LGA cuts board numbers in governance shake-up

26 Nov 13
The Local Government Association has reformed its governance structures to give its member councils a stronger voice and distinguish city from non-city interests

By Vivienne Russell| 26 November 2013

The Local Government Association has reformed its governance structures to give its member councils a stronger voice and distinguish city from non-city interests.

LGA chair Sir Merrick Cockell said the changes would put councils in the ‘driving seat’ of the association’s decision-making process. ‘Local government has demonstrated great resilience to change in recent years,’ Cockell said.

‘As the unified national voice for local government, we know how vital it is that the LGA continues to evolve and adapt to the new world of challenges and opportunities faced by councils today.’

Two new boards will be created to bring together work around growth and public service reform in cities and non-city areas. These have been provisionally dubbed the city regions board and the people and places board.

The overall number of LGA boards will be cut from ten to nine, with the policy boards meeting four times a year instead of the current six. This is expected to save the association £144,000 in organisational running costs.

A resources board will replace three current boards, bringing together the remits of the finance panel, the workforce board and the financial elements of the European and international boards.

A new environment, economy, housing and transport board will cover environment and housing policy along with elements of economy and transport not covered by the new city regions and people and places boards.

The changes are subject to approval by the LGA’s General Assembly in January.

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