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EMC POLICY BRIEF A weekly round up of local government news in the East Midlands brought to you by East Midlands Councils
30 SEPTEMBER 2016
Blaby Awarded Member Development Charter - Again
HS2 Growth Strategy
UASC and Refugee Children - National Transfer Scheme
Secondment Opportunity
EMC Events for Councillors
and Officers
Top items this week
Blaby District Council Awarded the Councillor Development Charter
This week Blaby District Council were successfully re-accredited against the East Midlands Regional Councillor Development Charter; this is the third time they have been awarded this achievement demonstrating their ongoing commitment and engagement with investing in councillor learning and development.
The assessment team led by Lisa Butterfill at East Midlands Councils identified the following aspects as key to their success:
The excellent partnership working between councillors and officers at all levels in the authority supporting their culture of learning and growing together
The commitment and involvement of political and managerial leadership in embedding the ethos of continuous improvement
A clear understanding of the importance and benefits of investing in councillor development for the councillor, the authority and the community
A dedicated Member Development Steering Group leading the strategic approach to councillor development in a positive and open way, supported by officers who were very well regarded by councillors
Positive feedback from the 2015 councillor induction programme which resulted in newer members being up to speed and effective more quickly.
For more information on the charter please visit our website or for an informal discussion on councillor development please contact Lisa Butterfill [email protected]
East Midlands HS2 Growth Strategy - Emerging Strategy: Fast Track to Growth
EMC and D2N2 have published a document which sets out our initial plans to use HS2 in the East Midlands to create an extra 74,000 jobs and generate an additional £4 billion of GVA by 2042.
The document represents work in progress. Our final growth strategy will be published in July 2017 and will include a prioritised investment proposition for key development sites and interventions. Key initial priorities include:
Development of a northern-facing ‘classic compatible’ link at the Hub Station to boost connectivity between the Midlands Engine and the Northern Powerhouse;
A comprehensive re-modelling of Trent Junction south of Nottingham to meet the long term passenger and freight requirements of both HS2 and Midlands Connect;
The development of a ‘Mass Transit Strategy’ as part of the Derby-Nottingham Metro initiative, with the Hub Station at its heart; and
Effective access from the A52 and a long term approach to managing traffic growth on the M1.
The document can be viewed here
EMC News
East Midlands Local Authority Challenge 2016 - The closing date for the Local Authority Challenge is 10 November, however there are only a small number of team places left, if you
would like to register a team please get in touch as soon as possible to take up one of the remaining opportunities.
18 teams have registered to be part of our challenge event (4 authorities in Leicestershire, 4 in Nottinghamshire, 6 in Lincolnshire, 2 in Northamptonshire and 2 in Derbyshire). To register your team visit here
We have also enlisted a team of Leaders and senior officers to support the event and to enhance the experience, and two communications officers to keep team members on their toes.
EMC Boards Activity
EMC Executive Board - The EMC Executive Board met today in Melton Mowbray, chaired by Cllr Martin Hill, Leader of Lincolnshire County Council and Chair of East Midlands Councils. The Board discussed challenge to the health and care system in the region, infrastructure and economic growth priorities, asylum and refugee resettlement and the impact of the proposed national living wage and apprenticeship levy.
East Midlands Regional Employers’ Board - Regional Employers’ Board will meet on 4 October, the meeting will include an Employers’ Briefing on Apprenticeships by Nigel Carruthers from the LGA.
EMC Support Activity
Questioning Techniques Training - This week EMC staff have supported an authority with training on advanced questioning skills. For further information contact [email protected]
East Midlands Scrutiny Network - This week the East Midlands Scrutiny Network meeting has taken place in Long Eaton. The network meeting attended by both Councillors and Officers featured a presentation from Nottingham City Council on their recent review of elections and a presentation and update from the Centre for Public Scrutiny. For further details about the network visit here.
EMC Councillor Events
Councillor Policy Briefing Programme - Remaining dates for the 2016/17 Policy Briefing Programme for Councillors;
1 December 2016 - Planning for Economic Growth (Combined Seminar with the Regional Programme for Planners)
17 January 2017 - Migration Conference
25 January 2017 - Influencing Skills - a skills based session to complement the knowledge briefing programme.
21 March 2017 - ‘Planning for Housing Delivery’ (Combined Seminar )
For more information contact [email protected]
Migration Update
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking and Refugee Children - National Transfer Scheme
Policy Officer – East Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership (EMSMP) Fixed term secondment: November 2016 – March 2017 - EMC is offering a secondment opportunity to assist in the co-ordination of the East Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership’s responsibilities for the development and ongoing management of migration issues in particular the regional transfer model for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC). For more visit here.
