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“Access to childcare is vital for all families, especially for those on the lowest incomes, the most disadvantaged children, women and single-parent families."

"To help ensure we have an economy fit for the future, it is essential that this funding to local areas is fully replaced as part of a locally-led successor to EU regional aid."

“We are delighted to see the Government prioritising the creative industries, one of the fastest growing sections of our economy."

We need to ensure that cancer screening services can be accessed by all communities

Councils have made good progress but more needs to be done especially to reduce the gap between the most and least deprived.

Drug services need greater funding certainty from government if they are to deliver the life changing benefits we know they can.

This settlement continues to leave local public health teams with limited resources to maintain essential services

“We are pleased that the Government is continuing to work with the LGA and councils on funding to help families move to their own homes, reduce homelessness risks and help local partners acquire more housing."

Councils work hard in their communities to help long term smokers quit and so are fully supportive of the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambitions.

We have raised concerns about councils being asked to commit to numbers of arrivals or propose a cap. It might be difficult for councils to predict potential arrival numbers across both asylum and resettlement and therefore their capacity to support new arrivals and the additional housing needed.