Independent Group bulletins

Find here the regular bulletins on the topical issues affecting our members. We always welcome your contributions and good practice so do get in touch if you have any comments on the issues raised in the bulletins.

2023

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

2022

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

2021

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

2020

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
Queen's New Year Honours 2020, 14 February 2020
Planning, 7 February 2020
UN sustainability: 31 January 2020
Climate change: 24 January 2020
Local government finance: 17 January 2020
Planning guidance: 10 January 2020

2019

Local government settlement - 23 December 2019
New Queen's Speech - 20 December 2019
LGA Independent Conference - 1 November 2019
Managing conflict - 25 October 2019
The Queen's Speech - 18 October 2019
Party conferences - 11 October 2019
Domestic Abuse Act - 4 October 2019
Climate Action Summit, Veterans and Housing - 27 September 2019
Brexit support hub - 20 September 2019
UN Sustainable Development Goals - 13 September 2019
Climate change - 6 September 2019
New Prime Minister - 26 July 2019
In memory of Councillor John Blackie
LGA Working With Ministers - 19 July 2019
Welcome New Councillors - 12 July 2019
International Women's Day - 8 March 2019
Parliamentary Independent Group - 22 February 2019
Engagement and Communication - 15 February 2019
Resources and waste strategy for England - 8 February 2019
Brexit - 1 February 2019
Group Executive - 25 January 2019
New Clean Air Strategy - 18 January 2019
NHS Long Term Plan - 11 January 2019
New Year Message - 4 January 2019

2018

2017

2016

Fixing our roads – Group Leader’s update – 13 January 2016