Local Government Association (LGA)

@LGAcomms

👋 We are the national voice of local government. We work with councils to support, promote and improve #LocalGov

UK local.gov.uk Joined June 2010

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Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms 6h

For day one of #ncasc26, Chair of the LGA, Cllr @Eamonn_OB opened #ncasc26 alongside; Ann Graham, President @ADCStweets , & Phil Holmes, President, @1adass

All three shared powerful reflections, emphasising the importance of #LocalGov within Children and adult social care.

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A quote card with the quote from Cllr O'Brein, Chair, LGA:
"With the tools, powers, funding to lead and to pull public services together across our places, local government can play its part in building a new prevention-based, data-driven, citizen-centred model, which focuses on people and not processes.”

Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms 11h

We're supporting @CWGC & In From The Cold Project to trace the graves of those who died in service, and encouraging councils to consider waiving burial search fees where possible, so cost is no barrier to remembrance.

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www.local.gov.uk Commemorating the Fallen The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, In From The Cold Project and Samantha Niblett MP’s office, supported by the LGA, are asking councils to consider waiving fees for searches of local authority...

Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms 13h

On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, we join our #LocalGov colleagues and the rest of the country in marking #ArmisticeDay and the end of the First World War with a two-minute silence.

#LestWeForget

Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms 14h

Social care & health reform is high on the national agenda.

Today, #ncasc2026 brings together councillors, practitioners, & policymakers in #Liverpool to discuss how we turn ambition into lasting change for adults & children who rely on care & support.⬇️
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www.local.gov.uk National Children and Adult Services Conference 2026 As social care rises up the national agenda and the sector stands on the cusp of once-in-a-generation reform, NCASC 2026 offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from the leaders shaping what...

Local Government Association (LGA) @LGAcomms 2d

Digital reform can’t be tackled by the NHS alone.

Cllr Wendy Taylor writes in @lgcplus that councils must be equal partners in designing digital and data reform, with fair funding, national standards and digital inclusion at its core.

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#DigitalInclusion