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- March 2010
- LGA heralds recognition of councils' vital role in adult care White Paper
- Winter weather review announced - councils respond
- Total Place report an important first step to better local services that cost less - LGA
- Potholes being fixed at record rate - LGA
- Chancellor announces £100m for potholes - councils respond
- LGA responds to council tax announcement
- LGA calls for councils to be 'freed from out-dated rules' on libraries
- LGA responds to Shelter research on housing
- Councils respond to landfill bans
- LGA response to Ed Balls announcement on child social work
- CAA costs 'are climbing' for some, LGA warns
- Councils seek freedom to build up to 500,000 new homes
- Councils respond to Audit Commission report
- Councils already alert to the problem of school admission fraud
- School admissions system stable despite increased pressure because of the recession
- New list published of 250 words the public sector shouldn't use
- Child protection reforms risk weakening safety net, LGA warns
- Microchips in bins - response to Big Brother Watch report
- Councils respond to Taxpayers Alliance pensions report
- Local Innovation Awards announced
- Early research findings show growing need for more social workers
- BBC poll shows tough times ahead for councils
- Delay to personal care at home implementation will ensure efficient service from day one - LGA
Local Innovation Awards announced
Press release - 3 March 2010
The first winners of the new scheme were praised for their work at a reception hosted by kind permission of Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, last night at No 11 Downing Street.
The Scheme is run in partnership by the Government, the LGA Group and the independent Local Innovation Awards Scheme Advisory Panel. The full list of winners and pen portraits can be found at: http://www.beacons.idea.gov.uk/localinnovationawards
Tameside, Sunderland, Trafford and Northumberland Council, along with their partners, won five main awards. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service, Northumberland Council and Halton Borough Council also received innovation development awards in the ‘Bright Ideas’ category.
Photographs will be available at 9am on 3 March at: http://simonwrightphotography.co.uk/downloads/gallery.php?gid=251
Author: LGA Media Team
Contact: LGA media Office, Tel: 020 7664 3333