Annual Review 2020
A review of LGIU’s work in 2020.
Australia, England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
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:
Bundle: 20-Minute Neighbourhoods
With lockdowns imposed across the globe, Covid-19 put a magnifying glass over local infrastructure – in many cases exposing gaps and inequality. The result has…
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Unfinished business
Local government has been financially under resourced and the policy agenda has underserved in key areas of service, democracy and community. This latest pillar in…
England & Wales
A wellbeing council
This communication, imagined by Laura Catchpole, from a local government leader discussing the merits of a wellbeing council, is one of the scenarios that we…
Australia, England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
The future of local government
Covid-19 has exacerbated and accelerated a period of huge disruption across many parts of the globe. Dr Andy Johnston looks at the implications of this disruption for local government and examines potential future scenarios for the future of the sector.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
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 link between trust and an effective pandemic response, how jurisdictional disputes and misinformation undermine trust and how we can shore up trust for local recovery.
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
Post-Covid Councils: The Location of Power
In the latest instalments of our Post-Covid Councils work, Head of Research Andrew Walker investigates questions about the balance and location of power.
Global
Members & Followers
Can we have healthy elections in a pandemic?
It’s European Local Democracy Week and even as we celebrate the amazing contributions elected members have had on their communities as we publish our Cllr Awards shortlist, it’s also a time to reflect on the impact Covid-19 has had on democracy and on voting and what we need to do to make sure that our…
England & Wales, Global, Scotland
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
Post-Covid Councils: Place and Community
Place and Community is the second pillar to be launched of the LGIU’s Post Covid Councils project. The theme is fundamentally about relationships – relationships between place, local economies and people, and between place, people, communities and equality.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Why a ‘new global-local’ is an important dimension of post-pandemic local government
This article by David Marlow sets out an explicitly provocative narrative to stimulate the thinking of local authorities and partners about whether there is and should be a ‘think global – act local’ dimension to their place-based recovery strategies and priorities.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland
Bundle: Health inequalities
Our recent work on health inequalities, including work on longstanding health issues and briefings covering Covid-19.
England & Wales, Scotland