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CQC local authority assessment guidance

CQC’s guidance for local authorities has been updated in June 2025 to add clarity and details about the following areas:

  • the information return
  • how we

Six ways to create a culture for integration

These six steps will support you to collaborate across systems and to build meaningful, sustainable relationships with the organisations and the people within them are the system. These were drawn from systems currently planning and developing integrated working and collated by NHS Employers, Skills for Care (SfC), the Local Government Association (LGA) and the the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

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Challenge 4: Harlow Council

The penultimate Local Government Challenge of 2025 took place in April as the cohort headed to Harlow Council in the East of England.

Leadership Academy

The Leadership Academy is the LGA's flagship development programme for councillors in leadership positions. The programme is recognised by The Institute of Leadership, the UK's leading award winning body for leadership and management.