Localising employment support
Transforming job centres from the country’s ‘most unloved public service’ into places where people can receive quality career support is a key ambition for me.
Employment and skills
Government ‘must fund NIC increases’ – LGA
Changes made to employer National Insurance contributions in October’s Budget must be fully funded in the forthcoming provisional local government finance settlement, the LGA has said.
‘Place-based’ approach to employment
Local government is to be given nearly £300 million to develop new ways of tackling unemployment and inactivity, as part of the Get Britain Working White Paper.
Local government recruitment drive
LGA Chair Cllr Shaun Davies (pictured) visited Stockton-on-Tees in January, to promote a pilot of a new recruitment campaign for local government
