Caitlin Webb (she/her)

Chief Reporter for @lgcplus
Trustee for @2ndChanceMedway
Views are my own - especially the good ones.

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🚨New job news🚨I've joined the @lgcplus team as chief reporter. If you have any local authority news send it my way! My new email is [email protected]

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@ReformAnthony Hi Anthony, you up for talking about this for LGC? I'm the chief reporter there and our readers are council officers :) my email is [email protected]

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Jim McMahon letter: "Oflog is an office within my department".
I'm guessing the days of questioning its independence is over?
https://t.co/Oo1lYeLFaU

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My partner and I have received our postal vote. I'm not sure how to vote.
For the first time at this election, I am only a voter. I won't be at a count or up all night waiting for the results, instead I will be celebrating my brother's wedding. But I might sneak a peak.

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Just reading through my morning post. As a politics graduate this is super interesting, as a voter it's confusing. #GeneralElection2024

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My big question is have I missed the Lib Dems or Green party mail? Or are they doing different tactics that don't involve the post 🤔

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@chamurphy1 Next panel is about investment in green economies. Jason Longhurst from Prologis said "there's no a shortage on investment in the green economy but a shortage of clarity of where we should invest".

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On a panel at #lgcnz24 about finances and net zero. Inevitably first thing mentioned is the years of austerity for councils and inequality of "competitive" funding pots from central government.

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@chamurphy1 O'Neill said all the housing targets from political parties would need more money, skills and investment. And he said the only time that amount of houses were built local authorities were involved..

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@chamurphy1 Sarah asked: how do you encourage retrofitting when you've also got other housing issues such as mould and damp.

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@chamurphy1 O' Neill from Barnsley said "there is no easy answer" for getting more residents retrofitted houses when they have private landlords or are not able to get funding support.
He says there needs to be more willingness and connection to the local area for an appetite to do this

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O'Neill welcomed us all to visit Barnsley. After telling us all the work they are doing to both introduce new eco-friendly developments and retrofitting, might be worth taking him up on that offer. #lgcnz24

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Matt O'Neill from Barnsley said private companies need to "buy" into sustainability as well. But also improve awareness for residents.

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@CllrMajid @natalieben @Peterrhwood said in his research residents didn't know their councils were "skint" and that understanding helped them realise how hard the choices their councils make.
The rest of the panel shared their call for better communication to help net zero aims.

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Lgc Net zero kicking off with editor @sjcalkin . She reminded us it's been 5 years since the UK set their target for reduce emissions. Been a few governments since then and we've got one more soon to come...

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@CllrMajid @natalieben While Matt Ralfe from Nottingham says residents actually notice congestion more than air quality and air quality affects the poorest the most, who often don't have a car. Also they are encouraging more ev use with their fleet of bin lorries being electrified. Also new trams🚊

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@CllrMajid @natalieben Broomhead also added criticism about how more motorways are being built so the green initiative needs to be shared by national government to improve air quality and reach net zero goals.

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@CllrMajid @natalieben Local planning process should encourage the green agenda, says Broomhead. But it's too complicated and controversial with private companies opposing a lot of it. Chisholm from Brighton and Hove shared similar challenges especially when land is so expensive in her region