Publications

Leadership Academic impact survey results show it improved the ability of most councillors to carry out their role.

The PLDO includes a range of political leadership development programmes to support and develop councillors, to help ensure that local politicians are more confident and capable; well-equipped and well-supported to make a difference.

This report considers the feedback given by participants of the LGA’s Leadership Essentials programme.

This report considers the impact of the LGA’s Leadership Essentials programme.

Findings from an impact survey sent to delegates of the 2019/20 Leadership Essentials programme.

The LGA undertook research amongst councillors who attended the Leadership Essentials Sport events, which were organised in partnership with Sport England. The findings show an overwhelmingly positive response from those attending.

This programme is aimed at helping elected members with leading roles on fire and rescue authorities/ county councils to become more effective leaders of improvement. Benefits of attending will include opportunities to:

A guide on on governance arrangements in the fire and rescue sector, and practical advice on how they can apply the principles of good governance – with a particular focus on effective performance oversight and scrutiny.

The handful of case studies featured in this councillors’ handbook demonstrate the excellent work of ACE services, but there are hundreds more great examples out there.

Shared Intelligence (SI) was commissioned by the Local Government Association to capture learning for policymakers in central and local government from eight place-based programmes that have been delivered over the last 20 years.