Local Government Group
The LGA was part of a wider Local Government Group that also comprised:
- Local Government Improvement and Development (formerly the Improvement & Development Agency)
- Local Government Employers (formerly the Employers' Organisation for Local Government)
- Local Government Regulation (formerly Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services)
- Local Government Leadership (formerly the Leadership Centre for Local Government)
- Local Partnerships (a joint venture between the LGA and Partnerships UK which delivers the services previously offered by 4ps)
These bodies worked with local government organisations (regardless of whether they are LGA members) with the objective of strengthening local government's capabilities and providing support for specific issues that are of widespread importance to local government, for example national pay bargaining. The members of the Local Government Group were rebranded in July 2010 as part of the Local Government Group's 'Getting Closer' initiative . However, in 2011 the decision was taken by the association's new leadership to revert back to the original LGA style and brand and by April 2012 the sister organisations had all been folded into the LGA as part of a wider efficiency and restructuring exercise .
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