A comprehensive list of the LGA's research-related publications.
In this section:
Residents' satisfaction surveys
The LGA’s polling on resident satisfaction with councils is a telephone survey of 1,000 British adults across Great Britain.
Regional polling results
The LGA has been tracking the reputation of local government for 10 years. Every four months, 1,000 people tell us what they think about their local area and its council.
Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey data
Council-level data on the headcount and FTE of local authority employees, broken down by sex and working pattern.
Local government workforce summary data
A regularly updated infographic published by the LGA and bringing together a wide variety of statistics on the local government workforce.
LGA political balance calculations
Every year, the Research and Information Team works with Professor Colin Rallings, calculates and future proofs the political proportionality of councillors to be elected to the LGA’s governing structure.