NALC publishes its quarterly activity report
We have published our quarterly activity report covering July to September 2025.
The quarterly activity report details progress in delivering our strategic plan, including information on critical internal issues, parliamentary and government affairs work, events, finances, media coverage, publications and legal advice. It features updates from across all our teams under different themed topics.
This quarter's report summarises the organisation's strategic direction and significant milestones during the reporting period. Key highlights include:
- Around 500 people attended our events in the latest quarter. It includes sold-out and record-breaking online events on navigating devolution in parks and open spaces and exploring alternative income sources.
- Our president, Baroness Ros Scott, called on the government to ensure that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill lives up to its promise of delivering genuine local power in her article for PoliticsHome.
- We gave oral evidence to the Public Bill Committee on 16 September 2025. During the session, we answered questions from MPs covering various issues set out in our parliamentary briefing on the Bill.
- We attended the Labour Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool, where we had an exhibition stand to raise the voices of parish and town councils.
- We published guidance on the local government services pay agreement 2025/26.
- We published an updated advice note on council email addresses following the introduction of Assertion 10 to the Annual Governance and Accountability Return.
- We published our annual analysis of parish and town council tax levels for 2025/26, showing that precepts continue to grow in scale and importance.
- We published our analysis of the parish and town elections held earlier this year in May.
- Our new research with the London School of Economics reveals that parish and town councils have become vital yet often overlooked first responders in local emergencies.
- We partnered with the Local Government Association and the Royal British Legion by signing a joint letter to show support for Remembrance parades.
- We successfully lobbied the government to introduce a rise in the upper threshold for smaller authorities, as the current £6.5 million threshold has not changed since 2014.
The subsequent report covers October to December 2025 and will be published in January 2026.
