Around 1.2 million people working in almost 400 organisations make up the local government workforce in England and Wales, all contributing to the wellbeing and success of our communities.
Our workforce data supports employers to recruit and manage a skilled, engaged and cost-effective workforce that is able to take on challenging and complex roles and deliver life changing work.
The LGA Research Team has led the collection, validation and publication of a range of key workforce data topics for directly employed staff in our sector.
We have research reports looking at workforce capacity in key professions and services for local government to help us understand recruitment and retention difficulties and to develop solutions for our organisations and our sector.
LG Inform brings together a range of key performance contextual and other data, including workforce measures, for local authorities, in an online tool.