Local Government Association

We are the national voice of local government, working with councils to support, promote and improve

Junk food ad ban legislation – LGA response

LGA responds to Simpler Recycling announcement

Youth services ‘under threat’ without government funding

Apprentice of the Year: The rewards of teamwork

The 2024 Local Government Apprentice of the Year event saw over 100 apprentices from across the country take part in a series of challenges. With the

Apprentice of the Year: The importance of teamwork

The Local Government Apprentice of the Year event provides opportunities for teams of around eight or nine apprentices to work together on a series of

Sara Jenner-Akehurst: Winner - Apprentice of the Year 2024

The 2024 Local Government Apprentice of the Year was won by Sara Jenner-Akehurst, a Level 3 Business Administrator Apprentice from Cambridgeshire

An opportunity to network: Naomi Osborne- Apprentice of the Year 2024

Networking with other apprentices is always reported as one of the most rewarding parts of attending the Local Government Apprentice of the Year event

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge - North Warwickshire Borough Council

Feedback report: 10 – 12 September 2024

Making Discharge to Assess work under pressure

Across the country, thousands of people are delayed every day in their discharge from hospital. For some of these people, this is the start of their journey towards using long-term bed-based care for the rest of their lives.

MHCLG workforce improvement support 2024 - 2025

Our workforce improvement offer provides support to councils that recognises and responds to significant workforce needs faced by councils.

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge: Rochford District Council

Feedback Report: 18 – 21 November 2019

Councillor profile examples

The starting point for our Local Leadership Framework for Councillors is the councillor profile – a short, positive summary of the most important things about you as a councillor. Here are some examples of councillor profiles, to support you in developing your own.

Finance peer challenge: Maldon District Council

Feedback report: 27 February - 1 March 2023

LGA Corporate Peer Challenge: Morecambe Town Council

Feedback report: 22 – 24 March 2023

The pay of a chief officer who is suspended during an investigation process - 22 August 2023

Letter from Naomi Cooke, Employers’ Secretary, to chief executives in England and Wales (N Ireland for information), to be shared with HR director and monitoring officer, and regional employer organisations.

Transformation Network

The Transformation Network is a group for officers working in change management, organisational development, and transformation within local government.

Multiple contracts: employers’ guide to the law

Where an employee is employed under more than one contract of employment at the same time, by the same authority, this can cause a number of difficulties, particularly in calculating continuous service for redundancy purposes. This guide, aimed at human resources advisors and managers, deals principally with that issue. However, it also covers a number of other employment issues.

Local Government Association

Featured articles

Customise your home page

Most popular