Increase number of occupational therapists to achieve health goals, says LGA
By Liz Wells 09 June 2025
The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for urgent action to boost the number of occupational therapists (OTs) employed by councils to increase community wellbeing, promote independence, ...
Care leavers should not have to pay council tax – LGA
By Lee Peart 04 November 2024
Care leavers should be exempt from paying for council tax, prescriptions, NHS dental treatment and optician costs, to help prevent them from falling into financial hardship when they leave care and...
Prevention could deliver £11bn return on investment
By Lee Peart 07 October 2024
Investing more in prevention could deliver an extra £11bn return on investment on current spending commitments, a new report has found.
Call for increase in public health grant in Autumn Budget
By Lee Peart 01 October 2024
Councils have called on the Government to increase investment in the public health grant in the Autumn Budget.
Social care driving cost pressures as councils face £2bn funding gap
By Lee Peart 13 September 2024
Rising costs and demand in social care are driving cost pressures on councils as they warned they face a more than £2bn funding gap in 2025/26.
Calls for scrapping single world CQC ratings following Ofsted ruling
By Lee Peart 10 September 2024
The LGA has called for the scrapping of single word CQC ratings for adult social care services.
Councils face £6bn funding gap over next two years
By Lee Peart 06 June 2024
Councils in England face a £6bn funding gap over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has revealed.
Only two-thirds of councils able to meet Care Act duties
By Lee Peart 15 May 2024
Only around two-thirds of councils are confident of being able to meet all their legal duties under the Care Act by next year (2025-26).
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