Local Government Association

Objectives of the study into innovation and introduction to the findings.

An overview of the research findings and recommendations.

The LGA’s polling on resident satisfaction with councils is a telephone survey of 1,000 British adults across Great Britain.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published an Invitation to local authorities to pilot 100% business rates retention in 2018 to 2019 and to pioneer new pooling and tier-split models.

What you should and shouldn't do during the pre-election period

The Government published a Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity in 2011.

Frequently asked questions about the pre-election period.

Council tax and business rates together make up local authorities’ largest source of income. Central government has a significant degree of control over both council tax and business rates in England and sets the policy framework in which both operate.