"The peer challenge has been extremely helpful in getting corporate support for some of our key improvement areas such as engagement, co production and becoming data and intelligence led."
The Centre for Governance and Scrutiny has published a guide to support members of council audit committees, and members of council scrutiny committees.
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.
Our Civility in Public Life programme continued to provide tools and resources to help address growing concerns relating to councillor intimidation and harassment.
Our councillor development programme supported councils to build greater leadership capacity and develop local politicians at all stages, from selection to becoming leader.
We co-created and delivered lottery-funded programmes for cultural services (with Arts Council England) and for sports and physical activity (with Sport England).
Our Cyber, Digital and Technology programme published resources and guidance, provided policy representation and incident response support, and convened local government digitalisation networks.
Our Economic Growth and Recovery Improvement programme provided resources and support to enhance the role and capacity of local councils to deliver economic growth.
Our finance programmes used expertise from across local government, informed by regional intelligence and data, to support local authorities to manage complex financial challenges facing the sector.
