Public Affairs lead on corporate parliamentary engagement and lobbying activity. The team promotes the important role of local government to parliamentarians, seeks to enhance and protect councils' reputation and to secure positive change to legislation.
Our key areas of work include:
- Briefing for debates and parliamentary questions;
- Influencing legislation;
- Giving written and oral evidence to parliamentary select committee inquires;
- Developing the LGA's relationships with key stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary sectors;
- Managing the LGA's corporate engagement across the party conferences, and
- Organising events which bring together parliamentarians and LGA councillors.
In this section:
Briefings and responses
Ongoing legislation
This includes working with parliamentarians on the following legislation: Business and Planning Bill Fire Safety Bill Domestic Abuse Bill The Queen's
Legislation guides
These guides, published by the LGA, summarise the impact of legislation on local government and the work of the LGA in influencing the legislation as it passed through Parliament.
Communications and Parliamentary Network
The LGA's Communications and Parliamentary Network is designed to support communications, strategy and policy officials working in local government in their engagement with parliamentarians, central government and stakeholders.
LGA Public Affairs team
Get in touch with the Public Affairs team
Party conferences
At the 2019 autumn party conferences, the LGA supported councillors as they debated the key issues facing local government.