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Daily News from Public Sector Executive
And here’s today’s news from Public Sector Executive – on Tuesday the 16th July 2024.
Today, the government is pledging to begin a new devolution ‘revolution’ that will see even more powers transferred away from Westminster, towards local leaders.
This comes as Deputy Prime Minister, and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Angela Rayner has written to local leaders to urge those regions that don’t have devolved power to come together with the government and deliver ambitious devolution.
As part of this call for collaboration and devolution, Rayner will invite local leaders who have ‘skin in the game’ and key knowledge about their regions to work together on important issues such as transport, housing, adult education and employment.
According to a new survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, local councils are being pushed to overspend on care as people’s requirements after hospital become more intense.
In the latest annual survey from ADASS, people with illnesses and disabilities need more complex care and support, but local councils are struggling to meet those needs due to financial troubles. This rise in complex care has come thanks to the push to discharge people from hospitals faster, with the average size of care packages for hospital leavers increasing in 76% of council areas over the last year.
This increase in councils’ requirements for providing more complex care has led to risks that those who need low-level, earlier support at home could miss out, or their needs could escalate.
The District Councils’ Network has called for tomorrow’s King’s Speech to prioritise the reform of Right to Buy.
This news comes as the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes figures outlining how, over the course of the last year, more than 6,00 council homes in England have been sold under the Right to Buy scheme – only half of which have been replaced.
The DCN has made a number of recommendations on how the issue could be fixed, including the introduction of a right to pause on sales for council with extreme housing pressures, and allowing councils to retain 100% of the Right to Buy receipts to allow for the building of replacements.
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