Publications

This business plan sets out our priorities to promote, improve and support local government.

Coram Family and Childcare was commissioned by the Local Government Association to conduct research with parents, sector experts and local authorities to build an understanding of current provision of wraparound childcare and how councils might use additional funding announced in the Spring Budget to support the expansion of provision.

This guide looks at the contribution public sport and leisure services make to promoting health and wellbeing to encourage communities to be active and how this can be achieved through working with a range of partners.

This briefing provides local councillors with a strong business case to improve work and health and economic growth outcomes in their local council. The focus is on supporting people to stay in work; helping people return to work; and helping people who are not in work to find employment.

The LGA commissioned Shared Intelligence to research and review national and local opportunities in tacking economic inactivity both place-based and support for people.

Local Government Association (a UK Registered unlimited company). Company Registration No. 11177145.

This policy paper was developed based on a range of discussions with stakeholders across councils to understand what local authorities believe they need to see change so they can effectively deliver on their sufficiency duty for early years education and childcare. It explores the challenges in the current system facing local authorities, providers and parents and it looks at what might work going forward.

Based on our analysis and discussions with local government, through a series of roundtable events, this paper sets out below six guiding principles to realise economic inclusion to employment and skills opportunities, and the key role we would like to see local government play.

The LGA commissioned Coram to develop a series of six case studies exploring various elements of family hubs delivery across some councils in England.

The salaries and numbers survey was sent to Chairs and clerks of all 48 fire and rescue authorities in the United Kingdom at December 2022. The survey collected information relating to pay, covering basic salary and gross total pay, and salary schemes in use at both 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022 for Brigade Managers within the scope of the NJC, including those who pay managers on locally agreed rates.