Publications

The Digital Economy Act 2017 makes provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services.

The Act sets out new duties on English local authorities with the aim of preventing homelessness.

The Bus Services Act provides Mayoral Combined Authorities with significant London-style powers to franchise local services.

This report forms part of the Local Government Association evaluation of sector-led improvement.

Promoting and modelling positive culture

Leading changes to the way services are developed and delivered.

The high impact change model offers a practical approach to manage transfers of care. It can be used to self-assess how local care and health systems are working now, and to reflect on, and plan for, action they can take to reduce delays throughout the year.

We recommend regions continue to develop and integrate this approach with local sector-led improvement tools and that consideration is given to completing the self-assessment as part of a collaborative process with corporate colleagues.

The Local Government Workforce Survey 2015/16 provides information on key elements of the local government workforce. The survey was conducted by the Local Government Association (LGA) and updates previous surveys in the series.

This report outlines the sixteenth set of results in a series of regular Local Government Association (LGA) public polls on resident satisfaction with local councils, conducted every four months.