Councillor Eamonn O’Brien - first magazine for councillors

LGA Interim Chief Executive Jenny Rowlands and LGA Chair Cllr Eamonn O’Brien standing to left of shiny Number 10 door and cut-out of Larry the Cat at Number 10 North offices in Manchester, with Caroline Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the PM, and Nathan Yeowell, the PM’s Special Adviser, standing to the right of the door

Local voices shaping national policy

by Councillor Eamonn O’Brien

The LGA continues to strengthen our engagement with government on priorities affecting local and strategic authorities.

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Deliver, deepen, and define

by Councillor Eamonn O’Brien

The next phase of English devolution.

photo of Baroness Louise Casey (centre), Chair of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, and LGA Chair Cllr Eamonn O’Brien (right of centre) with colleagues from Bury Council, against a wall with colourful writing and graphics of local support and activity centres

Rewiring the state

by Councillor Eamonn O’Brien

Over the summer, the Government published its statement on Rewiring the State, and we now expect a white paper in the autumn that will further develop its vision for devolution in England.

Cllr Eamonn O’Brien, LGA Chair, speaking from a podium; conference delegates registering; delegates chatting in front of exhibition stands

Strength and ambition

by Councillor Eamonn O’Brien

Working together to serve better.

A manifesto and an invitation

by Councillor Eamonn O’Brien

With Westminster entering a new political chapter under Prime Minister Andy Burnham, the LGA has moved quickly to set out our offer to the new administration.

Party conferences

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