Publications

A new report,  published by APSE using data from CFP, finds that from 2010 onwards parks budgets have reduced by £690 million, leading to industry calls to stem this decline and leverage new investment in these valuable local community assets.

A new report, lead by APSE in partnership with the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Chief Cultural & Leisure Officers Association (CLOA), examines how we can ensure the survival of public sport and leisure services.

The final report of the APSE Local Government Commission 2030, set up to explore what the next decade could hold for a revitalised local government, has called for a system reset and at its heart a new constitutional settlement for local councils.   

APSE and CIPFA's latest report considers the challenges and opportunities for local authority property and assets in supporting local economy recovery.

This new report from APSE brings together the results of the most recent street cleanliness survey data drawn from APSE Performance Networks data, now enhanced through the use of APSE’s Land Audit Management System (LAMS). This new level of reporting compliments existing datasets and relies upon more than 33,000 transect inspections on street cleanliness, exploring levels of litter, detritus, graffiti and fly-posting. This report therefore provides an invaluable source of data to local councils in England and provides a robust analysis for use by Government and public administrations.

This new report from APSE brings together the results of the most recent street cleanliness survey data drawn from APSE Performance Networks data, now enhanced through the use of APSE’s Land Audit Management System (LAMS). This new level of reporting compliments existing datasets and relies upon near to 37,000 transect inspections on street cleanliness, exploring levels of litter, detritus, graffiti and fly-posting. This report therefore provides an invaluable source of data to local councils in England and provides a robust analysis for use by Government and public administrations.

The report finds, that the role of local councils in directly providing new homes has been systematically undermined for decades, leaving housing supply to a failing market system. 

This new e-publication explores the value of green urban spaces and the benefits brought to communities throughout the health pandemic.

APSE introduced a new quarterly data collection exercise to assess the impact of Covid-19 on a range of front-line services.  This report relates to the first quarter of 2020 (April – June) and shows the averages for individual services from participating authorities.

A new public opinion poll, conducted by leading polling company Survation for APSE, has reinforced support for councils, councillors and council workers who have responded to Covid-19.

This report published by APSE, researched and written by the TCPA, is calling on the Government to put public health at the heart of housing delivery; empowering local decision-makers to create healthy and high-quality places.

A new report by APSE Scotland  - written and researched with the New Policy Institute (NPI) - examines what has happened to spending on parks and open spaces by Scottish local authorities.

APSE’s latest report with the TCPA exposes the impact of permitted development rights as a potential threat to the health and wellbeing of residents.

You can download a summary report of a new APSE Energy research paper ‘Local authority climate emergency declarations’ as featured in the Guardian which provides an understanding of what declaring a climate emergency can do, when to use it and how it can be used in the context of local councils. 

APSE’s latest report examines how chief officers in local authorities are experiencing the shifting landscape of local government and how they are making sense of its leadership challenges

This research explores the growing phenomenon of ‘Insourcing’; bringing back ‘in-house’ the delivery of services. It takes a particular focus on UK local government services and questions the drivers for this increase in insourcing.

This new report from APSE brings together the results of the most recent street cleanliness survey data drawn from APSE Performance Networks data, now enhanced through the use of APSE’s Land Audit Management System (LAMS).