The ''Local Government Chronicle'' (''LGC'') is a British weekly
magazine
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for local government officers, and is published by Metropolis. The magazine was launched in 1855 by bookseller and publisher
Charles Knight. It was then published by Emap, now Metropolis. It is politically independent.
Coverage
Subjects ''LGC'' covers include
finance
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,
law,
management
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,
housing
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,
planning, regeneration, the
environment,
education
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, big society,
local elections, the
third sector and
social services
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. Sarah Calkin is its editor. It features contributions from analysts including
Tony Travers from the
London School of Economics
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, a weekly anonymous columnist ("
LGC Insider") and various governmental figures.
Elections
It provides comprehensive
local election coverage each year, in the form of rolling online results, expert analysis from Professors
Colin Rallings and
Michael Thrasher from
Plymouth University, political reaction, and a council control map.
Events
Among its other activities, ''LGC'' runs the first national awards to be launched for local government, the ''LGC'' Awards for Excellence. It also launched the Business Partnership Awards, which reward private contractors who work with local authorities in the UK to deliver services; and a large number of public sector conferences.
The LGC Council of the Year has been:
* 2019:
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
* 2018:
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
* 2017:
Sevenoaks District Council[LGC Awards https://awards.lgcplus.com/winners-2017]
See also
*
List of magazines in the United Kingdom
References
External links
* , the magazine's official website
* , the magazine's subscription site
1855 establishments in England
Political magazines published in the United Kingdom
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Ascential
Local government in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1855
Professional and trade magazines
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