Local Government Association Log in About COVID-19 Our support Case studies Parliament Topics Publications Events Home About Who we are and what we do The LGA is the national membership body for local authorities and we work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government. Who are our members? Our core membership comprises 328 of the 333 councils in England and includes district, county, metropolitan and unitary authorities along with London boroughs and the City of London Corporation. The 22 Welsh unitary councils are in membership via the Welsh Local Government Association. We also operate an Associate scheme for organisations whose purpose and objectives are aligned with our own. Our Associates include fire and rescue authorities, police, fire and crime commissioners/police and crime commissioners, national park authorities and town and parish councils via the National Association of Local Councils (NALC)’s corporate associate membership. What is the LGA? We are a politically-led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems. Our improvement offer The LGA provides a range of practical support, on a free of charge and/or subsidised basis, to enable local authorities to exploit the opportunities that this approach to improvement provides. This includes support of a corporate nature such as leadership programmes, peer challenge, LG Inform (our benchmarking service) and programmes tailored to specific service areas such as children's, adults', health, care, financial, culture, tourism, sport and planning services. LGA business plan 2019-2022, 2021 update The coming year will be a huge challenge for local government as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuilds lives and livelihoods. As we learn to live with the virus, it will be councils who lead their communities through every aspect of that recovery. LGA Transparency Statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Sector support offer The LGA provides councils with tools and resources to respond to challenges, present and emerging, and supports improvement across the sector. In this section: What we spend and how we spend it Financial information relating to projected and actual income and expenditure, tendering, procurement and contracts. Priorities and how we are doing The LGA has set out a list of priorities for the year. Our policies and procedures Our current written protocols for delivering our functions and responsibilities. Lists and registers Information held in registers and other lists and registers relating to the functions of the LGA. Freedom of information This page contains the policy of the Local Government Association with respect to freedom of information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Public Information Our publication scheme sets out the information that the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) recommends should be routinely available and acts as a quick link guide. Share this page: Print this page Political groups 18 Smith Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3HZ info@local.gov.uk 020 7664 3000 Connect with us Cookie guidance Terms of use Privacy Accessibility Copyright © 2021 Local Government Association company number 11177145 Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government company number 03675577 Privacy settings We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience and to collect information about how you use our website. We use this information to make the website work as well as possible and to improve our content. More information Essential Analytics Preference Save preferences Accept all cookies