Local Government Association

Councils are best placed to help build the right houses in the right locations to help solve the housing crisis. To support them, Government must enable councils to invest in housing by lifting the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap, for example.

To properly support children and young people to achieve their full potential, Government must urgently meet the £2 billion gap in children’s social care and give back to councils the power and funding to open new schools.

We're calling on the Government to: Fair and sustainable funding address the £5.8 billion funding gap faced by local government by 2020 provide £1.3

£10.5 billion of funding for employment and skills is still commissioned nationally, across 20 different schemes. To equip our country’s workforce for the future, the Government must trust councils to deliver a one stop service for employment and skills rooted in local areas.

Read through our latest briefings on the bills which are priorities to local government.

OPE launches new funding window, giving areas the opportunity to apply for up to £500,000 revenue funding to deliver land and projects in their local areas.

The discussion document 'Beyond Brexit: future of funding currently sourced from the EU' presents in-depth analysis of a number of options which aim to inform the design and delivery of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

We represent local authorities’ interests to Government and provide the secretariat service for the Local Government Pension Committee.