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1 day ago · The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum, rising to England, Essex, Brentwood. Recuriter: Essex County Council. Digital Content Designer. £36,426 to £49,503 per annum. We are recruiting a skilled Digital Content Designer to join our team, responsible for providing digital services for both Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.
Children’s care based on capacity not need, commissioner warns
8 hours ago · Decisions about the care of vulnerable children are often driven by local capacity and resource rather than need, the children’s commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de Souza found that support for families under child in need plans, the earliest statutory intervention to help prevent children being taken into care, is poorly monitored and ...
LGA: Care leavers should get council tax exemption | LocalGov
1 day ago · Care leavers should be exempt from paying council tax to help give them financial stability when they leave care, local authority leaders have said. The Local Government Association (LGA) said a council tax exemption for those leaving care is ‘one of the most direct and effective ways’ of helping care leavers avoid financial difficulty. An ...
Council recruitment drive launches across England | LocalGov
1 day ago · A national recruitment campaign has launched to encourage people to work for their local council. The government-funded scheme, led by the Local Government Association (LGA), will involve advertising nationwide across radio, billboards and social media. Councils in England have also been given a new toolkit to help promote recruitment, and a ...
Council chiefs call for sugar tax on milkshakes | LocalGov
9 hours ago · Local authority leaders have called for the soft drinks industry levy to be devolved to councils to tackle obesity at the local level and to be expanded to include milk-based drinks and cakes. New figures show the prevalence of obesity in children aged 4-5 has increased from 9.2% in 2022/23 to 9.6% in 2023/24, while it has decreased over the ...
New local government Ombudsman appointed | LocalGov
Jan 18, 2024 · Image: lgo.org.uk Amerdeep Somal will be the next Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, the Government has confirmed. Ms Somal has previously served as the complaints commissioner to the Financial Regulators and the chief commissioner at the Data and Marketing Commission.
Changes to food waste collection and recycling: What actions do ...
May 17, 2022 · The Environment Act 2021 became law in November 2021, introducing changes to waste collection so that recyclable household waste (which includes food waste) must be ‘collected separately from other household waste’. Food waste itself must be collected at least once a week. Timescales.
What should our local authorities look like after COVID-19?
May 21, 2021 · And the public response has been overwhelmingly positive. 79% have been impressed by their council’s response to COVID-19, according to Survation. Now, local authority leaders – many of whom are newly elected – must do everything they can to sustain the pace of digital transformation as society reopens and they look towards the COVID-19 ...
Trust in local government stayed strong during pandemic, researchers ...
Nov 26, 2021 · The public placed more trust in local authorities than national government in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a new survey.
Putting sustainability at the heart of local authority decisions
Aug 2, 2021 · Putting sustainability at the heart of local authority decisions. 2021 kicks off what is widely referred to as ‘the climate decade’. A ten-year period where our collective actions will determine the kind of world our children and grandchildren will inherit. ‘Collective’ is the critical factor here because no person, business or ...