The LGA Independent Group publishes a bulletin from the Group Leader one a week and from the National Lead Peer once a quarter.
District Council Network (DCN) conference 2024: 15 March 2024
International Women’s Day 2024: 08 March 2024
Regional events: 06 March 2024
Changes in the regulation: 23 February 2024
The UK Forum: 16 February 2024
Local Government Financial Settlement: 12 February 2024
Be a Councillor: 02 February 2024
Fighting for funds: 26 January 2024
National Planning Policy Framework: 22 January 2024
Funding for candidates: 12 January 2024
2023 Year in review: 05 January 2024
Merry Christmas: 22 December 2023
Reinstate the Access to Elected Office Fund: 18 December 23
Oflog: 08 December 2023
Autumn Statement: 01 December 2023
Next Generation: 21 November 23
The King’s Speech: 13 November 2023
Join us for a big event!: 06 November 2023
LGA White Paper: 30 October 2023
Independent Group Annual Conference: 22 September 2023
LGA Independent Group Executive: 15 September 2023
Apply to be on our Next Generation programme 2023/24: 8 September 2023
Cleaner Water: 01 September 2023
Sporting Success: 29 August 2023
LGA Independent Group Annual Conference Members Survey: 18 August 2023
LG Challenge – Applications now open for 2024 cohort: 11 August 20223
Next Generation programme now open: 04 August 2023
Call for bids: UK-France Local Government Forum 2024
New appointments to our LGA Boards: 24 July 2023
LGA Conference Independent Group Plenary Session: 14 July 2023
AGM election result: 07 July 2023
LGA Boards – APPLICATIONS OPEN: 30 June 2023
LGA Annual Conference app: 23 June 2023
Motions for Independent Group AGM: 16 June 2023
Group elections: 9 June 2023
New Chair of the LGA: 26 May 2023
Elections over - What’s next?: 19 May 2023
Election Results: 12 May 2023
2023 May Local Elections – Important Deadlines: 21 April 2023
Voter ID and New Regional Lead Peer: 6 April 2023
Voter ID and LGA Board Vacancies: 3 April 2023
Independent Group AGM and LGA Annual Conference: 24 March 2023
Visiting your patch – Plaid Cymru Spring Conference: 17 March 2023
Happy International Women’s Day: 13 March 2013
Candidate School 2023: 24 February 2024
Pay negotiations – short survey for our Group: 17 February 2023
Candidate School officially launches this week: 10 February 2023
LGA Next Generation Graduates: 06 February 2023
LGA Conference 2023 Innovation Zone -Applications now open: 30 January 2023
'Levelling up’ funds: 20 January 2023
Ministers promise extra £250m to buy care home beds: 13 January 2023
Group Leader’s Year in Review 2022: 09 January 2023
Provisional local government finance settlement 2023 to 2024: 23 December 2022
South West Regional Peer: 16 December 2022
Debate not hate: 13 December 2022
Another by-election win: 06 December 2022
Autumn Statement: 30 November 2022
National Lead Member Peers - Accountabilities: 23 November
COP 27 Climate Change Conference: 18 November
By-election success: 14 November 2022
Clarence Barrett Award Winner 2022 and Citations Nominations: 01 November 2022
Letter to the Chancellor: 21 October
Council budgets: 14 October 2022
Funding gaps: 10 October 2022
Independent Conference and Clarence Barrett Award: 5 October
The Government’s mini-budget: 30 September
HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022: 22 September
LGA Next Generation: 12 August
Funding and Levelling-Up: 29 July
Call for evidence on climate change action: 22 July
Comment on changes in Government: 8 July
Affordable housing and right to buy: 10 June
Cost of living: 20 May
Congratulations and thank you: 17 May
A message about the elections results: 06 May
Good luck: 29 April
Elections, On the Doorsteps: The State of the Nation: 22 April
COVID-19, Fuel poverty, UK Shared Prosperity Fund: 14 April
Elections, Hike in energy prices: 08 April
Local council elections: 04 April
LGA helping councils respond to the Ukraine conflict: 29 March
Polling on public perceptions of independent councillors: 22 March
Heightened cyber risk: 11 March
Ukraine: 07 March
