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

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Councils key to making adult social care reform ‘stick’, says LGA

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

Overview

HICM: Intermediate Care: Croydon

Overview

In 2017, Croydon Council, the local NHS Commissioning body, local health providers and voluntary organisations formed the One Croydon Alliance. They signed a legally binding 10 year agreement to work as one system, with shared goals and shared responsibility for local people’s wellbeing. The Alliance began by focusing on residents aged 65+, aiming to reduce avoidable hospital admissions, and help older people remain independent for as long as possible.

To guide the work, the partners committed to principles such as:

HICM: Intermediate Care: Halton

Overview

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Halton’s intermediate care provision was delivered through several separate services. These included the Rapid Access Rehabilitation Service, a Capacity and Demand Team, falls prevention team, hospital discharge teams and a Frailty team. While each service provided valuable support, they operated largely independently.

HICM: Intermediate Care: Stoke and Staffordshire

Overview

Demand pressures and increasing costs were putting strain on the system, making it difficult to maintain service quality and meet the needs of service users efficiently. There was recognition that no single partner could deliver systemic improvement alone; effective collaboration across Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire County Council and Midlands Partnership Foundation was essential for meaningful change.

Action

Guide to using X

This is an introductory guide for councillors on how to use X. It provides advice and guidance on how to use it, ways to achieve greater engagement with residents in your local area, and how to stay safe and secure.

Guide to using Instagram

This is an introductory guide for councillors on how to use Instagram. It provides advice on how to get started, the different ways to use it, how to engage effectively with residents and ways to keep yourself safe and secure.

Guide to using Facebook

This is an introductory guide for councillors on how to use Facebook. The guide provides advice and guidance on getting started, the different ways to use it, ideas to strengthen your engagement and how to stay safe and secure.

Safeguarding resources

Resources to support local areas’ roles and responsibilities in keeping people safe.

Statues

We know councils across the country are currently receiving calls for changes to the names of estates and streets and the removal of statues - alongside objections to such proposals.

Delivery of council housing: a stimulus package post-pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic will inevitably have a significant impact on the delivery of new homes across England. Whilst many construction sites across the country have now reopened, many remain closed or are operating at reduced capacity and this includes housing associations and councils.

Responding to calls for public realm changes

Many councils are currently receiving calls for changes to the names of estates and streets and the removal of statues - and objections to such proposals.

Challenge 2: Pembrokeshire

March, we took the programme to the furthest west we have been to see the first challenge ever to be held in Wales.

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