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PAY
LGA fails to restore collective bargaining for coroner pay
By Martin Ford | 05 May 2026
The Local Government Association (LGA) has been unable to reestablish collective bargaining to ag...
SEND
Moving SEND mainstream
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
The Government’s blueprint for reforming the SEND system has landed, but important details are st...
SEND
SEND bailout at risk as councils await crucial guidance
By Martin Ford | 16 April 2026
Councils are facing a race against time to unlock essential central government funding for SEND (...
PEOPLE
LGA's first chair Lord Beecham dies
By Martin Ford | 10 April 2026
Tributes have been paid to the first chair of the Local Government Association (LGA), Lord Jeremy...
PERFORMANCE
Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
By Nick Hibberd | 09 April 2026
Bristol’s Corporate Peer Challenge recognised a deeply embedded culture of activism, diversity an...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Show us the money
By Lee Peart | 31 March 2026
Social care funding is ‘a classic for the insurance system’, and the deadline for the final Casey...
LGA
Public servants are professionals who deserve our gratitude and respect
By Louise Gittins | 31 March 2026
Louise Gittens says public servants are real people who deliver essential outcomes for their comm...
GOVERNANCE
Tackling Incivility: A leadership priority for local government
By Robin Tuddenham | 25 March 2026
Robin Tuddenham says those working in local government are facing rising incivility, threats and ...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LGA to recruit interim chief
By Heather Jameson | 16 March 2026
The Local Government Association has launched the search for an interim chief executive as curren...
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