War in Europe: 01 March
Levelling up, Climate Change Conference: 18 February
LGA National Census of Local Authority Councillors: 11 February
News on levelling up: 4 February
Councils having the option to meet virtually: 31 January
Plan B is out the window: 21 January
Remote meetings: 14 January
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: 10 January
LGA Independent Group Christmas message: 24 December
New Head of Independent Group Office: 17 December
Plan B – three new December rules to tackle COVID-19: 10 December
Group councillors awarded at LGIU and CCLA Councillor Awards: 3 December
Our free data benchmarking tool – LG Inform: 1 December 2021
LGA launches online tool to map employment and skills provision: 19 November
COP26 – 26th UN Climate Change Conference: 12 November 2021
Independent Group Annual Conference: 9 November
Autumn Budget and Spending Review: 1 November 2021
Government Net Zero Strategy: 22 October 2021
Making the case for council funding: 18 October 2021
New Government announcements: 8 October 2021
Independent Group Awards nominations: 1 October 2021
COP26: 25 September 2021
Cabinet reshuffle: 17 September 2021
Environment Bill: 10 September 2021
Elections Bill : 30 July 2021
"Freedom Day": 23 July 2021
Levelling up agenda: 16 July 2021
LGA annual conference: 9 July 2021
Group Elections - voting closes tomorrow: 26 June 2021
LGA Policy Boards: 25 June 2021
Next Generation: 18 June 2021
Appointments: 16 June 2021
LGA conference: 7 June 2021
LGA Member support: 28 May 2021
Draft Model Code Guidance for Councillors: 18 May 2021
Group Elections: 10 May 2021
Election Day: 6 May 2021
Remote meetings: 30 April 2021
Local Elections May 2021: 26 March 2021
Group Leader’s Notes from the LGA Public Health Conference: 24 March 2021
Evening with Martin Bell OBE: 19 March 2021
Readers' survey, Covid-19 testing school children, and local elections: 12 March 2021
Council budgets and local elections: 5 March 2021
Elections and LGA Model Member Code of Conduct: 26 February 2021
Election guidance and Schools: 19 February 2021
NPPF and National Model Design Code: 12 February 2021
Awareness week and Elections: 5 February 2021
Election guidance and LGA in Europe: 29 January 2021
Storm Christoph, COVID, Finance and NHS Reorganisation: 22 January 2021
COVID compliance and vaccinations: 15 January 2021
Grants to support our local economies: 8 January 2021
Leisure funding arrives at last: 18 December 2020
An historic breakthrough: 11 December 2020
Civility in public life: 4 December 2020
Spending Review : 27 November 2020
Resident satisfaction polling: 20 November 2020
EU Transition: 13 November 2020
Lockdown guidance: 6 November 2020
Congratulations, Leadership training: 30 October 2020
Money for essential local services: 23 October 2020
Remembrance Day, Planning White Paper: 16 October 2020
Group meetings, CCN, calls for good practice, 12 October 2020
COVID lockdowns, 2 October 2020
Group meetings, 25 September 2020
Government re-organisation: 18 September 2020
Green recovery: 11 September 2020
Planning changes: 4 September 2020
August update – Planning: 18 August 2020
Appointments and regional events: M31 July 2020
Planning, reorganisation and election readiness: 24 July 2020
Prime Minister's statement: 17 July 2020
Independent Group Members at LGA annual conference: 10 July 2020
LGA annual conference, devolution: 3 July 2020
LGA annual conference sessions: 26 June 2020
Council opinion polls soar: 19 June 2020
Black Lives Matter: 12 June 2020
Schools: 5 June 2020
Test and trace - hunting the virus: 29 May 2020
Group Leader's bulletin: 22 May 2020
Resources for you: 15 May 2020
Lifting lockdown: 8 May 2020
Preparing for recovery: 1 May 2020
Funding: 24 April 2020
Councils Can: 17 April 2020
Remote Council Meetings hub: 9 April 2020
Coronavirus updates: 3 April 2020
Keeping up to date: 30 March 2020
Neighbourly help: 20 March 2020
Headlines: 13 March 2020
Budgets: 6 March 2020
Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Year On, 28 February 2020