The LGA is committed to operating within the spirit of the legislation governing its member councils and therefore publishes its gender pay gap information.
In December 2024 the Government announced that from 2026/27 it would introduce a new assessment of need and resources, building on the framework set out in the previous government’s review of Relative Needs and Resources (originally Fair Funding Review). It also announced that the 50 per cent Business Rates Retention system would be reset from April 2026. The LGA has been collaborating with councils and the Government to take these proposals forward.
To date, SkillsHouse has supported more than 1,000 unemployed people to find work, while the wider Get Bradford Working programme has helped over 3,000 people into employment.
On a glacial Wednesday morning in early February, 10 new contestants gathered in Barking Town Hall for the start of the 2018 Local Government Challenge.
The Post-Brexit England Commission ran from February 2018 to July 2019 and sets out how, given the freedom to lead, councils in non-metropolitan areas can help their communities prosper.
