Local Government Association

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

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Audit, scrutiny and risk

The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny has published a guide to support members of council audit committees, and members of council scrutiny committees.

LGA corporate environmental policy

As the voice of local government, the LGA aims to lead by example. This policy sets out our commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency and the steps we will take in order to achieve this.

Building Safety Levy

The Local Government Association broadly supports the government’s package of measures to ensure that the burden of paying to fix historical building safety defects does not fall on leaseholders. However, we have significant concerns about the proposed implementation of the Building Safety Levy.

Advisory Bulletin 711 - March 2023

It has been a quiet month in the employment law world, with no cases to report. What we do highlight though is legislation currently making its way through Parliament, which if passed will give ‘zero-hours’ type workers and agency workers with unpredictable working patterns, the right to request a predictable pattern.

Arts Council England and LGA Joint Statement (2023-2025)

This statement sets out how Arts Council England and the Local Government Association (LGA) will work together over the period from 2023-2025. Its purpose is to outline our shared vision for the contribution that arts, museums and libraries make to the nation, to places, and for people and how the two partners aspire to work together to realise it.