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Building fairer towns, cities and regions

Building fairer towns, cities and regions: Insights from Marmot Places

This report highlights the innovative and collaborative work of councils and their partners, who have embraced the Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful action.

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Children's Mental Health task and finish group: Key findings and recommendations

The task and finish group has developed a number of recommendations for both central and local government, setting out what more can be done to support children and young people’s mental health.

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Mental health performance, data and insight: Guidance for directors of adult social services

This guidance document has been developed by Partners in Care and Health (PCH) working in collaboration with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Mental Health Network. The purpose is to provide practical guidance for Directors of Adult Social Services (DASS), to ensure insight and understanding in relation to their duties and wider system performance related to adult mental health services.

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Must know: A guide to education

Despite considerable changes in national education policy and school organisation over recent years, councils retain the bulk of their statutory duties when it comes to education. This guide aims to support councils in their work delivering an excellent education for all children and young people.

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LGA in Parliament 2023/24

The LGA in Parliament report highlights a vital part of our role as the voice of local government, working with parliamentarians as we seek to inform debates, scrutinise legislation that affects local government, and shape the reports of select committees and All-Party Parliamentary Groups.

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Must know guide: Risk management

This guide aims to help those in leadership roles to understand what good risk management looks like and to undertake their roles successfully.

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Must know: Personalisation and Making It Real in adult social care

This must know guide provides an overview of how to implement personalisation in adult social care, offering an introduction to the principles and practices of personalisation and to implementing these concepts.

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Procurement Reform Readiness: Survey of councils, November 2024

In February 2025, The Procurement Act (2023) will come into force, changing the way that public bodies – including local authorities – procure goods and services. In order to gauge councils’ awareness of and readiness for the procurement reforms, the Local Government Association (LGA) sent an online survey to Heads of Procurement of all 317 local authorities in England. The survey was open for just over three weeks and received a total of 132 responses, resulting in a response rate of 42 per cent.

LGA State of Digital Local Government

State of Digital Local Government

This report outlines the local government digital landscape, including the breadth of the opportunities and unique challenges.

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