News & Events

Listed below are the national news items and national events.

LLG's Honorary Members Lunch
Publish date: 24/08/2017
John Emms provides an amusing and delightful account of the Honorary Members Lunch held at the Queens Hotel, Leeds.
LLG Announce Sweeping Governance Changes and Appointment of Interim Chief Executive.
Publish date: 28/07/2017
LLG's President sets out the recommendations from the Governance Review and next steps in the process including the appointment of an interim Chief Executive Officer.
Helen Lynch, LLG's National Lead for Governance & MO Reports on the Committee on Standards in Public Life seminar on Local Government Standards
Publish date: 13/07/2017
The Committee on Standards in Public Life hosted a seminar on Monday 10 July 2017 to launch their annual report for 2016-17 and forward plan 2017-18. The informative session was well attended by a host of stakeholders from across the public sector. The Committee has identified 4 key areas of activity for 2017-18; MP’s Outside Interests, Local Government Standards, Public Service Providers and the Impact of Social Media. In respect of Local Government Standards, the Committee regularly receives correspondence from the public expressing concern about the issue. The Committee therefore intends to undertake a review of standards during 2017-18. The review will be based around a consultation that will be launched early in 2018 with findings and recommendations to be published later in 2018. I have registered LLG’s interest in taking part in this consultation. As MO & Governance Lead, I will co-ordinate a collective response. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me with your views in relation to the standards arrangements. I will invite further comment once the consultation has been launched. Click the header for link to the committee's strategy
Lord Kerslake Stresses the Importance of Local Government Lawyers having the ear of the Chief Executive
Publish date: 04/07/2017
The LLG Stakeholder Event took place on Friday 30th June 2017 at the Caledonian Club and was an enjoyable and insightful examination of the current issues and challenges facing local government.
LLG Sponsor MJ Awards Legal Services Category
Publish date: 20/06/2017
Congratulations to Coventry City Council who won the Legal Services Category at the MJ Awards sponsored by LLG. The event was a splendid occasion celebrating the work of local authorities and well done to the City of Wolverhampton Council for winning the Local Authority of the Year Award. Click for pictures
Secure & Stable? Olwen Dutton Examines the Election Result
Publish date: 09/06/2017
Olwen Dutton, Partner at Anthony Collins examines the impact of the election result on Brexit; Health & Social Care; Education; Housing; New Investment; Local Government, Social Business & Charities and the Key Message.
LLG Legal Training - Survey Winners!
Publish date: 07/06/2017
After the completion of the LLG Legal Training Development Survey the winners have been announced!
London AGM & Garden Party to go ahead following horrific events over the weekend
Publish date: 05/06/2017
The London Branch is saddened and horrified by the events in London over the weekend and send condolences and thoughts to the hundreds of people caught up and effected by the brutality on Saturday. Many of our London members will themselves have spent many happy evenings enjoying the environment of Borough Market and surrounding areas and it is shocking to all of us that such acts occurred. In the spirit of collective resilience and 'London United', the London AGM & Garden Party will proceed as planned on Tuesday 6th June. We hope to see you there.
LLG Legal Training Annual Governance Conference 2017
Publish date: 26/05/2017
LLG Legal Training are delighted to announce that the Annual Governance Conference and exhibition, held in association with LLG, Lawyers in Local Government, will be taking place at the Assembly Rooms in Bath on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 October 2017.
LLG Award Winners in the Litigation Team of the Year 2016 make the shortlist for the Solicitors Journal Awards 2017.
Publish date: 05/05/2017
Hackney’s Criminal Litigation Team has been shortlisted in the 2017 Solicitors Journal Awards to be held on 17th May 2017 and are the only local authority to be shortlisted across 16 categories. The team headed by Pauline Campbell alongside Maneka Singh have beat some stiff competition and are delighted to get this far. LLG knows from its own awards the incredible talent out there and would urge you all to follow their example and nominated your teams for awards across the spectrum.

Blog

16 August 2019

Publish date: 16/08/2019

This week more than 300 council leaders and chief executives virtually met with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick. The live streamed conference discussed Brexit preparations and included minister's George Eustice and Luke Hall from DEFRA and MHCLG respectively as well as the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and the Home Office. Using the hashtag #BrexitBreifing, Robert Jenrick MP tweeted on Tuesday, "today I hosted the first Brexit briefing for council leaders, chief executives and newly appointed Brexit Lead Officers, Local government has a vital role to play on preparing the country to leave the EU on 31^st October'

Brexit Lead Officers were announced last Saturday by the government who are asking local authorities to appoint individuals to liaise with central government to plan for Brexit at speed on a community level. Financial support to cover additional work has not been completely clarified although a funding pledge of 20 million has been made by the government. It is unclear whether this is in addition to the monies already announced. 78% of the existing pledged 58 million has already been allocated.

News reports are claiming that worst case scenarios flagged by the government internally include disruptions in the food supply chain, increasing costs and reduced medication flows for both human and animal treatment together with a high risk of public disorder and community tensions. Concerns still abound around ports, fisheries, agriculture, social care and the economy.

Local Authorities have been making several efforts way before the call for Brexit leads this week including; generating standing items, providing forums, training, website pages and community leaflets. The government has formulated a local government preparedness section on the Ministry's website and the LGA has launched a Brexit advice hub for local authorities including a useful section on no deal implications.

LLG continue work on the EU exit statutory instruments but we really need your help. We want to set up a working hub to share and disseminate information. Let us help you connect to each other, share the workload and identify best practice. If you have undertaken any work or mapping in this area around identification of internal governance arrangements from the scheme of delegation through to authorisations, policy and procedure then please do contact me.

Best wishes

Helen McGrath

Head of Public Affairs

Helen@llg.org.uk