LGA Articles

Good public services are at the heart of any progressive strategy for a socially just future. Yet they are facing significant challenges to the impact they can have: demand pressures are growing while resources are diminishing. Without reform they will become...

The challenges Labour in local government has faced in recent years mirror those the next Labour government would have to deal with from day one. Being in power requires hard choices. To govern in these times is to walk the narrow path between reducing resources and...

The annual LGA conference is a valuable opportunity to catch up with the leading lights of local government, hear new ideas and of course to discuss the burning issues of the day. The main issue focusing minds is of course the scale of budget cuts to local government...