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The Main Regional Bodies
Local Government Yorkshire and The Humber
What is Local Government for Yorkshire and Humber?
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber is the regional partnership of local authorities, which enables them to work together and collaborate on issues of common purpose. LGYH was formed in 2006, by the merger of the Yorkshire and Humber Association of Local Authorities (YHALA) with the Local Government Management Board (LGMB).
What does it do?
LGYH acts as the voice of elected local government on the YHA and will work with the Assembly on enhancing regional partnership working and tackling key work such as scrutiny and planning. It will also concentrate more on local government matters such as funding, developing the regional capacity building programme and employment issues
LGYH acts as the regional employers' organisation and, as such, provides the range of services previously delivered by the LGMB:
- Advice: on industrial relations, personnel and procedures, conditions of service, including interpretation of national and regional agreements, employment legislation, equal opportunities, recruitment and selection, health and safety, training and development
- Information: on employment practices and procedures, conditions of service, recruitment and retention
- Research: promoting innovation, recruitment and retention, best value, performance indicators
- Development: extensive Member development on the Modernisation agenda
- Networks: an extensive officer network such as personnel, best value, health and safety, education, social services, scrutiny
- Seminars: providing seminars/workshops on employment law and other relevant topical issues
The LGYH also undertakes consultancy on subjects such as job evaluation, recruitment, reviews, investigations, disciplinaries, disciplinary training, negotiating skills, management development.
The LGYH forms the regional employers' side of the Regional Joint Machinery (Regional Council) with the trade unions, which involves mediation, conciliation and arbitration, promoting national and regional agreements and the interface at regional level between the local authorities and their recognised trade unions (other than teaching).
It coordinates the Local Government Improvement and Innovation Partnership which was set up to implement the National Capacity Building Programme for Local Government. The aim of the Partnership is to co-ordinate a collaborative regional approach to improving local government in Yorkshire and Humber which adds value to the local, national and wider context.
Working with the Centre of Excellence, LGYH aims to bring local authorities to work together on improving efficiencies through shared services and other collaborative working.
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Who are its members?
LGYH membership consists of the 22 Authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region: nine Metropolitan Councils, five Unitaries, seven District Councils, one County Council. The four Fire and Rescue Authorities are also members.
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
Each Local Authority Leader automatically has a place on the LGYH.
Local Government Yorkshire and Humber Executive Board
This Board comprises of 4 Leaders (one from each sub-region) plus a place for political balance. The Chair of the YHA also automatically has a seat on this Board. There is also a place for one Local Authority Leader from the region to represent rural affairs.
Voting Arrangements
Voting and representation on the LGYH is on the basis set out in the constitution. Unitary Authorities and Metropolitan Districts are entitled to votes on the basis of population bands. Bradford has nine votes and is entitled to appoint four representatives.
Carole Hassan has been appointed to lead LGYH.
Funding for the new organisation will come from local authority subscriptions previously paid directly to the Assembly and by the amalgamation of the LGMB.
Websites of Local Authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside
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