Meeting the challenge
This year’s Local Government Challenge has been won by Lewis Sheldrake, Lead Commissioner at Barking & Dagenham Council, with a project on AI Labs.
The Editorial Team
Meet the new LGA chair
Local government is in his DNA, says Councillor Shaun Davies, the LGA’s youngest ever Chair.
Avoid, shift, improve
How do we encourage more people to get out of their cars and choose to cycle, walk and wheel instead?
LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition 2023
More than 1,650 people from the local government family and other public and voluntary sectors came together in Bournemouth in early July for the LGA’s annual conference.
first readership survey
You are reading the LGA’s first magazine online – what do you think of it? You can make your views known by completing our 2023 readership survey.
Significant budget savings with drone roof surveys
Drones offer significant savings on traditional property surveys, and these are likely to be even higher when factoring in the reduced nuisance to residents.
No more delays to packaging waste reforms, LGA urges
Further delays to the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) will cost taxpayers and the environment, the LGA has warned.
14,000 unable to vote due to ID changes
Around 14,000 people were unable to vote at the May local elections in England because they did not have correct photo identification, according to the Electoral Commission.
COVID-19: government ‘didn’t trust councils’
Central government was “not always willing to share information with local partners” and occasionally showed a “lack of trust” in councils, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.