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The LLG Social Media Toolkit is now available to all members. Covering Defamation, abuse, standards, employment law, data protection, indemnities and guidance for councillors, it provides a comprehensive useful guide to an increasingly complex area.
LawCare are recruiting up to four new trustees to strengthen the board and develop work in supporting and promoting mental health and wellbeing in the legal community. It is an exciting time to join the LawCare board as the engagement about mental health in the legal community is significantly growing.
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LLG have produced the guidance with the cooperation of the Association of Electoral Administrators and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives for the purpose of assisting each organisation's memberships and their authorities with data sharing between any given department and the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) in respect of the Annual Canvass and the ERO’s duties generally.
The Secretary of State has issued the above revised regulations relating to the extension of the remote meeting provision to certain authorities – namely Mayoral Development Corporations, Transport for London, Urban Development Corporations and parish meetings. These Regulations: • extend the definition of ‘local authority’ under the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 to those bodies • remove the existing requirements on them to hold annual meetings and • allow their meetings to be held remotely using video or telephone conferencing or by other remote means.
Talking Law in Local Government
The Department of Transport has this week (21st July 2020) published the long overdue Section 177 Guidance for Taxi Licensing, entitled ‘Statutory Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Standards’.
Talking Law in Local Government
LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE have jointly written to the Chief Executive of the Local Government Association (LGA), Mark Lloyd, to advise they will work together in response to the draft model code of conduct, currently open for consultation.
LLG is seeking your views on the LGA's Draft Code of Conduct and other lobbying opportunities and welcomes your response to the survey.