Publications

This report shows the results from the LGA cyber security stocktake.

This short guidance note draws on examples of good practice in response to spiking allegations.

This guidance aims to help councils to understand the full breadth of issues that should be considered when setting local licence fees in order to meet legal obligations and provide the necessary reassurances to local businesses.

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.

Expert help to support local housing, planning and homelessness priorities.

The LGA is a politically-led, cross-party organisation, working on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice.

The LGA in Parliament summarises our work on behalf of councils ensuring that local government has a strong, credible voice in Parliament. It sets out how we lobbied to secure positive change to the  legislation and policy being debated by parliamentarians in both the House of Commons and House of Lords.

The LGA has sought opportunities to highlight important issues to local government, influence legislation and promote the important work of councils.

In our last membership survey, 89 per cent of council leaders, frontline councillors and officials surveyed told us the LGA’s lobbying on behalf of local government was important.

The LGA works with a network of parliamentary supporters, including our Vice-Presidents (those with a strong interest in the work of local government who champion its causes in Parliament), to promote positive change and public service reform.