What is a Local Government Peer Review?
The LGA Peer Challenges are sector led improvement reviews that are offered to local authorities, undertaken by elected members and officer peers. The peer challenge offers an opportunity to validate the direction of travel and approach being taken by the Council, and test, stretch and further evolve thinking for the future.
A team of peers spend a number of days with us, speaking to people including a range of council officers together with local councillors and external stakeholders, partners and residents in a series of meetings, discussion sessions and focus groups.
Local Government Association's 2023 Peer Review and 2024 Progress Review
A peer challenge took place in September 2023.
For information on the 2023 peer challenge, including the LGA’s report and the council’s response, please view Fit for the Future programme.
Local Government Association's 2020 Peer Review
The 2020 peer review took place in January of that year.
The review offered suggestions for how we can look to improve things further and the outcomes will inform our improvement plans for the years ahead.
In addition to the report is an addendum executive summary that has been developed to provide an overview of the post Covid-19 position and highlights the key ways the coronavirus pandemic changed the way the Council operated at this time.