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LGA Corporate Peer Challenge Progress Review - Shropshire Council

12 May 2026

SEND and AP inspection and improvement journey

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LGA Corporate Peer Challenge – Progress review: Bath and North East Somerset Council

13 April 2026

School teachers' pay 2026/27 and 2027/28

This page brings together all the information you will need in relation to school teachers’ pay in 2026/27, 27/28 and 28/29. The LGA provides the secretariat for NEOST (National Employers Organisation for School Teachers).

HICM: Intermediate Care: West Sussex

Colleagues in West Sussex were experiencing high demand for long-term adult social care services, needs becoming more complex, and continued financial pressures. Action was taken to strengthen reablement as a core intervention, promoting independence and managing long term care demand. The Community Reablement Service was recommissioned, with approximately £0.72m additional investment.

E-senders information required for new procurement portal

To help us in our work with the Cabinet Office on the new procurement portal being introduced as part of the Procurement Act, please let us know what e-senders your council works with.

LGA Climate Change Programme – Decarbonising Transport Action Learning Sets: outputs

Following our Decarbonising Transport Action Learning Sets programme, councils have shared their learnings and outputs to showcase what decarbonising transport looks like in their area.

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge: Norwich City Council

Feedback report: 23 – 25 January 2023

Advisory Bulletin 710 - February 2023

Advisory Bulletin 710 contains case reports on National Minimum Wage compliance and age discrimination in the context of redundancy. It also includes information on the Government’s support for the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Private Members Bill, which is designed to protect workers from third party and sexual harassment along with a consultation on a draft code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement.

LGA Sustainability Action Network (SAN)

The SAN is a network designed to support officers working in sustainability and climate change related roles within local government. Members discuss emerging issues and trends affecting councils and strategic authorities on new policies, programmes, and practices.

Supplier payments over £500 | February 2022

Supplier payments over £500 - February 2022

Innovation in community engagement – examples of notable practice

The LGA, New Local and TPXimpact worked together to capture and celebrate examples of innovative community engagement in local government.

Podcast transcript (Nudges for Social Good) – Newham Council: encouraging debt arrears payment and supporting residents

Transcript of episode 17 of our behavioural insights podcast – Nudges for Social Good – in which Katie Brunger of Newham Council discusses how the council used targeted support to encourage Newham residents to make payments to tackle their debt arrears and how behavioural insights trials can have sometimes have unintended consequences.

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