Publications

This guide, produced by the LGA, is designed to provide you with the key information you need to know as a new councillor and is a useful addition to the support and guidance you will receive from your own council.

This guide, produced by the LGA, is designed to provide you with the key information you need to know as a new councillor and is a useful addition to the support and guidance you will receive from your own council.

We recommend regions continue to develop and integrate this approach with local sector-led improvement tools and that consideration is given to completing the self-assessment as part of a collaborative process with corporate colleagues.

The Local Government Workforce Survey 2015/16 provides information on key elements of the local government workforce. The survey was conducted by the Local Government Association (LGA) and updates previous surveys in the series.

This report outlines the sixteenth set of results in a series of regular Local Government Association (LGA) public polls on resident satisfaction with local councils, conducted every four months. 

In light of rising homelessness and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 the LGA facilitated a seminar for senior officers from councils in the South West.

A set of case studies showing how public health and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector are working together to make a real difference to people's health and wellbeing.

A compilation of case studies showing local authority progress.

A collection of essays on 'four years of public health'.

Setting out the changing role of a firefighter