🍾This July at the LGA conference in Liverpool we are hosting a drinks reception and fireside chat from 18:00 until 19:00 at the Hilton City Centre.

Hear from Mayor of Liverpool @metromayorsteve.bsky.social and Birmingham City Councils Joanne Roney

Sign up to attend: forms.office.com/e/iN8v2zfTak

🌞Today we are releasing a new report that argues council pension assets should be funding solution to UK’s affordable housing crisis 🏘️

In 'New Stable' we make an evidenced case that institutional investment in affordable housing would boost social prosperity. ⬇️

Yesterday we launched our new report 'Generating Hope' with E.ON UK at in-depth roundtable discussion. We talked all things net zero and local government. Thank you to everyone who came! #ukpolitics #netzero

Setting up our E.ON UK launch roundtable for our new report Generating Hope 🚀

How can local councils help us reach net zero?

#localgov #netzero #renewableenergy #ukpolitics

☀️ Today we are launching our first report of 2025 'Generating Hope'. ☀️

The current government has made very well known it ambition to achieve net zero by 2050. The Local Power Plan, aims to support local and combined authorities, as well as community energy groups.
#localgov #netzero

Today we are at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Beer 🍺to talk about our report on pubs released with the @bbpa.bsky.social last year. You can read all about the report and the importance of pubs to local communities here: www.localis.org.uk/research/inn...

Today we helped Norse Group record the beginning of a new podcast series on housing coming out later this year with special guests Samer Bagaeen and Darren Rodwell. #localgov

Earlier today our Head of Research Joe Fyans went in front of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. Here is some of what he had to say⬇️⬇️⬇️
#localgov #mhclg

The Fair Funding review has been in stasis for years. What impact would implementing it have on the funding of councils in England? #localgov #devolution #britishpolitics

Last week in our webinar 💻 ahead of todays Local Government White Paper we asked Joanne Pitt from @cipfa.bsky.social what her views were on Local Government reorganisation. This is what she had to say⬇️ #localgov

In two week's time we are hosting a webinar on Local Government Finance 💰 from 11-12. In the wake of the budget we wanted to explore the impact on Local Government with a panel of experts. Sign up if you want to be involved: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/05a1cf...

Next week we are lunching our report into the finanical resilience of the South East. Beneath its reputation as a prosperous and “overheated” economic hub lie stark inequalities and financial pressures that are increasingly testing the resilience of local governance.