Infrastructure, Planning & Housing
2016 East Midlands Construction Industry Council Debate - Midlands Engine & Midlands Connect: Substance or Spin? The Midlands Engine and Midlands Connect are high profile initiatives aimed at securing more jobs and investment for the Midlands of England in a post Brexit economy. But is there any substance behind the spin? How will the local economies across the East Midlands benefit? And what will the impact be on those working in the built environment professions?
To illuminate these and other issues, the East Midlands CIC has brought together a high-profile Panel of key decision makers to give their perspectives and to take questions. Thursday, November 3rd, 2016, 18:00—20:00, University of Nottingham. Details of how to book to attend are available on the flyer [here].
Midland Main Line: We must continue to invest in success! - Council and business leaders have called for the current momentum to be maintained in the run up the new Chancellor’s first Autumn Statement to ensure this important infrastructure project is not further delayed. To read the full press release visit here.
Right to Buy: more than 56,000 new homeowners across the country - Over 56,000 households have been helped to purchase a home through the government’s Right to Buy scheme since 2012.
New figures show more than 312,000 households have now benefited from government-backed home ownership schemes including Right to Buy, Help to Buy and Help to Buy: Shared Ownership since 2010.
Two of the top 10 places with tenants taking up Right to Buy are in the East Midlands, Nottingham and Leicester (Nottingham 7th on the list with 910 and Leicester 9th on the list with 894, Right to Buy sales Q1 2012-2013 to Q1 2016-2017).
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EMC Leadership
Chair: Cllr Martin Hill OBE Vice Chair: Cllr Jon Collins Vice Chair: Cllr Neil Clarke MBE Conservative Group: Cllr Roger Blaney Labour Group: Cllr Robert Parker . Lib Dem Group: Cllr David Bill MBE Independent Group: Mayor Kate Allsop
Executive Director: Stuart Young
Employers’ Information
Update: Further reforms to exit payments - Government consultation response - The Government has issued its response to its consultation on further reforms to exit payments, which are in addition to the £95,000 cap on exit payments and the recovery provisions for those earnings £80,000 or more. A summary of the response can be accessed here, the full details are available here.
Youth and Community Workers and Teachers in Residential Establishments Pay Awards - The LGA issued to local authorities which confirm pay agreements for both Youth and Community staff (2016 and 2017) and for Teachers in Residential Establishments (2016). Agreement has also been reached with the Soulbury Trade Unions for a 1% increase for 2016 and 1% increase for 2017 for Soulbury Officers. For further information visit here.
Local Government News
East Midlands Performance Network - The Performance Management Network will meet next on Thursday 13 October 2016, 10:00 – 12:30 at Erewash Borough Council. The network meeting will include a presentation on performance indictor and projects software, Environmental Information Requests and will provide an opportunity for information sharing between colleagues across the
region. For further information visit here.
Council Leader calls for review of ASA decision on begging campaign - An Advertising Standards Authority decision that a poster campaign on the issue of begging breached its code has been criticised by the Leader of Nottingham City Council. The Council is considering making a formal request for the decision to be independently reviewed.
Councillor Jon Collins said the ASA had “completely failed to understand the seriousness of the begging problem in cities like Nottingham and why this kind of campaign was needed.” To read the press release in full visit here.
Health & Social Care
New investment in health research - The funding has been awarded to 20 NHS and university partnerships across England through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Each of the 20 biomedical research centres will host the development of new, ground-breaking treatments, diagnostics, prevention and care for patients in a wide range of diseases like cancer and dementia. In the East Midlands funding has been awarded to;
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Nottingham for Deafness and hearing problems, gastrointestinal and liver disorders, mental health and technology, musculoskeletal disease, respiratory disease, with £23,642,003 funding
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and University of Leicester for Cardiovascular, lifestyle, respiratory research, with £11,591,314
For further information visit here.
EMC Events
Low Cost CPD for Planners - Development Management Theory & Practice, 6 Oct 2016 - This is the third seminar for 2016/17 for Planners which will look at Development Management Theory and Practice. For further information visit here.
Environmental Health CPD programme - Working with Public Health England, 10 November 2016 - The next event in the Environmental Health CPD programme will take place on 10 November and has been put together by Public Health England. This will include case studies from Nottinghamshire on Legionnaires disease, Derbyshire on Meningitis C outbreak in primary school, Leicestershire on Grove Farm Outbreak and Northamptonshire on Leptospirosis in animal rescue centre. For further information visit here.
