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Tag Archives: Local Government Association
Care leavers and those in care must be at the heart of our work
I was a real privilege to chair a conference today which brought together almost 100 people with a passion for working with care leavers and assist them in creating good lives for themselves. When the LAMIT Board, which I have … Continue reading
COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS INVITED TO APPLY FOR £3 MLN FUNDING FOR CARE LEAVERS
I am very pleased to not only announce a £3,000,000 fund for care leavers today but also with the fact that I managed to get the pop up stand up all by myself!! As you will have seen from a … Continue reading
Does the Government need an LGA Peer Challenge?
After all the revelations about how poorly the government functions at a senior level is it not about time that local government undertook a peer challenge of how parliament and Whitehall function? This time last year I went as part … Continue reading
Putting councils in the lead for track and trace
Central government is looking to make mass testing available and is belatedly considering how to work with local government to deliver a successful and effective service. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Local Government Association (LGA) has stressed the … Continue reading
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Tagged ADPH, LGA, Local Government Association, NHS, Public Health, Self-isolation, Track and Trace
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Getting Adult Social Care Right
The LGA published its own ‘7 principles for social care reform’ on 27 July. These, each with an accompanying ask of Government, are set out below. More than 30 prominent national organisations from across the care and health sectors acted … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd age care, ADASS, ADPH, CQC, Growing older safely, LGA, Local Government Association
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One year on from PM’s pledge: social care needs a reset
Social care needs a reset and must not simply revert back to the way it was prior to the pandemic, a coalition of councils, health and care organisations and charities set out today. Later today I am chairing a virtual … Continue reading
Mayor Anderson isn’t bluffing over state of Council’s finances
Last night I received a phone call from Mayor Anderson that I was pleased to get but horrified to listen to. The immediate cause of the phone and new information to me is that Council had received just £13 million … Continue reading
Government must announce public health grant amidst Coronavirus crisis
Today I have joined fellow Liberal Democrats in calling on the Health Secretary to announce the public health grant for 20/21 amidst the Coronavirus crisis. I have done this both as Leader of the Liverpool Liberal Democrats, and Liberal Democrat … Continue reading
Lib Dems welcome critical LGA Peer Challenge Report on the running of Liverpool City Council
At last the LGA Peer Challenge Report on the running of Liverpool has been published. It shows there is a long way to go if Liverpool is to become a properly functioning, properly led organisation Yesterday councillors in Liverpool received … Continue reading
Posted in Liverpool Politics
Tagged Joe Anderson, LGA, Liverpool Council, Local Government Association, Peer Challenge
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Sugar and Salt the New Nicotine!
We need to make a massive improvement to the diets of everyone but especially children if we are to stop what can only be described as the obesity tsunami facing our Country Regular readers of this blog might feel that … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 