Publications

Topic specific briefing packs providing guidance and advice to councillors on how preparing for a changing climate can help achieve wider local priorities.

Topic specific briefing packs providing guidance and advice to councillors on how preparing for a changing climate can help achieve wider local priorities.

Topic specific briefing packs providing guidance and advice to councillors on how preparing for a changing climate can help achieve wider local priorities.

This resource describes how public health in a number of councils has started to use the opportunities of a local government setting to improve health and wellbeing.

This report outlines the tenth set of results in a series of regular LGA public polls on resident satisfaction with local councils.

The Local Government Workforce Survey 2013/14 provides information on key elements of the local government workforce.

As schools are given more freedom, it becomes more, not less, important that they are effectively held to account.

The LGA, NHS England and the Care Provider Alliance have published a guide to the Mental Capacity Act. This is aimed at supporting care providers providing community services.  

Fire and rescue authorities (FRAs) have a key role to play in ensuring that their communities are safe through responding to emergencies and also through their extensive preventative work.

In March 2015 the LGA wrote to local authorities (LAs) inviting them to complete an online self-assessment about their plans to prepare for the transfer of commissioning responsibilities for 0-5 year olds from NHS England to local government on 1 October 2015.