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“It's Great That Government Has Listened to Us and Scrapped the Cap” No.629 November 2018 www.local.gov.uk the magazine for local government “It’s great that government has listened to us and scrapped the cap” Lord Porter, LGA Chairman 24 1013 12-1314 23 17 Autumn Budget Municipal bonds Sharing services LGA calls for Councils urge d Connecting investment in to sign up to councils to local services new scheme drive e ciency LGA FIRST 629 Nov18 pp01.indd 1 19/10/2018 15:43 Fast, fair and effective enforcement FAST. 48 hour average judgment transfer and very prompt attendance after notice expiry. FAIR. Robust vulnerability policies and nationally accredited training for all our teams. EFFECTIVE. The largest team of authorised HCEOs and highly trained enforcement agents. With our impressive industry leading recovery rates, nationwide coverage and dedicated Client Services team, you can trust HCE Group to collect more for you and your clients. Instruct us for Enforcement of judgments and tribunal awards Eviction of activists, squatters and travellers Eviction of commercial and residential tenants Commercial landlord services To find out more or instruct us Tracing and process serving 08450 999 666 Vehicle recovery and enquiry www.hcegroup.co.uk HCE_Adverts_A4.inddLGA FIRST 629 Nov18 3 pp02-03 Contents.indd 2 19/10/201819/04/2018 14:5913:39 Housing win was delighted to hear the I Prime Minister announce contents plansxxxx to remove the cap Xon councils’xxxxxx housing borrowing,Lord Porter which is Chairman will free usof the LGA to build more news of the homes our communities need. 4 Housing borrowing 6 Cladding 8 Music teacher pay The announcement was the high cap Underage Food hygiene Winter pressures knife sales point of what was a very successful party Apprenticeship levy conference season for local government, 5 Local government Taxi licensing and you can nd out more about the LGA’s funding 7 China waste work at these events in our Parliament EU social fund section (p29). Children’s mental Fast, fair and effective Elsewhere in this month’s magazine, health you can read about our submission to Loneliness strategy the Budget, ahead of the Chancellor’s statement on 29 October (p13), and we enforcement take a look at the Government’s contingency plans in case of a ‘no deal’ Brexit (p12). FAST. 48 hour average judgment transfer and very We are also launching a Skills Taskforce, to press the case for the localisation and prompt attendance after notice expiry. integration of employment and skills services and ensure we have the right 8 FAIR. Robust vulnerability policies and nationally people with the right skills to help promote local economic growth (p10). 5 accredited training for all our teams. Finally, I hope you can nd the time to take part in #OurDay, the LGA’s annual tweetathon, on 20 November (p15). This EFFECTIVE. The largest team of authorised HCEOs and is our chance to let the world know about all the wonderful work going on in highly trained enforcement agents. councils and other public services, day in, day out, to help our residents and improve With our impressive industry leading recovery rates, our local areas. 6 Lord Porter is Chairman of the LGA nationwide coverage and dedicated Client Services team, you can trust HCE Group to collect more for you and Editor Karen Thornton Design & print CPL www.cpl.co.uk 29 your clients. 10 Advertising [email protected] features Write to rst: Local Government Association 18 Smith Square, 10 Workforce skills London SW1P 3HZ 11 Careers Email [email protected] 12 Brexit Tel editorial 020 7664 3294 Tel advertising 01223 378 042 13 LGA Budget Instruct us for Photography Getty Images and iStock.com submission unless otherwise stated. Cover – Chris Sharp 14 UK Municipal Bonds Enforcement of judgments and tribunal awards Circulation 18,200 (October 2018) Agency 26 rst is published online at www.local.gov.uk/ rst at least two days before the magazine. To unsubscribe 15 #OurDay comment email [email protected] Productivity Experts Eviction of activists, squatters and travellers The inclusion of an advert or insert in rst does 16 23 Social integration not imply endorsement by the LGA of any product programme 28 LGA Chairman and or service. Contributors’ views are their own 24 Eviction of commercial and residential tenants and do not necessarily re ect the opinions 17 Sharing services group leaders regulars or policies of the LGA. 18 Local Government 26 Early intervention 29 Parliament – party Mutual conference wins Commercial landlord services To find out more or instruct us 28 Sandhurst: respect 19 Digital Transformation and responsibility 30 Councillor – Tracing and process serving Programme Home improvement Scrutinising budgets 08450 999 666 20 Public health services 31 Local