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LGA responds to ADASS Spring Survey

LGA launches outline for plan to tackle homelessness

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

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge – Progress Review: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Feedback report: 15 April 2026

Staying safe in person as a councillor, Tuesday 14 July 2026

Reflections on managing LGR from Dorset County Council

An interview with Mike Harries, ex-chief executive of Dorset County Council.

LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition 2026 (7-9 July) – Bournemouth

Download presentations from the LGA conference 2026.

LGA Parliamentary Bill Tracker

An overview of key government Bills progressing through Parliament of relevance to local government.

JNC coroners management side circular to local authorities - pay and next steps

In our last circular issued on 12 June we gave a further update on the coroner’s pay bargaining situation. Since then, the Ministry of Justice has shared with us correspondence between the CSEW and the Lord Chancellor, David Lammy MP. With their permission we share that correspondence with you as an appendix to this circular.

Flood and coastal erosion risk management

LG Challenge 2017

Ten contestants have come from councils across the country to take part in a series of five real life challenges as faced by local government every day: find out more about this year’s contestants and how the challenge works in our introduction film.

Care and health efficiency

The current system of health and care is unsustainable and needs transforming to one that provides better, more coordinated and more personalised care.

Partnerships for Older People Projects: Preventative care

Partnerships for Older People aims to increase understanding of how to promote older people's independence.

Handyperson programme: Helping residents live at home longer

The Handyperson programme helps older, disabled and vulnerable people live independently at home for longer.

Redesigning customer-facing services for more efficiency

North Somerset looked at how services could be made more efficient while also improving customer satisfaction and safeguarding services.

Enhancing the customer's experience

South Somerset District Council wanted to find different ways of working which would protect resources for the ‘frontline’ while ensuring South Somerset remained a good place to live and work.

Redesigning preventative services for childhood obesity

South Norfolk District Council was part of the East of England Design in the Public Sector programme focusing on redesigning preventative services for childhood obesity.

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