Briefings and responses

As house builders, housing enablers, and landlords; as planners, place-shapers, and agents of growth, transport and infrastructure; as responsible guardians to the vulnerable and the homeless; and as democratically accountable to communities – local government is at the heart of the housing solution.

Martin McCluskey MPMinister for Energy ConsumersBy email

The Government’s decision to use councils to administer the proposed surcharge on high value properties creates a number of challenges for the sector. In particular, the current proposals provide no detail on how income raised from the surcharge will be returned to local government and offer no guarantee that any income returned to councils will be genuinely additional, rather than offset by reductions in other council funding streams.

Flexible plastic collections are an important step towards improving recycling, but successful implementation depends on aligning national ambition with local delivery realities. This briefing summarises our current views on the requirement for councils to collect flexible plastic from all households.

This response highlights a growing gap between national ambitions for AI driven growth and the place-based realities of delivering the infrastructure required to support it.

This briefing outlines the LGA’s views on the Social Housing Bill ahead of its Committee Stage in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026.

Local Government Association. March 2026.

These FAQs are aimed at Directors of Public Health (DsPH) working in areas affected by local government reorganisation. They cover the statutory position, workforce implications, grant transition, and what DsPH should be doing now. The LGA will update these as the programme develops.

This briefing pack is designed to provide a foundational understanding of adult social care - what it is, why it matters, and how it operates within the council. It explores questions and challenges in key areas in health and adult social care from an elected member perspective.

The Local Government Association (LGA) supports the introduction of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 and its ambition to create a simpler, fairer, and more secure tenancy system.