This independent report investigates and quantifies multiple aspects of the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate, especially the impact of the temporary accommodation subsidy that informs policy recommendations and how these could best be implemented to maximise added value.
Read our submission to the Change NHS portal, submitted on 2 December 2024. This is a major opportunity for the local government sector to use our collective voice to help shape the Ten-Year Plan for Health.
This workbook has been designed to enable councillors holding a non-finance portfolio to better understand their roles and responsibilities in relation to the financial aspects of their role.
This workbook considers the way local councils receive their funding and highlights both the legal and best practice requirements in managing your council’s financial affairs.
While we know there is much good practice in prevention happening across England, the evidence base is limited or dispersed. With rising financial pressures, it is important for health and social care systems to make as strong a case as possible for this investment. Our report provides peer learning for local health and care systems.
In June to July 2024, the LGA distributed a survey to all councils in England and Wales which employed Soulbury officers, a special category of the local government workforce which includes a range of related roles in education and young people’s services. The aim was to collect information related to pay and grading, working status, vacancies, workforce characteristics, and recruitment difficulties for these officers.
The purpose of this study is to give an independent, comprehensive "councillor's eye" view of using the most effective powers for managing traffic demand, and how reforms around their use might support better local transport.
The Local Government Disability Champions Network (LGDCN) commissioned this report, written by the Disability Policy Centre, and funded by UK Government, to capture positive approaches to embedding co-production with Disabled officers and elected members across their areas of work.
Our joint report with SOLACE and CIPFA makes the case for reforming council finances, focusing on the steps that need to be taken to help councils balance their annual books.
This research sets out to address what are the most important drivers or indicators of economic inactivity across England, and how do trends in inactivity vary across area.
