In July 2024, the government announced that, as of 1 January 2025, the exemption of value added tax (VAT) on fee-paying school fees will come to an end, which is to say that school fees are, from that date, subject to VAT at the rate of 20 per cent.
The following guide offers a high-level overview for all councillors of key issues with regard to child safeguarding. Councillors should ensure their council is effectively meeting these duties by considering child safety in all services and decisions.
This guide aims to help all councils to improve their support for care leavers through a whole council approach. This advice applies whether or not your council has chosen to treat care experience as a protected characteristic, and we encourage all councils to work with local care leavers to develop their offers
The task and finish group has developed a number of recommendations for both central and local government, setting out what more can be done to support children and young people’s mental health.
Despite considerable changes in national education policy and school organisation over recent years, councils retain the bulk of their statutory duties when it comes to education. This guide aims to support councils in their work delivering an excellent education for all children and young people.
This resource pack provides an overview of councils' responsibilities towards care leavers and showcases best practice examples of how councils across the country are providing excellent and innovative support.
From May to June 2024, the LGA conducted an online survey of county councils, unitary councils, metropolitan districts and London boroughs regarding the impact of the youth services statutory guidance refresh. The survey was aimed to inform the LGA’s discussions with central government and outline what is needed to support councils to deliver on their statutory duty.
Councils agree with the Government that “every child should believe that success belongs to them”; this LGA vision sets out where we want to go and how councils and the Government can work together as partners to make it happen.
This briefing sets out in more detail the approach taken in Leeds, shares some of the resources developed by system partners to support implementation and identifies some of the key factors which need to be in place to successfully embed a fully joined-up approach at local level.
