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Local Government Association

We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve

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Party conferences – autumn 2024

The LGA delivers a range of events over the party conference season, including debates and receptions on behalf of councils and our partners.

The local impacts of welfare reform - CESI

The LGA recently commissioned the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion (CESI) to produce a piece of research and modelling to understand and map the aggregate financial and geographical impact of the Government's programme of welfare reforms for local government. The report, the model and some local authority case studies are available here.

The apprenticeship levy - our key asks on reform

The Government’s apprenticeship reform programme has changed the way employers manage their skills and training functions but it is being held back from reaching its full potential to help learners and businesses by the way in which the programme was designed.

How are decisions made?

Councils are political organisations, and their arrangements for decision-making are known as their ‘governance’.

Holocaust Memorial Day

HMD is the international day on 27 January to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi Persecution and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur

Workforce planning

The LGA provides practical support to the local government sector to enable the delivery of strategic workforce planning.