Local Government Workforce Strategy 2010: 'Delivering through people'

The LGA Group launched the Local Government Workforce Strategy 2010 on 28 April.

The Strategy, first developed in 2003, has been updated to reflect the changes in the context. It:

sets out the priority actions the LGA Group is taking nationally to tackle councils' critical shared workforce challenges
provides a framework for councils to review what actions they are taking locally to tackle their most important workforce challenges.

Other workforce strategy publications

Local Government Workforce Survey 2009

The LGA Group has published the results of its annual Local Government Workforce Survey. The survey provides information on the progress that authorities are making in addressing the key workforce challenges faced by local government.
Local government workforce strategy: update Spring/Summer 2009

This booklet provides an overview of the progress that has been made since the latest version of the English Local Government Workforce Strategy was launched in November 2007.
Support for councils on internal workforce issues: April 2009 to March 2010

This guide outlines the support provided by the LGA Group to help authorities to identify their critical internal workforce issues and to put effective programmes of action in place to address them.
It's people, stupid... elected leaders delivering through people

In this publication, we speak to seven elected leaders on the ingredients of workforce success in their councils. The interviews highlight the importance of elected leaders playing a proactive but carefully judged role in workforce issues.

Local government workforce strategy - podcast This podcast outlines some of the actions, progress and learning achieved, locally, regionally and nationally, since the Local Government Workforce Strategy 2007 was published.
Focus - issue 02/08, December 2008 This edition highlights the work that the IDeA and LGE are doing to help local authorities maximise their existing workforce capabilities through better planning, to ensure that their workforce is fit for the future.