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Preparation for Assurance Peer Challenge Report: Gloucestershire County Council

Final report: September 2023

Challenge 3: Wiltshire Council

In March the LG Challenge 2024 cohort headed to the South West to tackle their third challenge, hosted by Wiltshire Council.

Financial resilience in children’s services

Alongside the wider LGA corporate finance offer, we have a specific offer to help local authorities to better understand the use of resources and capacity across children’s services and the impact of this on budgets.

Cyber security and resilience blueprint series

The LGA is developing a series of blueprints to support councils review and establish their strategic and operational approach to managing their cyber defences and bolstering their resilience plans in the event of a cyber-attack.

February 2024: Launching Diverse by Design for Adults Social Care at NCASC

In this blog, Lindsey Martin, Partners in Care and Health Workforce Advisor, takes us to Bournemouth for takes us to Bournemouth for the launch of their new equality, diversity and inclusion workbook. It’s Friday 1 December, it’s the last day of the National Conference for Adult and Children's Services (NCASC), and it’s been snowing!

Operational commissioning

These resources have been grouped into key areas of focus to reflect the scope of the workshops and the different elements of the situation facing