Guidance and regulation

Blue Badge parking for people with disabilities: who can get a badge and how to apply.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 10 August 2021

• Who can get a Blue Badge?

  Blue Badges help people with disabilities or health conditions park closer…

Statutory guidance on the Best Value Duty for local authorities in England, issued under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1999.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 8 May 2024

• Best value standards and intervention: a statutory guide for best value authorities

  Ministerial foreword Local councils are the frontline of democracy. They…

Guidance for local authorities in England on administering and enforcing the Blue Badge disabled parking scheme.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 16 May 2022

• Blue Badge scheme local authority guidance (England)

  Introduction The Blue Badge Scheme 1.1 The Blue Badge (Disabled Persons’…

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested exceptional financial support in financial year 2024-25 and the associated external assurance reviews.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to serious youth violence in a local authority area in England.

• From: Ofsted
• Updated: 22 September 2023

Guidance on the way councils should work with voluntary and community groups.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 27 March 2015

The Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) provides funding to local authorities in England to help reduce the spread of coronavirus and support local public health.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 6 May 2022

The Digital Connectivity Portal provides guidance for local authorities and network providers on improving connectivity in local areas.

• From: Building Digital UK and 1 others
• Updated: 24 May 2023

This guidance provides support for local authorities with their decision-making for processing Housing Benefit claims from individuals living in supported housing.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 May 2022

How can local authorities demonstrate leadership and create a strategy to encourage investment in digital infrastructure?

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 20 December 2018

Technical guidance for local councils in England on obtaining approval of equipment used to capture evidence of certain traffic contraventions.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 22 December 2022

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested exceptional financial support in financial year 2022-23 and the associated external assurance reviews.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 29 February 2024

The Contain Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) provides funding to local authorities in England to help reduce the spread of coronavirus and support local public health.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 6 May 2022

How local authorities' public health and planning teams can promote healthy weight environments.

• From: Closed organisation: Public Health England
• Updated: 19 February 2021

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested exceptional financial support in financial year 2023-24 and the associated external assurance reviews.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 16 May 2024

Non-statutory guidance for local authorities in England and Wales on public health funerals.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 16 September 2020

This page sets out how we can work together to deliver an effective, efficient and consistent service.

• From: Valuation Office Agency
• Updated: 23 January 2024

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested exceptional financial support in financial year 2020-21 and the associated external assurance reviews.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested exceptional financial support in financial year 2021-22 and the associated external assurance reviews.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 29 February 2024

Statutory guidance on the making and disclosure of Special Severance Payments by local authorities in England.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 12 May 2022