"It is absolutely vital that nobody is discharged from hospital into residential or other care settings where clinically vulnerable people live, without fail safe testing and isolation regimes, robust ...

This employers’ circular provides an update on some of the key issues discussed at the NJC, including progress on Grey Book pay structure reform.

Responding to the Skills for Care annual report on the adult social care sector and workforce in England, Cllr Dr Wendy Taylor MBE, Chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee, said: The care ...

We need long-term, sustainable reform of the adult social care system built on prevention, where national and local ...

The LGA is a cross-party organisation that is the national voice of local government. We work with councils and central government to support, promote and improve local government ...

Spending on providing support for children in care is rising at a rate of £1 billion a year, according to new analysis by the ...

To mark five years after councils took on new duties under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 the LGA survey of 49 councils highlights both the scale of support being delivered and the growing challenges ...

The National Cultural Framework presented in this document is commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) and Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA) on behalf of the ...

A spokesperson for the Local Government Association, which represents councils, said: “Councils across the country will hold different views on the local government reorganisation (LGR) programme, for ...

The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) consulted on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) from December 2025 to March 2026. On 17 August 2026, MHCLG published ...

New analysis from the Local Government Association (LGA) has found that council expenditure on temporary accommodation (TA) increased by a massive 1077 per cent in real terms between 2011/12 and ...