Publications

This report presents advice on how to build collaboration between the new UK Government and councils to deliver on the shared ambition for responding to climate change.

This business plan sets out how the LGA will deliver its goals and realise its vision.

A practical guide for meaningful measurement in whole system transformation programmes.

In January 2025, the Local Government Association (LGA) sent an online survey to Directors of Environments within single-tier and county councils in England to explore the impact of the costs and viability of different options for local government to mitigate the potential cost to the sector of extending the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to waste from January 2028.

The employer standards survey, also known as the ‘health check’, gives a voice to registered social workers, occupational therapists, and non-registered social care workers. The key purpose of the survey is to better understand a number of critical questions about the experiences of the social care workforce in England.

This guide provides councils in England with questions to help them comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and data protection law when procuring artificial intelligence (AI) based technology or contracting out part of their public functions to an organisation that uses AI-based technologies.

Achieving net zero and circular economy goals requires a transformative approach to how we produce, consume, and manage waste.

This is the fourth Review of the LGA's Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) programme.

Between October and December 2024, the LGA conducted an online survey of all councils and combined authorities in England, asking them to share views on their organisation’s use of data, including strategy, management, governance and skills development.

Part of your role as a councillor is to support your residents by directing them to appropriate resources and channels for complaints, and to provide representation where appropriate.