Publications

The survey was conducted by the Local Government Association’s Research and Information team in July-August 2021 in order that a forthcoming refresh of the LGA’s Work Local proposals be better informed by local authorities’ views of the effectiveness of the current system.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association evaluation of sector-led improvement.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from participants who attended the LGA/Institute of Directors (IoD) pilot commercial skills training programme in 2016, gained through a series of in depth telephone interviews.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from participants who attended the LGA/Institute of Directors (IoD) commercial skills training programme in 2017, gained through a series of in depth telephone interviews.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from leaders and chief executives whose councils received a corporate peer challenge (CPC) in 2017/18.

This report forms part of the LGA's evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of the longer term impact that CPCs have had on councils who received one in 2016/17.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides a quantitative assessment of sector performance and how this has changed since 2009/10.

This report forms part of the LGA's evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from councillors who completed the Leadership Academy in 2017/18, gained through paper feedback forms distributed at the end of the final module.

This report forms part of the LGA's evaluation of sector-led improvement and provides an overview of feedback on the impact of attending the Leadership Academy, from councillors who had completed the course in the summer of 2017. The survey was conducted several months after the course was completed, once attendees had had a chance to reflect upon the learning and put it in to practice.

This report forms part of the LGA's evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from councillors who attended a Leadership Essentials course during 2017/18, gained through paper feedback forms distributed at the end of each course.