elections Vehicle recovery and enquiry www.hcegroup.co.uk November 2018 first contents | 3 HCE_Adverts_A4.indd 3 19/04/2018 13:39 LGA FIRST 629 Nov18 pp02-03 Contents.indd 3 19/10/2018 15:46 Social care funding for winter pressures he Government has announced it will give Tan additional £240 million for the adult social care system to tackle winter pressures. It says the investment will help councils reduce pressures on the NHS by getting news patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England. The money, which was announced at the Conservative Party Conference, is enough LGA secures housing win to provide 71,500 domestic care packages or 86,500 ‘re-ablement’ packages, although councils also have the option to spend it on with lifting of borrowing cap adapting housing. Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s The LGA secured a huge political win this homes and infrastructure that everyone in our Community Wellbeing Board, said: “The month, when the Prime Minister announced communities need. LGA has been at the forefront of e orts to the full lifting of the Housing Revenue “Our national housing shortage is one of highlight the signi cant pressures facing adult Account Borrowing Cap at the Conservative the most pressing issues we face and it is clear social care and secure funding for the system. Party Conference. The move is one the LGA that only an increase of all types of housing “We are pleased that the Government has long campaigned for – Chairman Lord – including those for a ordable or social rent has acted by providing an injection of Porter has spent 15 years calling for it. – will solve the housing crisis. The last time this desperately needed funding to help tackle It has been met with widespread acclaim country built homes at the scale that we need winter pressures. across the housing sector, alongside cross- now was in the 1970s when councils built more “Councils and providers cannot simply sector praise for the e orts of the LGA and Lord than 40 per cent of them. turn services on and o as funding ebbs Porter in getting the move to happen. “Councils were trusted to get on and build and ows. Putting in place the right services Delighted Lord Porter was in the hall for homes that their communities needed, and and workforce requires forward planning the PM’s speech. He said: “Today’s speech they delivered, and it is great that they are and longer-term contracts. Adult social care by the Prime Minister shows that the being given the chance to do so again.” services still face a £3.5bn funding gap by 2025, Government has heard our argument that Councils are determined to ensure the just to maintain existing standards of care.” councils must be part of the solution to our promises become detail in the Chancellor’s The Secretary of State for Health and chronic housing shortage. Budget as soon as possible. The LGA will be Social Care, Matt Hancock, said: “We will use “It is fantastic that the Government has campaigning over coming weeks to ensure that this money to get people who don’t need to accepted our long-standing call to scrap the local authorities are able to borrow to build, free be in hospital, but do need care, back home, housing borrowing cap. We look forward to from restrictions, so the renaissance in council back into their communities, so we can free up working with councils and the Government house building we need becomes a reality.” those vital hospital beds, and help people who to build those good quality, a ordable new ● Read Lord Porter’s comment piece on p24. really need it, get the hospital care they need.” Growing ‘care injustice’ warning he Care Quality Commission’s annual State of Care report shows that most people are still T getting good care – when they can access it. However, it warns of growing “care injustice”, with access increasingly dependent on how well local systems work together. The latest report for 2017/18 says overall quality of health and social care in England has been maintained, and in some cases, improved from last year. This is despite continuing pressures around demand and funding, and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sta . But the CQC says that people’s experience of care varies depending on where they live and is often determined by how well di erent parts of local systems work together. Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “This report raises important concerns and highlights the brilliant work across the system to maintain quality of care, something that becomes harder each year as the consequences of pressures build further. It provides more evidence of a system under signi cant pressure and in desperate need of securing a long-term and sustainable solution for how, as a country, we pay for social care.
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