Local Government Association

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

LGA launches outline for plan to tackle homelessness

Cllr Eamonn O’Brien elected LGA Chair and calls for real devolution

Building lasting futures locally

Regional contacts

Contact details for our regional advisers

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge Progress Review - Shropshire Council

12 May 2026

SEND and AP inspection and improvement journey

Notification of inspection

Time	Milestones	Decision maker
Week one	LANO is appointed. it is recommended that the LANO liaise with local PMO arrangements as

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.

Section one: What makes culture work in place?

An exploration of what makes culture work in place including the local cultural ecosystem.

Section two: Why invest in local culture?

Society is facing an array of major global challenges: the pandemic, climate change and cost-of-living crisis. All these issues play out in a local context and shape our communities and the organisations who serve them.

Podcast transcript (Nudges for Social Good) – Cheshire East Council: using behavioural insights to improve men's mental health

Transcript of episode 15 of our behavioural insights podcast – Nudges for Social Good – in which Katy Ellison and Carys Ward of Cheshire East Council discuss their behavioural insights trial which focused on improving men’s mental health during the COVID-19 lockdowns.