Members & Followers
Devolution: a road map
This road map from the LGiU outlines how political devolution to English local government can be achieved as a means of strengthening local economies and improving public services.
England & Wales
Publications
We have an extensive catalogue of publications - research reports, long read articles, toolkits and best practice guidelines - that stem from our work with our member councils and other collaborations. Most publications are free to read and download as PDFs but you do need to be logged in to the website. Please sign in or set up an account if you don't already have one (this is free of charge). A few publications are for members only.
Featured:
Power down to level up: resilient place-shaping for a post-Covid world
Our new paper on the necessity of decentralising and rebalancing power in order to build back better.
England & Wales
You CAN handle the truth: How councils can build trust and recovery in an age of alternate facts
In this essay we look at the results from a new LGIU survey on perceptions of misinformation, and explore: how trust is under threat, the…
England & Wales, Global, Scotland
Bundle: Social mobility
What makes the difference to where we end up in life? A collection of our recent publications and events focusing on social mobility.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Members & Followers
Public Service Mutuals
This guide provides an overview for councillors and officers in local government with an interest in or considering ‘spinning out’ their internal service teams into an external mutual organisation, and for councillors scrutinising existing mutuals.
England & Wales
Members
Planning, Health and Wellbeing
This guide summarises the available guidance that has been published to support the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG). It pulls together a number of briefings that the LGiU has published since winter 2013.
England & Wales
Members & Followers
The state of care in counties
This is the final report of the inquiry by the County APPG that looked at health and social care integration. The report was produced by the LGiU and the County Councils Network (CCN).
England & Wales
Members & Followers
Key to Care: Report of the Burstow Commission on the Future of the Home Care Workforce
A valued, well-paid, well-trained work force is essential to good care. This report outlines why we don’t have that now and what we can do to get it.
England & Wales
Members & Followers
Localism and New Communities
The report explores how councillors can provide leadership when building new homes and creating new communities. It contains innovative and practical recommendations to help them do so.
England & Wales
Members & Followers
How Services are Funded
It is well known that local authority budgets are experiencing a period of unprecedented pressure. However, it is rare to find someone with a good understanding of the nature of this pressure. There is no shortage of data on local authority budgets, but few people are sufficiently familiar with it to carry out meaningful analysis,…
England & Wales
Members & Followers
Collaborating for Better Outcomes: Final report of the Children’s Services Taskforce
Looking after children is the bedrock of any caring society. It is vital for the wellbeing of young people, their families and our communities and so it is essential that we get it right.
England & Wales
Members & Followers
Managing floods: Supporting local partnerships
Floods have a huge, potentially disastrous impact on communities up and down the country. Though we can’t stop it happening, we can look for ways to minimise the damage and to support those affected.
England & Wales
Members & Followers
Technology and transformation in town halls
LGiU has worked in partnership with Hewlett-Packard to look at the opportunities and challenges presented to local authorities by new technology.
England & Wales