_ why is the local government association then— why is the local then saying that 20% of councils face the _ association then saying that 20% of councils face the threat _ association then saying that 20% of councils face the threat of- councils face the threat of bankruptcy_ councils face the threat of bankruptcy in _ councils face the threat of bankruptcy in the - councils face the threat of bankruptcy in the next - councils face the threat of| bankruptcy in the next two councils face the threat of- bankruptcy in the next two years? councils face the threat of— bankruptcy in the next two years? of bankruptcy in the next two years? iii/it course bankruptcy in the next two years? course every council is going to be different and face challenges, but... central government has doubled the grant since 2019, since i was chief secretary. the grants going from central to local govern has doubled over this parliament. caught power has gone up over the last four or five years as well. of course there are always going to be challenges, but where government

we'll be hearing from the local government association shortly.. in fact, labour leader, sir keir starmer, criticed the government's plans for council tax. they know that a tory stealth text is coming their way in the shape of their next council tax bill. yep, absolutely, council tax! the levelling... the levelling up secretary has told notjust this house but every house in the country he's coming for their council tax. give with one hand — gove in the other. yeah! sir keir starmer speaking there. joining me now is councillor kevin bentley, seniorvice—chairman of the local government association. thank you very much forjoining us here on the bbc news. what is your reaction to what you heard. overall, the buduet reaction to what you heard. overall, the budget was _ reaction to what you heard. overall, the budget was about _ reaction to what you heard. overall, the budget was about business - reaction to what you heard. overall, the budget was about business and | the budget was about business and people, which was very, very good. for us in local g

the local government association says governments have already consulted on ltns and say ministers arets. leila nathoo, bbc news. lets take you live to iceland now, where a state on the reykjanes peninsula, the fourth since december. among those being asked to leave the area are residents of the town of grindavik, which has been badly affected by the continuing flare—ups. iceland's airspace remains open, but the nearby blue lagoon, one of the country's most popular tourist attractions, has been evacuated. st patrick's day festivities are under way across the united states, with thousands in new york turning out to celebrate irish heritage. manhattan's fifth avenue turned green on saturday as large crowds cheered on marchers in the annual st patrick's day parade. the event, which dates to 1762, is one of the world's largest irish heritage festivities. in atlanta, thousands lined the streets as floats, dancers and musicians took part in the city's annual st patrick's parade. some breaking news, apparently a polling station in zaporizhzhia have been attacked by forces, and this is been re

we have already had from councils and local government associations this morning saying they have beenre with less for many years now and theyjust don't think there is any further they can go. don't think there is any further they can go— don't think there is any further the can no. . ., ~ ~ they can go. helen catt at millbank, thank ou. later this week, a police inquiry known as 0peration kenova will reveal the secret war between the british state and the irish republican army, or ira. over the last seven years it has examined crimes such as murder and torture linked to the agent known as "stakeknife", and the role played by the british security services, including m15. 0peration kenova has now linked the agent to the murder of 17 alleged informers. some of them were also working for british intelligence. for the families of those killed by the ira, it's hoped this week's report will provide some answers. the bbc�*s peter taylor, who has been investigating the troubles for more than a0 years, has more. john dignam was murdered by the ira in 1992 and branded as a special branch informe

the local government association said most councils spent little on things like diversity schemes.ng held in a young offenders institution in yorkshire was restrained and had her clothes removed by an all—male team of prison officers, twice. the details emerged in a highly critical report of wetherby young offenders institution, which houses some of the uk's most complex child offenders. the girl, aged between 15 and 18, was undressed to prevent her from using her clothes to self—harm. officials say female staff did not attend the incident, because they had been assaulted earlier in their shift. report author charlie taylor says care for vulnerable young people, especially girls, at the site was "not good enough". our home editor mark easton has been looking into this story and joins me now. this is a shocking story, isn't it? it is, and one needs i think to understand the background before you draw any conclusions. almost all the children locked up in wetherby young offenders institution in yorkshire exhibit these very high risk behaviours, extremely violent and a huge amount of s

i want to bring sean davis from the local government association back into the conversation. ouncil taxes going up almost everywhere | going to have to pay for it? council. taxes going up almost everywhere in the country. we are seeing councils approaching the government for support — approaching the government for support. it's not party political from _ support. it's not party political from a — support. it's not party political from a local government perspective. at what _ from a local government perspective. at what we _ from a local government perspective. at what we are seeing is a short term _ at what we are seeing is a short term is— at what we are seeing is a short term is taking hold of decision—making. we do need certainty— decision—making. we do need certainty on understanding where our budgets _ certainty on understanding where our budgets will be as a council in a year— budgets will be as a council in a year or— budgets will be as a council in a year or two— budgets will be as a council in a year or two or three years' time. we also need _ year or two or three y

