#local-council — Public Fediverse posts

Four-way temporary traffic lights on main road into town not working, with traffic already in conflict just after 7 before it starts to build. Called the highways out of hour number. Now, guess who they think is responsible for hunting down the contractor to rectify it and why?

#Transport #TransportPlanning #LocalCouncil #LocalGovernment

Yesterday I signed up a #BDS #petition to ask #Lambeth to #divest from #genocide enabling #pension funds: currently a whooping £52M in complict investments in #Amazon, #Alphabet (aka #Google), #Israel Government Bonds & Israel Chemicals Ltd.

The #Palestine Solidarity campaign created a great database, where you can look up your own #localCouncil investments. You can then hop to the tab 'local petitions' to find your own local petition.

https://lgpsdivest.org/lgps-investments/

#ukpol

British councils are in crisis. What does #Brexit have to do with it?
An explainer 👇

https://www.bestforbritain.org/failure_to_replace_eu_programmes_worsening_council_crisis

#BrexitBritain #BrexitBrokeBritain #BrexitLies #UK #Politics #UKPolitics
#UKPol #EU #RejoinEU #NorthHerts #Hitchin #Letchworth #Baldock #Royston #Councils #Council #BritishCouncils #LocalCouncil #Hertfordshire

Care charges mean disabled people are facing unlawful discrimination on ‘unparalleled’ scale, says report – Disability News Service
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/care-charges-mean-disabled-people-are-facing-unlawful-discrimination-on-unparalleled-scale-says-report/

#SocialCare
#CareCharges
#ChargingForSocialCare
#SocialCareCharges
#SocialServices
#LocalCouncil
#Discrimination
#Disabled

Hospital discharges limiting home care in England, councils say | Social care | The Guardian

Preventative care losing funding to care packages needed to get people out of hospital

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/16/hospital-discharges-nhs-home-social-care-england-preventive-councils

#SocialCare
#Hospital
#HospitalDischarges
#PreventativeServices
#Funding
#NHS
#NHSBacklog
#AssociationOfDirectorsOfAdultSocialServices
#ADASS
#HomecareAssociation
#LocalGov
#LocalCouncil
#CouncilFunding
#CouncilFundingCrisis

This is not great news for a city in which lots of the people we'd like to work with are based. Really hope a way forward for the arts funding to be found - it's already 40% down on 2018.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoQZyoqHBc8

#Bristol #BristolUK #Arts #ArtsCultureAndEntertainment #ArtsFunding #LocalCouncil

Special needs responsibilities were heaped on councils as funding shrank
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/special-needs-responsibilities-were-heaped-on-councils-as-funding-shrank/ar-BB1itDl7?cvid=1f190fac50cb431281feaa0561026d49&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#SEN
#SpecialEducationalNeeds
#LocalCouncil
#FundingCuts
#SpecialSchools
#EHCPs
#SEND
#DFE
#LGA
#LocalGov
#LocalGovernmentAssociation

Charities warn of ‘devastating knock-on impact’ of English councils’ financial crisis
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/charities-warn-of-devastating-knock-on-impact-of-english-councils-financial-crisis/ar-BB1hHJi6?cvid=f892e11ae8a64ae9f4becd1acacddb9c&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=14

#Charities
#LocalCouncil
#FinancialCrisis
#LocalGov
#LocalGovFundingCuts
#CitizensAdvice
#CAB
#AgeUK
#ServicesClosing
#FundingCuts

If you are working to bring about change in your local area - and your council is a part of the picture, don't miss the latest sessions in our Working with Councils series.
Join our deep dives on 6 and 13 February when these experienced change-makers will share what they've learned:

🛠 On Tues 6 Feb, Cristiano Bottone (Muncipalities in Transition and Transition Italia) shares the brilliant *Local Transformation Toolkit* he created.

🛠 On Tues 13 Feb, Frances Northrop (NEF Associate Fellow and Totnes Community Development Society) explores the different ways to bring change with our councils: campaigning, policy, practice and culture.

