Publications

The resources in this report support the basic, statutory aspects of engagement, focusing on consultation. It explores best practice, legal requirements, and the pre-emptive steps you can take to get engagement around decision-making right.

This is a guide for councillors and officers working to build a stronger dialogue between council and community.

This report provides an overview of the car club market, defining the different models before exploring their benefits and then considerations for councils to ensure the benefits are realised.

This report presents feedback on the LGA’s Next Generation programme.

The survey contained a small number of questions looking at the extent to which participating in Next Generation has had a lasting impact on participants.

This report focuses on the impact of the LGA’s Next Generation Programme.

This report contains the findings of a survey undertaken in June 2019 LGA which gathered the views of graduates who had just completed the two year National Graduate Development Programme (ngdp) of the programme and the effect that participation has had on them.

Local recruitment provides councils with the opportunity to utilise the NGDP to recruit the best of their local talent.

Coming to terms with operating in a no overall control environment can be challenging for leading members and senior officers alike. Whilst everybody will want to respond in their own way and in the context of their own local situation it can also be helpful to learn from others.

The LGA offers all authorities which change political control (whether to a single party administration or to no overall control) free support from our member peers for up to five days and this, typically, can involve facilitating workshops and away days to build relationships, clarifying strategic priorities and mentoring for leaders or portfolio holders.