Publications

Filter by topics
Filter by support type
Your search returned 36 results
Supporting councils to improve revenue collection with behavioural insights

Supporting councils to improve revenue collection with behavioural insights

A set of practical recommendations to assist local authorities with increasing their revenue collection. 

View all Efficiency and income generation articles
Enterprising councils: supporting councils' income generation activity

Enterprising councils: supporting councils' income generation activity

This practical guidance aims to assist councils to turn their commercial plans into reality.

The LGA's spring budget 2017 submission

The LGA’s Spring Budget submission calls on the Government to reverse the current funding outlook for local government and secure its financial sustainability.

Future funding outlook for councils 2019/20 – interim 2015 report

Councils are continuing to balance their budgets and fulfil their statutory obligations as well as delivering a range of services to promote growth and community cohesion. Each year they close the funding gap in the face of funding cuts and expenditure pressures.

View allCommunities articles

Don't be left in the dark: What localised business rates mean for your council: a guide to business rates retention

In 2015, the Chancellor announced that local government as a whole would be able to keep 100 per cent of business rates by 2020.

The LGA's Budget 2016 Submission

A summary of the key announcements for local government.

National Procurement Strategy for Local Government in England: One Year On

The National Procurement Strategy (NPS) for Local Government in England sets out a vision for local government procurement.

View all Research articles

A shared commitment: Local government and the Spending Review

A strong partnership with local government will support the Government in tackling the significant challenge of reducing the national deficit over the period of this Parliament, while at the same time ensuring the quality front line services that the public want and need. This partnership can be based on a shared commitment to achieving agreed outcomes in three areas:

Under pressure – How councils are planning for future cuts

Councils are currently half way through a scheduled 40 per cent cut in funding from central government. Having delivered £10 billion of savings in the three years from 2011/12, local authorities have to find the same savings again in the next two years.

Local Government Earnings Survey 2014/15

The survey collects details of individual local government posts; the results are based on around 850,000 posts. This not only improves the quality of the data but enables us to produce robust estimates of pay by occupational groups.

View all Research articles

Highlighted pages

Make It Local

To deliver priorities for the public the Government needs to #MakeItLocal

Make It Local

By the start of 2025, we will have had a general election. This is a moment of opportunity.

Twitter

Cllr Helen Belcher OBE on how her constituents are her priority 👇 “Being a fairly prominent trans woman means I do… https://t.co/cGE62RVARB

5 hours ago