i mean, just on the broader point, daniel mentions the local government association and the instituteted think tank. i don't expect them . uh, it's not expect them. uh, it's not a political organisation though, daniel. mean, they it is they daniel. i mean, they it is they have found that real terms spending in local government . spending in local government. this is across the board since 2010. and the george osborne austerity years has reduced by 71. so there's less spending power across local government on the issue of birmingham city council, i struggle with this one. i'm a former councillor myself. i know this time of year in terms of budget setting, you do have to set a balanced budget. there's more than an hour here. i have to say, unfortunately, of head in the sand particular group sand from this particular group of councillors, they've known about equal pay claim for about this equal pay claim for many years. that said, it is europe's biggest local authority . by definition, it employs a huge workforce. it's got to find out over £800 million to settle this agreement. that's a

joining me now is councillor abbie brown, deputy chair of local government association. hopes in this budget toda ? . ., , concerns and hopes in this budget toda ? ~' . ., , ., today? i think council leaders and council staff— today? i think council leaders and council staff across _ today? i think council leaders and council staff across the _ today? i think council leaders and council staff across the country i council staff across the country will look at interest to see what impact this will have on local authorities, i think we will be hoping for some positive news for us and the ultimate thing that would help local authorities is to have multi year settlement moving forward. fora number of multi year settlement moving forward. for a number of years we have had a year by year settlements which makes it very difficult for us to plan moving forward and obviously hoping there is recognition within the budget today of the pressure on local authorities are facing, particularly around adults and children social care.— children social care. many challenges _ children socia

the local government association says governments have already consulted on ltns and say ministers aremmunities how they use their streets. leila nathoo, bbc news. talking more about this later in the programme with a guestjust after 7:30am. if you have an opinion, get in touch with your thoughts on low traffic neighbourhoods. after three days of voting, today is the final day in russia's presidential voting for the election?— polling stations in russia will close later, following a third day of voting in the presidential election, as roger says. vladimir putin is all but certain to be in powerfor another six years, as he has no credible opponent. the bbc has been speaking to russian voters about what their concerns are during this election period. graham satchell has this report. in this snowy city 50 miles north of moscow, election officials are going door to door. this is the final day in the russia's presidential election and everyone, including the sick and elderly, will get a chance to vote. inessa rozhkova is 87, and she is worried about the war in ukraine. "i wish this special

this is what the tory run local government association is saying. >> well, the figures speak for themselvesding this year. but the facts speak for themselves. you can't have labour council thousands of pounds to diversity coordinators, while you know £117 million, or sorry, £17 million. birmingham council spent on paying private taxi firm taking children £200 a day for three miles to home and school. that's what you know we are facing with labour on council. >> final quick word to you. >> final quick word to you. >> the tories would they . >> the tories would they. >> the tories would they. >> well listen you went you went a bit quiet there. it sounded like a very a great point but sadly your mic sort of cut at that point. thank you so much. alan vogel former alan vogel and also former labour random . rommel, labour mp phil random. rommel, thank much. this is gb labour mp phil random. rommel, thank what much. this is gb labour mp phil random. rommel, thank what do uch. this is gb labour mp phil random. rommel, thank what do you this is gb labour mp phil random. rommel, thank what do you thi

the local government association says 90% of councillors has received abuse and intimidation, 68% ofthose are not seeking re—election . when they say it's re—election. when they say it's because of the abuse, a female council leader had received thousands of death threats and individuals had threatened to gang rape and traffic. her two year old daughter, whom she makes sleep with a fire blanket after a fellow councillor had their house firebombed. could it be because of stuff like this? >> why is the motion being put to this chamber ? we were told to this chamber? we were told that we would be happy the labour group would be happy to put a motion to this chamber. why has that not happened? i will not let you guys get out. >> good. >> good. >> we know mps have faced threats . that's why we had threats. that's why we had a botched ceasefire vote. but just today, philip davies in shipley had a mob turn up at his office. he looked like a broken man. bless him. they'll come after your business too. you could just own a kebab shop that supports palestine, but was selling coca—cola, which i

i'll be the first person to tell you this is that the local government association have identified a rnment finances. and in simple terms, there's a lot of stats out there. but in 2010, the conservative party implemented a 40% cut in government grants to local councils. straight away , which councils. straight away, which meant that the council tax element of all funding for councils went from 59% to 71, and the government grant fell from 38 to 22. >> so, you know, it's very simple maths as i'm sure you like to say to your viewer, it's not rocket science, so the money's just been taken away. >> so what the other thing they do, quite cleverly, is every year councils have to take out inflation. >> so with the minimum wage going up, which i fully support, that's a £1.4 billion a year hole again in finances across the country just to make the minimum wage. and this isn't met with anything other than councils trying to raise their own funds. >> so when you see councils going bust because they've invested in property and other things, that's because they were encouraged.use the words >> and

