The LGA has collected quantitative and qualitative legal services workforce data across different council service areas. This report highlights challenges in recruiting, developing and retaining staff across all legal disciplines, and increasing pressures facing legal teams.
Liberal Democrats once again saw a year of net gain of councillors, including seizing control of Tunbridge Wells for the first time since the mid 1990s. From Winchester and Gloucester over to Watford and up to Preston and Barnsley, Lib Dems celebrated some excellent results.
The ascent of Independents and Green parties in the recent local elections is nothing short of breathtaking. Independents with Residents Associations gained 104 members and Greens increased by 74 members. In total, including the smaller parties, the group saw 464 members elected, a gain of 184 seats, on a par with Labour and leaving the Conservatives reeling with a loss of 474 seats.
Independent advocacy plays a critical role in supporting and promoting people’s human rights. This briefing provides information to support the commissioning of statutory and non-statutory advocacy for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
This toolkit is designed to support councils and combined authorities in their engagement with Members of Parliament elected at the 2024 General Election.
Is your council doing all it can to improve outcomes for children and young people?
This document, specifically developed for chief executives, has been shaped by chief executives who are either former directors of children’s services or for other reasons have been closely associated with leading improvement journeys in council children’s services.
This ‘must know’ guide provides background on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment process for lead members and includes information on the background, the process and how to prepare for the assessment. This guide will be updated as we learn more about the assessment process and lead members’ role in it.
This workbook is aimed at helping councillors to understand the signs of stress and to develop strategies to deal with it, as well as building up their own personal resilience in the role.
