News & Events

Listed below are the national news items and national events.

• Calculation of Councillor’s Term of Office

  Publish date: 23/04/2019

  Following requests for clarification on calculating the date of a councillor’s retirement or start of their term of office after scheduled local elections on 2 May 2019, the Association of Electoral Administrators and Lawyers in Local Government have sought legal opinion on the ‘effective fourth calendar date’ under the Local Government Act 1972.

• Ministry Responds to LLG Brexit Paper

  Publish date: 15/04/2019

  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have responded to LLG's Brexit Position Statement in full. Click the link to read our briefing paper on the Ministry's response

• LLG Bulletin Weekend School Special Edition Now Available

  Publish date: 08/04/2019

  All the news from the LLG Weekend School 2019 now available in a special bulletin edition

• EU Exit Secondary Legislation Laid with Impacts on Local Government

  Publish date: 08/04/2019

  The Ministry have published Statutory instruments which have been laid and identified as having impacts on local authorities. LLG are delighted to advise it was consulted and contributed to this list. Follow the link to access

• House of Commons Library Publishes Statement on European Elections and an Extension to Article 50

  Publish date: 04/04/2019

  The European Parliament (EP) elections are scheduled for 23-26 May 2019. The EU says the UK will have to take part if it is still an EU Member State when they take place, although others disagree. The Government has accepted the EU position and the Prime Minister is now proposing a further Article 50 extension that will enable the UK to leave the EU by 22 May.

• The HCLG Committee Call on the Government to take Urgent Action to Enable Councils to Prepare for Brexit

  Publish date: 03/04/2019

  The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has called on the Government to take urgent action to enable local authorities to prepare for the consequences of Brexit. The Committee sets out urgent priorities to improve information sharing and Brexit preparations at a local level together with key policy actions that the Government needs to take in the long term.

• Cabinet Office will Reimburse Reasonable Spending by Returning Officers on Contingency Preparations for European Parliament Elections

  Publish date: 01/04/2019

  The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has written to the Electoral Commission to advise it remains the intention for the UK to leave the EU with a deal and not take part in the European Parliamentary Elections in May, but that he can confirm that the Cabinet Office will reimburse reasonable spending by Returning Officers on contingency preparations for European Parliament Elections.

• Phillip Horsfield Elected President of LLG at the AGM

  Publish date: 01/04/2019

  Phillip Horsfield was elected the new President of LLG at our AGM on 30th April. Read all about Philip's leadership plan for his presidential term.

• Suki Binjal Highlights Her Term of Office at the LLG AGM

  Publish date: 01/04/2019

  Suki Binjal handed the Presidency of LLG to Phillip Horsfield at the LLG AGM at the Weekend School 2019 on 30th April in London. Suki looks back on her Presidency and highlights all the work undertaken over the past year.

• Directors Report 2019 Now Available

  Publish date: 27/03/2019

  The Directors Report 2019 is now available to read in the document section of the website with the AGM folder.