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Preparation for Assurance Peer Challenge Report: Gloucestershire County Council

Final report: September 2023

Challenge 3: Wiltshire Council

In March the LG Challenge 2024 cohort headed to the South West to tackle their third challenge, hosted by Wiltshire Council.

Financial resilience in children’s services

Alongside the wider LGA corporate finance offer, we have a specific offer to help local authorities to better understand the use of resources and capacity across children’s services and the impact of this on budgets.

Cyber security and resilience blueprint series

The LGA is developing a series of blueprints to support councils review and establish their strategic and operational approach to managing their cyber defences and bolstering their resilience plans in the event of a cyber-attack.

Levelling Up Locally Inquiry

The LGA has launched the findings from its inquiry into how the Government’s levelling up agenda might better strengthen local communities.

Levelling Up Locally Inquiry: Leadership

The aim of the session was to explore the role of local leadership in binding communities and anchor institutions together to strengthen resilience, align national priorities, and articulate policy interventions necessary to support balanced economic growth and reduce inequality.

Salary sacrifice schemes in schools

Q. Can an academy / non maintained school employer offer an electric vehicle as part of their salary sacrifice scheme to teachers? A. The Department

Future Foundations

Councils share the collective national ambition to tackle their local housing crisis, and create great places for current and future generations. This will only be achieved through strong national and local leadership working together.