All welcome to attend! Details for these and our other Spring events: https://transitiontogether.org.uk/events/

#localCouncil #localauthority #community #SystemChange #campaign #transitiontown

From social care to homelessness, what are the cost pressures facing English councils? | Social care | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/28/from-social-care-to-homelessness-what-are-the-cost-pressures-facing-english-councils

#SocialCare
#Homelesness
#LocalCouncil
#LocalCouncils
#LocalCouncilFunding
#Rayner
#Labour
#Tories
#LocalCouncilFinancialCrisis
#LocalCouncilCrisis
#LocalCouncilFundingCrisis
#ChildrensServices
#AdultSocialCsre

Rishi Sunak hits out at Eastleigh Borough Council’s ‘excessive debt’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rishi-sunak-hits-out-at-eastleigh-borough-council-s-excessive-debt/ar-BB1gXgLD?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=be97ae90b55d43d2a5a3b6b5dbffe634&ei=15

#LocalCouncil
#Sunak
#Debt
#Eastleigh

#MichaelGove’s #LocalCouncil warns of #bankruptcy risk after failed #ToryInvestments

New #LibDem leadership in #SurreyHeath attacks previous #Conservative regime for racking up debts worth £165m
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/13/michael-goves-local-council-warns-of-bankruptcy-risk-after-failed-tory-investments #ToryPoliciesInAction #LocalGovernment #ToryIncompetence #ToryFailure

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
Apparently This Bus Is Spreading Satanism In Poland
The number has since been changed.

https://metalinjection.net/news/apparently-this-bus-is-spreading-satanism-in-poland

#Satanism #Religion #Poland #LocalCouncil #Bus #ChaosTour #TraditionalSchoolValues

A council view of the fly tipping curse

https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2023/05/31/a-council-view-of-the-fly-tipping-curse/

#FlyTipping #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #LocalCouncil

Stoke-on-Trent pothole-fixing 'craziness' to get new approach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-65712910

#Roads #Potholes #Stoke-On-Trent #Jobsworths #LocalCouncil

Plymouth council leader faces no-confidence vote over tree felling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65037865

#Plymouth #Devon #TreeFelling #Trees #LocalCouncil #Vote #UKNews

Lack of shade trees:
Part of the problem is the heavily ‘top-down’ approach to tree planting.
If Government were to provide transparency of electrical, gas and water infrastructure mapping; upgrading infrastructure to be vegetation friendly; protection of community developed ‘green areas’; and advice on encouraged/recommended species,
there would be certainty of the survivability/appropriateness of trees, and more people will spend ‘out of pocket’ to plant trees.
Trees planted by local persons or community have ownership, interest and responsibility to its survival and growth. Otherwise the only trees planted are by developers and government,
The current Australian culture effectively discourages tree planting, and increases the cost. 🤷🏻
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-04/darwin-s-lack-of-shade-trees-amid-heatwaves-in-hot-season/101723626
#LocalCouncil #NTPol #Community #Environment

Please join me Wednesday evening 6.30-8pm AEDT as I chat with Judy Horacek (AMAZING feminist cartoonist), Greg James (the first Indigenous Councillor for the Greater Shepparton Council) and Ali Thwaites (educator and youth activist) as we chat about CONTRIBUTION.

How to we value it? What infrastructure do we need to enable people to contribute and to recognise that contribution looks very very different depending on context.

There will be time for questions!
https://www.whealth.com.au/events/regions-reimagined-a-conversation-series/

In partnership with #AustraliaRemade and Women's Health Goulburn North East.

#auspol #care #connection #contribution #event #RegionalAustralia #cartoons #LocalCouncil #OnlineEvent

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Good, does it start at 15% of the yearly #rentalIncome and go up to 50%. That ought to flush homes into people's possession (rather than the ownership of #privateEquity such as BlackStones etc)

An #emptyHomes policy might come next but they are more complex. We understand #localCouncil's are better positioned to deal with empty homes issues.