Promoting gender equality
The LGA’s Be a Councillor campaign provides specific support for women.
Councillor Louise Gittins
A strategic approach
We are publishing a new strategy to guide the LGA’s work over the next few years, as well as an accompanying financial plan.
Drip-feed funding ‘weakening’ services
While February’s final local government finance settlement confirmed a 6.8 per cent cash increase and extra money towards increased employer National Insurance contributions, councils’ finances remain extremely challenging.
Taking the lead
As we begin 2025, I want to reflect on a key event from the end of 2024 that will inform how we approach the next 12 months.
Investing in prevention
The Government’s finance policy statement, published in late November, outlined its intentions for the provisional local government finance settlement for 2025/26.
