Local Government Association

Councils have a vital role to play in building community cohesion, combating extremism and in encouraging the victims of hate crime to come forward and report the matter to the police.

Highlights from the current issue of the LGA's 'first' magazine.

These valued frontline services also make an important contribution to wider priorities, including economic growth, wellbeing and community cohesion

emergency planning – ensuring that plans are in place to deal with emergency situations such as flooding, heavy snow and ice, civil unrest or

We represent employers' interests to central government and other bodies on local government and police pensions policy.

The National Advisory Group, convened by the LGA, is a group of senior local government procurement professionals which reports on a quarterly basis to our Improvement and Innovation Board and to our chief executive sponsor, Professor Martin Reeves of Coventry City Council.

The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 is one of the most relevant pieces of legislation to emergency planning for flooding. It lists local authorities, the Environment Agency and emergency services as 'Category 1' responders to emergencies.