some structural economic changes.

Care Experience as a Protected Characteristic

While the Government did not accept the care review’s recommendation to make care experience a protected characteristic, over 90 councils in the UK have passed motions pledging to recognise care experience as a protected characteristic at the local level.

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