This workbook has been designed as a distance learning aid for local councillors. It is intended to provide you with advice and information when engaging with town and parish councils and councillors.
This guide is intended to provide a summary guide for chief executives on local authority capital expenditure. It is also hoped that the guide will be of use to other non-finance professionals in local government, including elected members.
This report presents insight on how local and combined authorities are working on employment, skills and growth, structured around three themes of local government activity.
Councils have a range of duties and responsibilities to promote the health and wellbeing of young people in their area. This includes the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health and, as appropriate, assessment and treatment under the Mental Health Act.
Councillor guide to tackling modern slavery; Awareness of modern slavery and the number of reported survivors has increased at a time when financial pressure is mounting on essential council services like regulatory and community safety services, housing, and social care that are all key to disrupting slavery and supporting survivors.
Local government is being grant funded to develop Connect to Work (CtW), a voluntary Supported Employment ‘place, train and maintain’ service to help disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers, find and stay in work. This series of top tips aims to give local government officers and elected members a good understanding of the benefits of CtW, how to make good use of it, and how it can be aligned to other council and external work.
