Briefings and responses

On behalf of its membership, the cross-party LGA regularly submits to Government consultations, briefs parliamentarians and responds to a wide range of parliamentary inquiries. Our recent responses to government consultations and parliamentary briefings can be found here.

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High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill, House of Commons, Committee Stage

The Bill requires councils to produce improvement plans for some of their high streets at the same time as the tools available to them to make improvements continue to be blunted because of the continued erosion of planning controls.

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LGA response to the consultation on Awaab’s Law (with support from the District Councils Network)

The Local Government Association welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation on Awaab’s Law. We support the principle that everyone deserves a safe, decent, warm, and affordable place to live and that health hazards should be investigated and fixed in a timely manner.

Supporting those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Councils share the Government’s ambition of making sure every child with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) gets the high-quality support that they need. Reforms to the SEND system, set out in the Children and Families Act 2014 have, however, failed to achieve the goal of improving provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

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LGA submission to Defra consultation on reforming the producer responsibility system for waste electronic and electrical equipment 2023

Polluters, not councils, should pick up the cost of dealing with the increasingly complex and hazardous waste stream of electrical items.

Information on support available for parents and carers of infants

The proposed Private Members’ Bill, Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill 2023-24 is a bill to make provision for and in connection with the making available of information about support available for infants, parents and carers of infants, and prospective parents and carers, including reporting requirements relating to such support.

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Spring Budget 2024: On-the-day briefing

Our Spring Budget 2024 on-the-day briefing summarises the key announcements for councils and provides an initial LGA view.

LGA response : Local audit in England Code of Audit Practice. Draft Code Consultation

This response has been cleared by the LGA’s Economy and Resources Board.

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LGA response: Consultation: addressing the local audit backlog in England

This response has been cleared by the LGA’s Economy and Resources Board.

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Motion to take note of International Women’s Day and the steps taken to promote the economic inclusion of women, 8 March 2024

It is vital that local government reflect the communities it serves. Women make up 76 per cent of employees in the local government workforce. Still only 33 per cent of councillors in England are women.

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LGA’s response to DLUHC technical consultation on the Building Safety Levy (BSL)

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities held a consultation from 23 January to 20 February 2024 which sought views on the design and implementation of the building safety levy, which will apply to certain new residential buildings requiring building control approval in England.

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