Publications

From May 2022 to September 2022 the LGA conducted a survey across all 322 councils in England and Wales, to capture the views of councils outside of London see whether they would benefit from having the same powers as London in handing out fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to offenders.

This report explores the role of combined authorities in relation to the creative industries and the potential of new opportunities for combined authorities to fulfil this role.

This guide has been written to support employers in integrated workforce thinking, in line with delivering the ICS strategy.

Lack of access to fuel has serious consequences for the social care sector. This publication has been developed with the Care Provider Alliance to support councils, local resilience forums and care providers in responding to future challenges around fuel supply.

The model encourages local partners to integrate housing delivery with local health and care commissioning and service provision.

An evaluation of the Local Government Association's ‘Design Skills for Economic Growth’ Programme 2021/22

Expert help to support local housing, planning and homelessness priorities.

This guide aims to provide an overview of four key enablers that support health and social care systems to collaboratively plan and commission effective support, at a strategic level.

This report, commissioned by the LGA from the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (authors: Ian Copeman and Lois Beech), makes a number of recommendations to government on how we can best meet the needs of people in later life with case studies demonstrating how councils are addressing the housing needs of an ageing population.

We've designed this strategy to help local authorities optimise the way they manage energy. It includes good practice examples and case studies related to all areas of local government energy procurement.