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Best practice in tackling domestic abuse, 18 April 2024

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LGA corporate environmental policy

As the voice of local government, the LGA aims to lead by example. This policy sets out our commitment to tackling the climate and ecological emergency and the steps we will take in order to achieve this.

Challenge 3: Wiltshire Council

In March the LG Challenge 2024 cohort headed to the South West to tackle their third challenge, hosted by Wiltshire Council.

School teachers' pay 2023

This page brings together all the information you will need in relation to school teachers’ pay in 2023/24. The LGA provides the secretariat for NEOST (National Employers Organisation for School Teachers).

Section three: Barriers

Despite the significant value of local publicly funded culture in supporting thriving places and communities in the context of our national recovery, there are some notable barriers which prevent it from achieving its potential.

Section two: Why invest in local culture?

Society is facing an array of major global challenges: the pandemic, climate change and cost-of-living crisis. All these issues play out in a local context and shape our communities and the organisations who serve them.

What is good health?

Councillor Fothergill on the importance of focusing on generating good health rather than concentrating on sickness and illness