Publications

The LGA offers support to help your council become more efficient, save money and generate income.

This publication reviews the Leadership Essentials programme for cabinet members/portfolio holders with responsibility for sport and physical activity.

This report explores how councils influence the mental wellbeing of our communities and how council services, from social care to parks to open spaces to education to housing, help to make up the fabric of mental health support for the people in our communities.

This resource has been developed for local authorities, local Defence Medical Services and those supporting the health needs of the armed forces community in England.

In response to requests from councils the LGA has commissioned guidance to support the use of secure email across local government.

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

Councils have been working together to improve their procurement practices and collaborative opportunities to improve value for money for many years now, commonly aggregating spend through framework agreements.

The 10th anniversary of the ban is a time to look back at what has been achieved. While it took a long time to get the legislation introduced – cinemas first started restricting smoking in the 1970s – when it did happen it was pretty seamless.

At a time when councils face difficult choices about services in the light of reducing budgets, the LGA’s Waste and Recycling Programme supported several projects involving councils across England to run projects to help councils make productivity savings in delivering waste services.

The purpose of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 is to enhance the democratic accountability of police forces and fire and rescue services.