with any medical psychological assistance is necessary, local public associations are involved in providing assistance, in addition to governments, our film crew is now... on the spot, we will monitor the situation, but in the meantime belarus is ready to provide all necessary assistance, including psychological, to those who find themselves in an extreme situation to moldovan children. our mit is ready to provide any possible necessary assistance to our moldovan partners. now we know the main threat to lithuanian statehood, grandfather music band. the belarusian side is ready to provide possible and necessary assistance to its moldovan partners. by the way, in the cis, and even more so in a union state, this is impossible to imagine, maybe it’s worth thinking about? a real wave of indignation over what happened arose on social networks; there were many comments on the internet in support of moldovan citizens stuck at the border. european values ​​are evident, civilized europe is at war with children. i hope that they will return to belarus and the local authorities will provide them with temporary asylum until everything is cl

local government won an almost daily basis. in the last week alone, a survey by the local govenment association has warned that two thirds of communitiess year — waste collection, road repairs, libraries, leisure services — as councils struggle to plug the funding gap. a report warns that this sector is increasingly in a state of financial crisis, with over half the respondents to a survey saying they are likely to declare bankruptcy in the next five years. the financial times has warned that local authorities are preparing to sell up hundreds of millions of pounds' worth of land and buildings. a long—term funding squeeze shows no sign of being alleviated by the budget tomorrow. lord mayor, as i have already stated and i will reaffirm now, my task is to address the problems unique to this council, problems for which i apologise unreservedly. but i have to ask who will apologise for the prolonged neglect at national level that has brought so many councils to the brink? and who is going to put that right. i think the record is clear from the last 14 years that it won't be the conservative government. and that growing crisis in local gove

>> charities, also housing >> charities, but also housing associations, hospitals, local government,ll rely on the royal family to embody the best of british values. that is a problem now, and that's unfortunately hasn't been made better by what's happened last 24 hours. >> so the fiasco over the phone and let's call it the fiasco because that's what it is. they've got this completely wrong in every way. will they learn lessons from it? >> only if they change staff, if they can only get wise people back into the palaces who understand . but i mean, it's understand. but i mean, it's a top down problem. the problem is king charles does not take no for an answer. he only wants the yes men. prince william, unfortunately, has followed his father . otherwise he also. father. otherwise he also. i mean, he's too headstrong. he wants to create a different monarchy, so that leaves us. well william. >> not even sure he wants to be the head of the established church. well, exactly. >> i mean, all these things that dribble out. he is a man who thinks he can modernise the monarchy. dear. and exact

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published in partnership with the national association of counties wvides an overview of how opioid supplements are being allocated across states and local governmentaborate to maximize the impact of these funds. you can check thatmi out at nlc.org/opioid settlement. now let's get our conversation started. thank you all once again for joining. attorney general marshall, under your leadership, the state alabama has taken the opioid crisis head-on and is reached manufacturers and others for the roles in the crisis took this past november you send a letter to local l implementing long-term strategy for these funds. so can to shut the guidelines and restrictions that have been established regarding the use of the f settlement fund? >> thank you, mayor. thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. but we do of a baseline setting for us all because although i think we understand the issue and what it is we're attending to accomplish, i think about the gravity of the challenge before us. .. year. we know that beyond just the fiscal issue that we face we face, it's really about the lives and the stories that we see in our communities when over 130 p

government and local and executive authorities, of course on the youth track. over the past year, very large-scale work has been carried out by the ministry of education of the largest public associationsso, for example, on this site, the forum sochi, we signed an agreement with the largest and main federal agency for... rosmolod, in fact, this agency is key organizer responsible for the execution of, in fact, this most powerful international platform, we remembered with what excitement the festivals have always been held, of course, we are now very glad that, together with our partners, we have concluded this agreement, through youth parliamentarism, the belarusian the republican youth union also initiated the event and we held very large-scale... as i noted earlier, not only will the fighters of the belarusian republican youth union student groups work together, but a thematic event is also planned together with the russian youth union , this is a soldier’s envelope, which this year is dedicated to the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the republic of belarus from the nazi invaders, we will begin in june, the start of the action in september from the fifth to the seventh, we

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government, federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and the private sector. special thank you to fema administrator deanne criswell. we also today have willie nunn, istered, russ strickland, and president of the national emergency management associationgary o'neill, president of the national hazard mitigation association. josh, deloitte managing director and internationally recognized advisor on climate and disaster is against. and andrew friedman, the senior climate reporter from axios. your insights are invaluable to our discussion. as we witnessed increasing climate-related extreme weather events, like the maui fire last august and the smokehouse creek fire in texas and a,, alongside an increasingly offensive, all hazards and consequence management mission set, it becomes ever more urgent to elevate our national resilience. to focus on how we build resilience, especially in marginalized and disadvantaged committees cannot be overstated. i am honored to introduce deanne criswell, the fema administrator who is at the helm of these efforts. her extensive backgroundtion th. her role as it spanned from the city, emergency manager in our, colorado to the mmissithe new yy management department, culminating in her historic numb nation, co

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