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The survey was conducted in February-May 2018 in order to gather information about educational improvement professionals, educational psychologists and young people’s/community service managers. The information collected related to pay and grading, working status, vacancies, workforce characteristics, recruitment difficulties, and information about recruits.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from participants who attended the LGA/Institute of Directors (IoD) pilot commercial skills training programme in 2016, gained through a series of in depth telephone interviews.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from participants who attended the LGA/Institute of Directors (IoD) commercial skills training programme in 2017, gained through a series of in depth telephone interviews.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of feedback from leaders and chief executives whose councils received a corporate peer challenge (CPC) in 2017/18.

This report forms part of the LGA's evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides an overview of the longer term impact that CPCs have had on councils who received one in 2016/17.

This report focuses on the impact of the LGA’s National Graduate Development Programme (cohort 17).

This report forms part of the Local Government Association (LGA) evaluation of sector-led improvement. It provides a quantitative assessment of sector performance and how this has changed since 2009/10.

The adult social care funding and integration survey was conducted by the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Research and Information Team

Results of a survey of readers’ views on first magazine and firstonline, the LGA’s membership magazine, published in print monthly. The survey sought feedback from readers on the magazine’s current content and possible future developments.

Results from a survey of local authorities that explored recent changes by central government to both funding and policy in the early years sector. The survey focused in the cap on central spend, maintained nursery schools, early years entitlements, provision for disadvantaged children and early years practitioners.