Media & Campaigns

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• Local Government Challenge: The hunt is on for the next generation of management stars

  The Local Government Challenge 2011 has begun and applications are now open for candidates who think they have the drive, determination and ability to one day lead their council as an inspiring chief executive.

  Added on: 31 August 2010

• Car litter louts costing council taxpayers millions

  Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being wasted dealing with litter lout motorists because of a loophole in the law, council leaders are warning.

  Added on: 26 August 2010

• Council trading standards crack down on mobility aid rogue traders

  Hundreds of thousands of pounds are being retrieved and given back to older and disabled people who have been bullied into buying overpriced mobility aids by rogue traders.

  Added on: 26 August 2010

• From the bizarre to the ridiculous - councils reveal unusual customer service calls

  Trying to register the death of a person who is not yet dead, asking where pest control officers buy their rifles and seeking an explanation of the plot of an 18th century play are some of the more unusual queries council call centres have dealt with over the past year.

  Added on: 20 August 2010

• Schools encouraged to 'show restraint' over uniform changes

  The number of schools changing their status in the next 12 months could result in a boom for school uniform suppliers with hard-pressed parents forced to pay the price, council leaders warned today.

  Added on: 18 August 2010

• 'Do or Die' challenge for rural communities

  Britain’s rural villages are at risk of dying unless radical action is taken to secure their future, it is being warned. A newly formed Rural Coalition, made up of councils and leading organisations which represent rural interests, is calling on the Government to deliver on its Big Society vision by radically empowering local people to shape the rural places in which they live.

  Added on: 16 August 2010

• Cycle schemes providing summer holiday activities for children

  Parents are being urged to defy the cotton-wool culture and encourage their children to get on their bikes during the summer holidays, with support from their local council.

  Added on: 14 August 2010

• Town halls present ministers with dossier of red tape faced by councils

  A detailed dossier of bureaucratic burdens faced by councils, detailing the costs of unnecessary red tape and outdated laws has been submitted to Ministers by council leaders. The submission to Ministers by the Local Government Association, which represents more than 350 councils in England and Wales, lays bare the huge burden of red tape facing councils which costs millions of pounds and diverts council staff from providing front line services.

  Added on: 11 August 2010

• LGA response to abolition of the place survey

  Cllr Richard Kemp, Vice-Chairman of the Local Government Association responds to the Government's decision to abolish the Place Survey

  Added on: 11 August 2010

• Landfill tax could help meet demand for allotment plots

  Money raised from dumping rubbish in the ground could help a nation of budding Jamie Olivers to grow their own food.

  Added on: 11 August 2010

• Public health funerals costing councils £1.56m a year

  Thousands of people are still dying alone and lonely every year, 44 years after the plight of Eleanor Rigby was immortalised in haunting lyrics by the Beatles.

  Added on: 9 August 2010