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24 July 2019

Education Select Committee report

Responding to a report from the House of Commons Education Select Committee, ( [link removed] )Cllr Peter John OBE, Chair of London Councils and executive member for Public Service Reform and Devolution and Finance and Resources, said: ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )

“London Councils welcomes the Education Committee’s call for a ten-year plan for school and college funding. Boroughs are committed to providing support to meet every child’s needs, but unfortunately, they are exceeding their budgets in the process.

"We hope the government will review its funding allocations to ensure that schools and colleges across the capital can meet the needs of their students.”

Early intervention for children's services

New research from London Councils highlights the life-changing impact that early intervention has on the most vulnerable young people in the capital – while warning that a £185 million funding shortfall puts crucial services at risk.

( [link removed] )Cllr Nickie Aiken, London Councils’ Executive Member for Schools and Children’s Services, said ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] ): “London boroughs are committed to early intervention as the most cost-effective approach in the long term with the best results for children and families.

"However, we’re working in a context of fast-rising levels of demand for services while budgets are flatlining.The government needs to boost investment in children’s services in line with councils’ rising costs."

Welcome to LOTI

The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) formally launched last week. Based at London Councils in Southwark Street, the LOTI team has been established to help its member boroughs to collaborate on projects that bring the best of technology, data and innovation to improve public services and outcomes for Londoners. You can read a short note on its first week and its plans for the immediate future here. ( [link removed] )

UK heatwave

This week, the UK is set to experience increasingly high temperatures.

Boroughs are already working to inform their communities of action plans and ensure that vulnerable people are looked after.

Please see the NHS advice ( [link removed] )  ( [link removed] )on what to do during a heatwave for more information.

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