Government consultations and announcements

• Armed Forces Personnel
  The LGA briefing ahead of the House of Commons debate on Armed Forces Personnel.

• Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill- Consideration of amendment to Clause 1
  The LGA has announced its support for keeping the 'Police Commissions' amendment within the Bill.

• Localism Bill: House of Lords Report Stage Briefing
  This is the LGA's view of the House of Lords report stage on the Localism Bill.

• Education Bill Second Reading House of Lords
  This is the Local Government Association Briefing ahead of the Education Bill Second Reading in the House of Lords.

• Localism Bill report stage
  This is the Local Government Association Briefing ahead of the Localism Bill report stage on 17th May 2011.

• Welfare Reform Bill 2nd Reading Debate
  This is the Local Government Association Briefing ahead of the Welfare Reform Bill 2nd Reading Debate on 9th March 2011.

• Localism Bill 2nd Reading Debate
  This is the Local Government Association Briefing ahead of the Localism Bill 2nd Reading Debate on 17th January 2011.

• Localism Bill LG group on the day briefing
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the Personal Care at Home Bill, ahead of the House of Commons Second Reading on December 14th 2009.

• Local Government Association briefing on the Personal Care at Home Bill, ahead of the House of Commons Second Reading
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the Personal Care at Home Bill, ahead of the House of Commons Second Reading on December 14th 2009.

• Local Government Association briefing paper on the Queen's Speech 2009
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the Queen's Speech on the 18th November 2009.

• Local Government Association response to the Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour debate
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the House of Commons debate on Anti Social Behaviour on Monday 2nd November 2009.

• Local Government Association response to the Government Social Care Green Paper
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the Social Care Green Paper, ahead of a debate in the House of Commons on 29th October 2009.

• LGA briefing on strengthening local democracy consultation paper
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the department for Communities and Local Government's consultation paper 'Strengthening local democracy'

• Care for the elderly: Opposition Day Debate- July 2009
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on care for the elderly, ahead of a Westminster Hall debate on 15th July 2009

• Local Authorities' role in promoting Apprenticeships- July 2009
  This is the Local Government Association's briefing on the role of local authorities in promoting apprenticeships ahead of a Westminster Hall debate on the 15th July 2009

• Local Authority Investments Select Committee Report – On The Day Briefing
  This is the Local Government Association's on the day briefing on the CLG Select Committee report on local authority investments, 11 June 2009

• Budget 2009 - LGA on the day briefing
  On the day briefing from the LGA, responding to the Chancellor's Budget announcement today, 22 April 2009.

• Consultation on draft Flood and Water Management Bill
  The draft Bill seeks to revise, modernise and consolidate existing legislation covering flooding, land drainage, coastal erosion and reservoir safety, 22 April 2009

• LGA response to OFT local media review
  LGA response to the discussion paper, 9 April 2009

• Committee for Standards in Public Life
  The Local Government Association has submitted a detailed response to the enquiry by the Committee for Standards in Public Life into local government on behalf of local government in England. Our affiliated body, the Welsh Local Government Association, will be responding on behalf of Welsh local government, 25 March 2009

• European Working Time Directive - LGA briefing on the adjournment debate - 11 February 2009
  The LGA supports the Government in its opposition of the European Working Time Directive. Read the LGA briefing, 20 February 2009

• LGA On The Day Briefing on the Conservative Party's Decentralisation Green Paper
  On 17 February 2009 the Conservative Party published a Decentralisation Green Paper with the stated aim to give more power to local councils and people. Our on-the-day briefing details the LGA press release containing the reaction of each political group leader and sets out the Paper's main proposals with the LGA's initial views, 19 February 2009

• No Secrets Guidance review - LGA response to consultation
  This response draws heavily on the response submitted by the ADASS, and where responses are the same this is indicated in the text. The LGA is in agreement entirely with the sections of the ADASS response relating to the Health Service, the Criminal Justice system and Housing and Community Empowerment and these are not, therefore, duplicated. There are, however, some differences of emphasis in relation to the need for legislation, hence the reason for submitting this separate response, 15 February 2009